November 18, 2007
When financial data is supplied by a vendor it tends to be keyed on that vendor’s own identifier e.g. Bloomberg unique identifer, Moodys issue id, etc. Market identifiers such as SEDOL, CUSIP and ISIN are sometimes but not always supplied. As part of the research and investment processes we want to be to identify an instrument uniquely whatever identifiers are supplied [...]
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October 31, 2007
Not good. A week has passed and no blog entry. What minor events have happened in my life? Well, I remortgaged with the same lender with an interest-only mortgage to start accumulating funds for some renovations to the house: new slate floors downstairs, reclaimed wooden floors upstairs and replastered walls and ceilings throughout. On the [...]
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