ECB’s Utility Has a Place But Not Before Standardisation, Says BarCap’s Nagle
The old adage of not putting the cart before the horse was pertinent this week, during discussions at the Marcus Evans reference data conference on the European Central Bank’s (ECB) proposed reference data utility. The concept has been a topic of significant debate for some time now and panellists including Llew Nagle, who is in charge...
RBC’s Sutton and JWG’s Di Giammarino Promote Customer Data Best Practices
This week, JWG has published its finalised industry guidance on the maintenance of wholesale customer data, which was compiled by the industry think tank’s Customer Data Management Group (CDMG). Julia Sutton, who last year joined the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) as a director of global reference data, explains to Reference Data Review that the industry...
RBC has Calendars, Entity Data, Client Onboarding and Issue to Issuer Data Linkages on Agenda, Says Sutton
Following her appointment as Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) new global head of reference data at the end of last year, Julia Sutton has been busy with plans to automate key areas of the bank’s customer data management. Sutton explains that she has been afforded a valuable window of opportunity within RBC to drive forward...
DTCC Warehouse Finally Recognised by Fed as Data Repository for OTC Instruments
It may have taken a solid year of campaigning but the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has finally been granted approval by the Fed to set up a subsidiary to operate its Trade Information Warehouse as a data repository for OTC credit derivatives. The new subsidiary, which has been dubbed the Warehouse Trust Company,...
SCV Reforms will Require Lots of New Counterparty Data Linkages and 25 New Data Fields, Says JWG’s Di Giammarino
The UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) incoming Single Customer View (SCV) reforms, which are part of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), will require financial institutions to introduce a raft of new data linkages in order to consolidate customer data into the required reporting format, said PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of JWG at last night’s...
LSE’s Husler Discusses Motivation Behind FactSet Partnership for UnaVista
Earlier this week, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) announced that it has commenced a joint venture with data vendor FactSet Research Systems to add its entity data to the UnaVista platform. Mark Husler, head of information services business development at the LSE, explains the details of the deal to Reference Data Review. Under the partnership agreement,...
Raising the Practical Challenges of CEBS’ Risk Related Proposals
Next month, industry practitioners will have four opportunities to provide feedback to the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) on its risk related proposals, including those around concentration risk and stress testing. The regulatory body has organised four separate hearings at its London premises to garner feedback on a number of its recent consultation papers,...
Counterparty Risk Managers Need Greater Access to Credit Risk Data Within Buy Side Firms, Says Fitch Solutions’ Di Giambattista
There is a clear need within the counterparty risk manager community for more tools and better access to data related to credit risk analytics, according to Jonathan Di Giambattista, managing director of risk and performance analytics at Fitch Solutions. Di Giambattista bases his judgement on a recent survey of 85 counterparty risk managers in buy...
Stop Press: General Atlantic Buys ‘Significant’ Stake in Bank-Owned Markit
Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm General Atlantic has acquired a “significant” minority stake in bank-owned pricing and valuations supplier Markit in return for a “substantial equity investment” in the company. While the size of the stake wasn’t disclosed, it’s significant enough to warrant a board seat for General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford. The General Atlantic...
EACH Publishes CCP Risk Management Recommendations
EACH, the European Association of Central Counterparty Clearing Houses, has published its Supplementary Risk Recommendations. This document is the result of work undertaken by EACH risk experts since the finalisation of the ESCB-CESR Recommendations and provides further guidance concerning voluntary enhancements to CCPs’ risk management. The preparing of these recommendations demonstrates EACH’s strong commitment to...