MiFID II – Are we nearly there yet?
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) publication of its final policy statement on the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) early this week underlines the mantra of ensuring transparency around processes and the protection of client money. It clarifies issues around provisions including inducements in relation to research, best execution and taping,...
Framework Develops Data Management Tools for Private Equity Investment Firms
Framework is addressing the reference data management challenges of private equity investment firms with a data hub and self-service reporting and analytics tool set. While private equity technology implementation lags that of other investment sectors, Framework is following the latter’s lead with a centralised approach to data that is designed to help firms navigate the...
Lighter Regulatory Reform is an Opportunity for Data Management Best Practice
By Martijn Groot, Vice President of Product Strategy, Asset Control The implications of a potential roll back on regulation, from Dodd-Frank to a new level of commitment to European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) as a result of Brexit negotiations, are hard to predict. While regulatory compliance,...
Data Management Approaches for the Buy-Side
Buy-side firms challenged by the need to manage more data, increase data quality, address margin pressures and identify new business opportunities are investing in transformational data management programmes that will catapult their capabilities ahead of those of comparable sell-side firms. Buy-side approaches to data management and their progress were discussed during a recent A-Team Group...
GoldenSource Integrates eXtremeDB to Speed Up Regulatory Response
GoldenSource has integrated its Risk Master platform with McObject’s eXtremeDB to deliver an enterprise data management (EDM) solution capable of responding to regulations demanding fast access to vast data volumes. Initial use cases of the integration include compliance with Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation and the best execution elements of Markets in...
Enterprise Data Management and Data Governance – Two sides of the same coin?
By Andrew Sexton, sales and marketing director, Curium Data Systems There is no doubt that data governance is rising up the agenda at many financial institutions, driven both by an increasing regulatory focus on good data as well as a firm’s internal focus on improving data quality and applying ‘fit for purpose’ data to key...
Data-as-a-Service Emerges As Valuable Concept
The data management method known as Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) can be very effective for addressing data operations challenges that have emerged due to regulation and for other reasons, according to data and analytics executives who spoke in a webinar hosted by Intelligent Trading Technology on June 15.
IHS Markit Builds out MiFID II Product Portfolio
IHS Markit’s collaboration with Deloitte on MiFID II counterparty entity classification and terms of business repapering builds out the company’s MiFID II product portfolio, which already includes transaction reporting based on the IHS Markit enterprise data management (EDM) solution. The Deloitte collaboration follows IHS Markit’s introduction of the Outreach360 regulatory compliance communication platform last month...
Listen to the Experts on MiFID II Research Unbundling
With just six months to go before the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) compliance deadline, many financial firms are struggling to pin down the research unbundling requirements of the regulation. Key challenges to implementation include measuring the value of research, establishing a pricing system and building a compliant solution. MiFID II research...
How to Get Data Lineage Right for Regulatory Compliance and Change
Data lineage for regulatory compliance continues to be a challenge, with financial institutions citing problems including managing lineage across multiple systems and new and changing regulatory requirements during a recent A-Team Group webinar on tracking data lineage for regulatory compliance and change. If these are the challenges, a poll of the webinar audience showed that...