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ANNA Implementation of Revised ISO 6166 Standard Brings Together ISIN, LEI, CFI and FISN
Work by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) on the implementation of the revised ISO 6166 standard for the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) has resulted in an accessible set of four data standards that can be used together to improve data management and regulatory reporting. The standards include the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI),...
The Challenges in ESG Reporting Frameworks, According to Experts
Financial institutions face a mountain of challenges in formulating an ESG reporting framework as they strive to put in place processes to meet a growing body of regulatory obligations. A lack of disclosed data from investee companies, the multitude of vendors needed to source enough relevant information, the lack of a standardised global reporting framework...
A Guide to the Essential ESG Acronyms You Need to Know
Even Experts Need A Reminder of the ESG Alphabet Soup At the first-ever ESG Data and Tech Summit London last month, moderators Andrew Delaney, A-Team Group President and Chief Content Officer, and Data Management Insight Editor Sarah Underwood sat before a backdrop adorned with ESG-related acronyms, initials and abbreviations. As speakers and guests took their...
Exchange Data International Adds Irish Funds Data Service
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing, and reference data services, has expanded its investment funds coverage with the addition of an Irish funds data service. The additional service covers more than 30,000 share class funds from over 200 fund management companies, providing comprehensive reference and corporate actions data. Tony...
Protecting Data Privacy in the Fight Against Financial Crime
By Ronen Cohen, VP of Strategy at Duality Technologies. A primary goal for financial institutions is to generate revenue while understanding and mitigating risk. Tackling financial crime and compliance issues, including fraud, cybercrimes and money laundering, is critical to achieving this goal and remains among the most challenging tasks for the industry. The perpetual problem...
Data – the Answer to Meeting Sanctions Screening Challenges Exposed by Ukraine War
The war in Ukraine has highlighted not only the importance of having effective sanctions screening and control processes in place, but also the compliance challenges of modern sanctions regimes. Within the space of days, far-reaching restrictions were placed on individuals, organisations, companies and states covering large parts of the Russian economy and authorities, with the...
Outra Offers Data Science as a Service
Outra, a data science and predictive analytics company dedicated to delivering insight from vast amounts of data, is making its way into the financial services sector and will, no doubt, make further progress following the appointment of Peter Jackson, former group director of data science at Legal & General and CDO at Legal & General...
Arteria AI Plans Global Growth Acceleration of Digital Documentation Solution Following Strategic Investment
Arteria AI is planning to accelerate global growth of its enterprise digital documentation software following strategic investments from Citi SPRINT (Spread Products Investment Technologies), the strategic investing arm of the bank’s Global Spread Products division, and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Citi and BDC Capital join investors in Arteria AI including Information Venture...
Kaiko Launches Decentralised Exchange Liquidity Pool Data Feed
Cryptocurrency data provider Kaiko has launched a new decentralised exchange (DEX) liquidity pool data feed, covering the Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve Finance and Balancer markets. Building on the launch of Kaiko’s DEX data feed in November 2021, which provides trade data for the same four DEX exchanges, Kaiko will now display comprehensive liquidity data from those...
A-Team’s TradingTech Insight Briefing Returns to New York June 16
Following our recent highly successful TradingTech Summit in London, A-Team’s TradingTech Insight Briefing returns to New York on June 16, after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic. As always, industry practitioners will gather in person to discuss the latest trends, challenges and innovations in trading technology, and network with their peers at the...