Kingland Extends AI Capability in Fourth-Generation Enterprise Software Platform
Kingland Systems continues to innovate with the fourth generation of its enterprise software platform. The platform provides artificial intelligence (AI) focused on data management, extended enterprise data management capabilities, new analytics, and cloud optimised DevOps software to support high performance software strategies. It also accelerates specific solution delivery by avoiding extensive customisation, providing 60% to...
UBS Leads Initiative to Reconcile LEI Data Using Ethereum Smart Contracts
A group of six banks and data vendors is working with Ethereum smart contracts to improve the quality of counterparty reference data through anonymous reconciliation. The blockchain initiative was borne out of the need to improve data quality for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR), and...
Dessa Glasser Joins Financial Risk Group
Dessa Glasser has joined Financial Risk Group (FRG) as a principal consultant in New York. Her responsibilities include developing risk management and data solutions for the company’s global client base, drawing on 25 years of experience designing and implementing innovative solutions in risk, data, and analytics across financial and non-financial institutions. Glasser joins FRG from...
GoldenSource Releases Nexus as a Hosted Service
GoldenSource has released the latest version of its Nexus data management platform, giving buy-side firms a single, fully managed source for market and reference data. The platform is designed to help asset managers deal with mounting trade transaction and reporting pressures ahead of the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) on...
Two Months to MiFID II: Are Financial Institutions at Risk of Eating Their Data Soup with a Fork?
By: Roy Kirby, senior product manager, SIX Financial Information Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is just around the corner, and one issue that may have escaped firms’ attention is the practical consideration of how to exchange data with other market players. Come January, manufacturers will be faced with the challenge of working...
BNP Paribas Selects Fenergo for Compliance and Optimum Customer Experience
BNP Paribas has selected Fenergo’s client lifecycle management (CLM) solution as part of a global transformation project that aims to deliver a single view of clients across all jurisdictions and enable the bank to comply efficiently with local and global regulatory rules, and deliver optimum customer experience. Bernard Gavgani, global head of CIB IT and...
Marlin Puts Asset Control on the Block with £100 million Price Tag
Asset Control is up for sale, with owner Marlin Equity Partners looking to sell to another private equity or venture capital company, according to individuals familiar with the proposed transaction. The asking price? An astonishing eight times EBITDA, or about £100 million, according to these individuals. Marlin is believed to have paid less than £20...
After the Flood: GDPR and the Need for Digital Governance
By Rafael Bloom, director at change management consultancy Salvatore Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are landmark pieces of legislation in their own right – but there is one overarching phenomenon that explains the need for these and other such regulations that are springing up across industry...
SIX Plans Restructure Under Newly Appointed CEO
SIX is planning a series of strategic changes aimed at strengthening its competitiveness and that of the Swiss banks that own the company. Among the changes, the group will consolidate its market position in the data business, in particular in international reference data. In the securities business, it will merge its exchange trading and post-trading...
Opus and Fenergo Team Up To Minimise Risks of KYC and AML
Opus and Fenergo have teamed up to provide an end-to-end Know Your Customer (KYC) system for running anti-money laundering (AML) checks on new clients. Under the partnership, Opus will feed external data – including sanctions lists, business news, market research, and economic and shareholder information – into Fenergo’s risk scoring and client lifecycle management (CLM)...