The Impact of Brexit, According to our Data Management Community
By Ramy Choueiri In order to gauge opinion on the UK’s exit from the European Union, A-Team Group, producers of Data Management Review, recently conducted a survey of our data management community. The survey uncovered serious concerns about the impact Brexit could have on the UK financial data and technology industry, with 85% of respondents expecting...
Markit Adds Real-Time Bond Pricing to Hourly and End-of-Day Services
Markit has responded to market demand for real-time bond pricing with a streaming service covering investment grade and high yield corporate, sovereign and agency bonds. The service is designed to support pre-trade transparency, intraday net asset value calculations, and the need for exchange traded fund managers to understand how constituents of funds are priced throughout...
OFR Runs Challenge Series to Solve Problem of Matching Entity Identifiers
The Office of Financial Research (OFR) is running a series of challenges designed to develop automated technologies that could solve the problem of matching entity identifiers from different sources and, in particular, make it easier to link entity identifiers from diverse sources to the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). Results of the first challenge will be...
A-Team Data Management Summit Outlines Elements of Optimal Data Management
Organising for optimal data management, transformation challenges, operational models, data quality, emerging technologies, data governance and, of course, regulation were top agenda items at A-Team Group’s recent Data Management Summit in New York City. The first keynote speaker, David Luria, vice president, front office data intelligence programs at T. Rowe Price, set the scene for...
Bloomberg Introduces Entity Exchange for KYC and Client Onboarding
Bloomberg has released Entity Exchange, a web-based platform designed to speed up onboarding on the buy side and help banks and brokers on the sell side meet Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. The platform enables hedge funds to provide entity data and documentation to their trading counterparties. It is supported by Bloomberg’s data intelligence team...
Schroders Selects Clarient Entity Hub to Support Know Your Customer Processes
Schroders Investment Management (Luxembourg) has selected Clarient Entity Hub to support Know Your Customer (KYC) processing for intermediary and institutional investors at its Luxembourg funds hub, and to help counterparties complete their KYC processing on Schroders’ Luxembourg funds. Before joining the Clarient Entity Hub, which offers a utility based service designed to simplify client data...
Data Management Summit Focuses on Blockchain and Fintech
Blockchain technology and fintech firms are high on the hype list, but their practical contribution to data management is beginning to materialise and is expected to be the subject of robust discussion at this week’s A-Team Data Management Summit in New York. Adam Bryan, an independent consultant, will moderate a panel session at the summit...
New York Data Management Summit Considers the Challenges of Transformation
Transformational change in data management is on the agenda at many financial institutions, but how best can it be achieved and what types of solutions are available to support it? These questions and more will be addressed by experts during a panel session at this week’s A-Team Data Management Summit in New York. Independent consultant...
A-Team Data Management Summit Discusses Hot Topics and Technologies
Data governance, operations automation, data quality, regulation, blockchain technology, Know your Customer (KYC) and client onboarding were among the hot topics discussed at this week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit in London. The first keynote of the day, Data Governance – Winning Hearts and Minds, was presented by Kevin Ayling, head of data quality governance...
Bloomberg Applies to Become a Local Operating Unit in the Global LEI System
Bloomberg has applied to the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) to become a Local Operating Unit (LOU) within the Global LEI System (GLEIS). The company expects to complete the application process in September and plans to promote use of the LEI on a global basis. The Global LEI System was introduced in 2012 and...