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Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 26/05/2009 | 2279 views

Data Security Myth

There has been no end of stories over recent years about the ability of companies and organisations to maintain their data security. Bad news always travels faster than good and we will only ever know about the instances where data security is breached rather than the majority of occasions when data is secure but the quest to achieve total security... Tags: Risk & regulation, Retail bankingGroup: Data Management 101

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 14/05/2009 | 2173 views

What are they doing at LCH.Clearnet?

The banks consortium bid for LCH.Clearnet has not been a knockout according to the noises coming from the LCH.Clearnet board. Rather it has produced a rather strange response where the board would like to cherry pick parts of it and try to integrate them into their own plan. In my opinion, it is doubtful that this will result in bringing the ailing...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 01/05/2009 | 3850 views

Deal's off between DTCC and LCH.Clearnet - really bad news!

One of the best bits of good news last year found in a gloom laden industry was that the world's largest clearing house was to merge with one of European largest clearing houses. The opportunity to consolidate international and domestic clearing between the USA and Europe as it turned out was unfortunately too good to be true. As the financial cris...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 01/05/2009 | 3560 views

Duopoly Network Barrier

At a recent BT breakfast seminar a number of software vendors presented their own perspectives on the Euroclear harmonisation project and how it could benefit the UK securities market. The potential consolidation of messages was best illustrated by the Progress Software presentation that clearly outlined the huge inefficiencies existing within the ...