DSB Announces First Technology Advisory Committee on 27th June Additional Members and Open Agenda available here London, 20 June 2018 – The Derivatives Service Bureau today published the agenda of the first meeting of its new Technology Advisory Committee. Topics of discussion range from infrastructure issues regarding the stability and resiliency of the DSB platform […]
DSB Announces Technology Advisory Committee Membership Expands Committee Size to Accommodate Increased Industry Interest London, 1 June 2018 – The Derivatives Service Bureau today announced the members of its newly formed Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). The mission of the TAC is to provide guidance and recommendations to the DSB Board on technology implementation and […]
A month ago, I described the DSB’s preparations for what turned out to be a very successful industry load test on 6th – 7th April, the results of which we published last week. Based on that success, we promoted the new high performance code base into production on 22 April. In this blog, I will […]
There has been some excitable chatter recently from some commentators and trade associations around the use of Delivery Type within the OTC-ISIN. I hope this article will shed light on this matter, in the usual DSB manner: objective, evidence-based and neutral. Why is Delivery Type Important? Let’s start at the beginning: is this issue worth […]
— Updated on 15 July 2020 with links to the latest documentation With MiFID II becoming business-as-usual, now may be a good time to discuss the industry noise on FIRDS data quality, and the perceived lack of a robust industry-wide approach to address the challenges. I should start by stating that I am much more […]
A couple of weeks ago, I provided a glimpse into the technology operations of the DSB, with a focus on performance and resiliency. Last week, we hosted a technology-focused webinar, the recording of which is available on our web-site. In this blog, I want to bring readers up to date with the latest changes within […]
With Q1 2018 almost over, I thought this a good time to review the technical stability and performance SLAs of the DSB and to explain our actions to date and plans for the future. The first port of call for stability and performance is the information on the DSB’s website, within the Operational Status page which […]
DSB Webinar: Current Status, Future Plans 12 March 2018 – The current status and future developments of the Derivatives Service Bureau will be the topic of a webinar presented at 3pm UTC on 22 March. The webinar is the initial activity of the Technology Advisory Committee process, which is planned to begin committee meetings in […]
This blog updates my previous post after week 1 of MiFID II, to reveal a much more diverse and interesting universe of trading venues and systematic internalisers now contributing OTC-ISIN reference data to ESMA. A couple of interesting facts: Far more OTC-ISINs have been created in the DSB database than have been submitted to FIRDS […]
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