ICE Benchmark Administration Calls for Comments on Proposed Improvements to Libor
Intercontinental Exchange’s ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) is calling for feedback on proposed enhancements to Libor. The proposals have been published this week in a Position Paper on the Evolution of ICE Libor and include an expanded universe of transactions, a wider window for eligible transactions, and the need for consistent and reliable data. IBA took...
TMX Atrium Adopts NPL Time to Offer Accurate Time Stamp Service
TMX Atrium has signed an agreement with the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to distribute NPL Time, a certified and precise time signal that is directly traceable to Coordinated Universal Time and can be used by TMX Atrium customers for regulatory compliance and audit purposes. TMX Atrium’s adoption of the NPL Time service is designed...
Data Management Summit: The Challenges and Opportunities of BCBS 239
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision regulation BCBS 239 presents a significant data management challenge for banks, but it also offers opportunities for those that reach compliance. Moderating a panel discussion on risk data aggregation under BCBS 239 at A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit in London, Dennis Slattery, CEO of EDMWorks, set the scene noting...
Accuity Repositions Data to Deliver KYC Identifier File
Accuity has repositioned data from its Bankers Almanac payments solution and Know Your Customer (KYC) Due Diligence Data File to deliver a KYC Identifier File that allows Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) and Global Intermediary Identification Numbers (GIINs) to be matched to banks’ counterparty records. The KYC Identifier File also provides access to BICS, internal Accuity...
Northern Trust Supports Client Reporting with Sapient Global Market’s CMRS Platform
Northern Trust is up and running with a delegated client trade reporting service based on the software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of Sapient Global Markets’ Compliance Management Reporting Solution (CMRS). The solution supports Northern Trust in fulfilling its clients’ derivatives reporting requirements under EMIR and Dodd-Frank, and eases the burden of keeping up with regulatory change. Northern...
AxiomSL Offers Support for BCBS 239 Compliance
AxiomSL, a provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, has combined functionality of its ControllerView platform to support clients that must comply with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s regulation 239: Principles for Effective Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting. BCBS 239 includes a series of 14 principles providing guidance on how banks should...
Anna Updates ISIN Standard and Combines ISO Financial Standards to Develop Centralised Data Hub
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (Anna) has released an update of ISO 6166, the standard for the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN), that extends coverage of instrument types to reflect regulatory developments in capital markets by including exchange-traded and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, as well as structured products. The Anna Service Bureau, which is supported...
Etrali Develops Solution for Market Communication Requirements of MiFID II
Financial firms subject to MiFID II must tackle the problem of recording, retaining and providing access to market communications in order to comply with the regulation’s data retention requirements and satisfy any increased regulatory scrutiny of recorded calls and emails. Robert Powell, global head of compliance and product management at Etrali Trading Solutions, says many...
LIBOR: Could We Have Seen it Coming?
The repercussions of the LIBOR price fixing scandal are likely to run and run. We now know that from around 2005 onwards a number of banks were attempting to manipulate rates. Over $6 billion has already been levied in fines, and with $300 trillion-worth of contracts pegged to this all-important benchmark, the figure could well...
EMIR Reporting Continues to Pose Data Management Challenge
The reporting requirements of European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) continue to challenge financial institutions six months after they came into force and ahead of regulatory intent to fine firms that fail to report correctly under the regulation. Industry estimates suggest that, to date, only 1% of trades have been correctly matched under EMIR due to...