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Financial Industry Trade Associations Coalition Releases Framework for a Global Legal Entity Identifier System
A coalition of financial-services trade associations today released a comprehensive set of requirements for establishing a legal entity identifier (LEI) system to aid regulators and industry in monitoring systemic risk. The Trade Associations note that the requirements document released today is meant to be an evolving solution that will be refined as others participate in...
Swift Selects Sword FircoSoft to Support New Centralised Sanctions Screening Service
Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,700 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, has selected Sword FircoSoft to provide components of its new centralised Sanctions Screening service. Economic sanctions are growing in importance as a tool to fight financial crime. As a consequence, complying with evolving sanctions regulations and frequently updated lists...
CFTC and SEC Describe Data Focused Investment Plans for 2012, CFTC Establishes Data Standardisation Subcommittee
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have once again testified before the Senate regarding requests for an increase in their budgets for next year, including US$66 million earmarked by the CFTC for technology and US$78 million for the same on the part of the SEC. During his testimony,...
SIX Telekurs White Paper: Transparency in Evaluated Pricing
In an effort to help bring clarity and understanding about transparency in evaluated pricing, SIX Telekurs is pleased to announce the release of a new white paper that describes our thoughts and practices. The paper will be discussed publicly for the first time in a workshop at the upcoming A-Team “Data Management for Risk, Analytics...
BNP Paribas Appoints Stephen Hale as Senior Relationship Manager for Hedge Funds in London
BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking announces today the appointment of Stephen Hale, as head of hedge fund relationship management Europe, further strengthening the bank’s European coverage of hedge funds. Stephen joined the Investor Relationship Management team in London at the end of April and reports to Stefano Blotto, head of Investor Relationship Management team...
Pentagon Announces Accredited Status with Cadis
Pentagon Consulting, the project implementation and change management experts, today announced its accreditation as a partner with Cadis, the global EDM specialist. With Cadis Centre of Excellence graduates already in place, Pentagon has a number of project implementations already under its belt. “Pentagon has followed the growth of Cadis over the past two years and...
Calypso Technology Releases Version 12
Calypso Technology Inc., the global capital markets platform provider, today announced the release of Calypso Version 12 (V12) of its cross-asset, front-to-back office platform. The new release improves on best practice standards with stronger seamless integration across asset classes and between functional layers. V12 also builds on Calypso Technology’s growing status as a single-source-of-truth for...
Is the OFR Biting Off More Than it Can Chew?
Serious concerns have been raised about the capacity of the US Office of Financial Research (OFR) to be able to effectively process and number crunch the high volumes of reference and economic data that it will receive from the industry in order to monitor systemic risk. The influx of data inputs could potentially overwhelm the...
State Street Vision Report Examines the Impact of Regulatory Change Within Europe’s Investment Management Industry
State Street Corporation today released the latest of its Vision Focus reports which identifies trends within the European investment management sector. Entitled, “The Changing Shape of European Investment Management,” the report examines the wave of new regulation worldwide and its impact on business practices and operating models. According to the report, regulatory efforts have shifted...
CFTC Releases Draft Implementation Proposals, Data Reporting Timelines are a Key Consideration
Following on from the decision last week to give the industry an extra 30 days in which to provide feedback on the majority of its recent proposals, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has released a short consultation paper concerning the phased implementation timelines for the swaps component of the Dodd Frank rules, which highlights...