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Markit, Genpact Plan Expansion of KYC Service
Architects of Markit I Genpact KYC Services plan to add an automated interface enabling direct consumption of client profiles starting in early 2015, and expansion to serve more markets
GE Capital Names New CDO
Rob Casper, previously a managing director at Morgan Stanley, has been hired by GE Capital as its chief data officer
Markit Eyes Federated Chat Integration Capabilities
Markit is building out the integration services component of its Collaboration Services initiative, an open messaging network for financial professionals to communicate and share information across any messaging platform.
Attention Getters
Around the Toronto Financial Information Summit this week, talk about how to improve data quality and governance included the possibility that a major market blow-up would be required to hasten such efforts
NAFIS 2014: Rising Volumes Present New Analytics Challenges
As market data volumes in the US continue to grow, firms are coming under increasing pressure to modernize their data infrastructures and respond quickly and cost effectively to new requirements for data analytics, according to a panel at this week's…
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…
Inside Market Data Hall of Fame: Bill Lee - 'The Statesman'
With his infectious chuckle and statesmanlike demeanor, Bill Lee could have been a diplomat. Instead, he has devoted his career to the market data industry, where he found an abundance of opportunities to put his negotiating skills to good use.
D.E. Shaw Technologist: 'Eliminate IT'
The conflict between IT and business is well documented. One soldier in that fight suggested something more than baby steps.
What Data Will Be on the Cloud in Three Years? No Idea
Asked what type of data they might put onto a public cloud in two or three years that they aren’t putting on the cloud now, the members of an infrastructure modernization panel at the North American Trading Architecture Summit in New York couldn’t come…
DTCC Adds Four to Board
Executives from Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade, KCG Holdings and Goldman Sachs join the 20-member board of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
Pastro To Lead Development At Interactive Data
Interactive Data has hired Al Pastro, previously a managing director at Morgan Stanley, to oversee product technology initiatives
Is The HTML5 Revolution Here?
This year might just be the year that HTML5 takes over Wall Street. Will you be leading the charge?
Morgan Stanley Appoints New Head of Electronic Trading for FX
Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of Shamyl Malik as its head of electronic trading for foreign exchange (FX) in London.
BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley Join Eurex OTC Clear
BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley have joined Eurex Clearing's central counterparty service for OTC derivatives, Eurex OTC Clear, for interest rate swaps (IRS).
Big Data Webcast: Analyze This
As a consequence of their participation in the capital markets, the necessary evils that all buy-side and sell-side firms have been forced to address include mounting data volumes, greater data varieties, and increased data velocity, all of which must be…
Senior Technologists Discuss the Drive Toward Standardization, Automation
At this year's Waters USA conference at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, a panel of C-level technologists from across the industry discussed their drive toward standardization and automation, while contemplating new cost structures to help…
Senior Technologists Discuss the Drive Toward Standardization, Automation
At this year's Waters USA conference at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, a panel of C-level technologists from across the industry discussed their drive toward standardization and automation, while contemplating new cost structures to help…
Disintermediating Trade Credit with Tech─Can It Be Done?
Managing export finance is a fairly archaic sell-side function, and one which can leave small, emerging markets commodities providers exposed. Aztec, a new electronic exchange venue launched in June, believes securitization is the answer as the $16…
Platforms and Analytics to Address the Big Data Challenge -- Webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 21, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are not only dealing with mounting data volumes, greater data varieties, and increased data velocity, but how they are deriving…
Interactive Data CEO Promotes Data Transparency
As global head of operations and technology at Morgan Stanley, Stephen Daffron's biggest problem was a lack of transparency in the data he bought from vendors. Now that he's moved over to the CEO's office at one of those data vendors, he has a chance to…
CEO Daffron Brings Data Ideas from Morgan Stanley to Interactive Data
As global head of operations and technology at Morgan Stanley, Stephen Daffron’s biggest problem was a lack of transparency in the data he bought from vendors. Now that he’s moved over to the CEO’s office at one of those data vendors, he has a chance to…
CEO Daffron Brings Data Ideas from Morgan Stanley to Interactive Data
As global head of operations and technology at Morgan Stanley, Stephen Daffron’s biggest problem was a lack of transparency in the data he bought from vendors. Now that he’s moved over to the CEO’s office at one of those data vendors, he has a chance to…
Former Morgan Stanley Exec Appointed Interactive Data CEO
Stephen Daffron will replace Mason Slaine as president and chief executive of the data vendor on September 20
IRD's Editor on Finding Value From Data
Michael Shashoua considers how the industry defines value in relation to data management