Office of Financial Research (OFR)
US banks seek to open vendors’ black box on green data
Inaugural Fed climate scenario analysis flags lack of transparency around third-party models.
Plumbing the Depths of Unstructured Data
Turning to organizing measures like collaboration, ‘microdata’ and application of standards can help manage a deep source of information.
Golden Copy: Compatibility and Collaboration Become Ever-Present
Working with data, whether for compliance, following standards or performing analysis, relies on a common approach
OFR's Data Officer Talks About Finding Compatibility Among Standards
Managing data for compliance requires compatible identifiers and messages, says Cornelius Crowley
Getting All Hands on Deck
The path for the legal entity identifier to reach its administrator’s goal of 1.5 million registrations must be paved collaboratively with the industry that carries out the work of registering. Michael sees GLEIF, the administering foundation, as gaining…
Opening Cross: If Data and Standards Were Easy…
Whether dealing with utility startups or commercial offerings, should you throw your weight behind making something a "standard," or back alternatives in the spirit of healthy competition?
Golden Copy: Identification and Verification
Legal entity identifier backers turn their focus to quality, but volume is still an issue
OFR Holds Contest for Identifier Linkage
Evaluations of eight entrants to be presented on July 1
Update: CEO, Chairman Depart Interactive Data, After ICE Completes Acquisition
Daffron steps down after just more than two years as CEO of Interactive Data.
Director of OFR Stresses LEI Importance, Collaboration on Data
Richard Berner, director of the Office of Financial Research at the US Treasury, discussed LEI progress and the benefits of sharing data.
OFR Names Advisory Committee Members
Interactive Data's Stephen Daffron and Northern Trust's Kay Vicino are among the new appointees to the US Treasury unit's advisory group
Blaszkowsky Joins State Street
David Blaszkowsky, a data regulation executive at the Office of Financial Research and the US Securities and Exchange Commission in recent years, has been hired as a senior vice president of data governance at State Street
LEI's Big Payoff
While the legal entity identifier is starting to produce value for data management operations, Fatca and BCBS 239 could follow suit in similar fashion
Securing LEI Success
From more regulatory mandates to standardized data quality checks, there was no shortage of suggestions of ways to ensure the success of the LEI project at the North American Financial Information Summit, writes Nicholas Hamilton
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…
US Treasury's OFR Welcomes Brown
Tom Brown, a longtime financial industry data standards professional, has left dual roles at ISITC and Brook Path Partners to join the US Treasury's Office of Financial Research
IRD's Editor on ISO 20022 and LEI Developments
Support for the ISO 20022 messaging standard could be wavering in the industry. In contrast, a maneuver by the US Office of Financial Research could improve the LEI's prospects
OFR's Reed Outlines Work on LEI Interim System and Foundation
The chair of the Regulatory Oversight Committee says the interim system will mean pre-legal entity identifiers from any pre-local operating unit will be accepted by regulators around the world and reveals that "all material decisions" about the LEI…
HSBC, Citi Contend With Standards Variations
Data management professionals continue to face multiple data standards that prove challenging when trying to achieve consistency. Michael Shashoua explores how semantic data is proving useful to aggregating data generated under these different standards.
Sifma Tech Expo Takeaways
Legal entity identifier (LEI) standards discussions proved to be a highlight of this year's Sifma Tech Expo
Regulators Advocate Broader View of Data Systems Issues
Teresa Glasser, acting deputy director of the US Treasury Office of Financial Research, spoke about taking an overall view of data and systems issues for identifiers, in a discussion at Sifma, as Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua recounts