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Bohrman Takes Over SIX US as Raskin Departs for Undisclosed New Role
SIX shuffles US executive team in wake of Raskin's departure.
SIX and Avox Providing LEI Data to Clients
Partnership Helps Facilitate Regulatory Compliance
The Big Picture Of Solvency II
The European capital adequacy reporting regulation, taking effect in about a year, will require tracking of more data, under new classifications. Financial firms, including those serving the insurance sector that is the focus of the rules, are working…
Solvency II: Getting Ready For 2016 -- Webcast
On November 6, Inside Reference Data hosted a webcast about readiness for the deadline to comply with Solvency II capital adequacy regulation
Datafeeds Special Report
Sponsored by SIX Financial Information
SIX Expands Compliance Service in Hong Kong
The data services provider now includes Hong Kong market transactions in its offerings, supporting required reporting to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
IHS Adds SIX FI Equities Pricing
Market and economic information provider IHS has added global daily and historical equities pricing data from SIX Financial Information to its market intelligence, economic forecasting and research services.
Factoring Security Into Data Governance
Making a choice on how to manage data, including compliance applications for data, also has to include security considerations
Dagens Industri Taps Finwire for Swedish News, ‘Social' Content
Swedish daily financial news site and newspaper Dagens Industri has signed an agreement with Swedish news provider Finwire to distribute the vendor's small-cap Swedish company news and curated content from social media streams about global events,…
Fitch Hires Vendor Vet Filanowski as Global Product Head
Fitch solutions, the software and data arm of ratings agency Fitch, has hired former Bloomberg exec Brian Filanowski as managing director and global product head, responsible for the delivery and expansion of current and new analytical tools from Fitch…
Corporate Actions special report
June 2014 -- sponsored by Fidelity ActionsXchange, SIX Financial Information and WorkFusion
Fatca Drives Data Operations Changes
As a July 1 deadline approaches, it's become evident that the US Fatca tax withholding regulation has driven big changes in data collection and reporting, as the industry works to comply with the new tax withholding rules. Michael Shashoua reports on…
Fatca: Crunch Time -- Webcast
On May 28, Inside Reference Data hosted a webcast about US Fatca tax withholding regulation, in which four experts in the field discussed industry readiness for an impending July 1 deadline
SIX Financial Info Pushes FISD FIA Certification
The US arm of Swiss data vendor SIX Financial Information has begun mandating that its client-facing staff achieve industry association FISD's Financial Information Associate (FIA) professional certification, to demonstrate the expertise of its employees.
NAFIS 2014: Niche Data Proliferation Poses Cost Challenges
Though the number of major data vendors has consolidated considerably over the past 15 years, a growing number of niche suppliers is making it tougher for market data professionals to manage data licensing, and making it even more important to maintain…
IRD Awards Include Big Wins For Fenergo, Interactive Data
Fenergo and Interactive Data score big in the Inside Reference Data Awards, as Thomson Reuters recaptures one prize, and Markit is honored for humanitarian work
OFR's Reed Sheds Light on LEI's Omission from Fatca
Matthew Reed, of the Office of Financial Research and Regulatory Oversight Committee of the legal entity identifier project, says the LEI was not ready when the Internal Revenue Service made key decisions about Fatca, but suggests it will be added in the…
IMD Awards Show Increasingly Competitive Vendor Landscape; Bloomberg Leads with Five Wins
Bloomberg scooped five categories at the Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Awards on the evening of Wednesday, May 21, though the battle for second and third place in the tally was more competitive, with several vendors winning multiple awards.
SIX Financial Information Names SunGard's Jeanbart CEO
Swiss exchange and clearing organization operator and data provider SIX Group has appointed Robert Jeanbart as the new chief executive of its SIX Financial Information market data vendor business.
Nasdaq OMX Adopts Bloomberg Open Symbology
Nasdaq OMX says incorporation of Bloomberg's security identifiers into its market data feed will improve transparency and help clients to streamline data integration
Fatca special report
May 2014 - sponsored by: Actimize, SIX Financial Information, Thomson Reuters
Grains of Truth
Demand for granular data is being driven by global regulation and standards efforts. Michael Shashoua covers some Asia-Pacific viewpoints about the reporting demands that these rules create, and their built-in jurisdictional issues