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Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Doing the DMS Rounds

Such was the success of our Data Management Summit last month that I have had my arm severely twisted and – under duress – have agreed to host another event in the autumn. We’ll be holding DMS – same time, same place – on October 3, so if you missed us last time around you’ll...

Aktia Retail Bank Selects SunGard Ambit Solution for Capital Management

Finnish retail bank Aktia is extending its use of SunGard’s Ambit risk and performance management solutions with the addition of Ambit Capital Management. The capital management application will replace a legacy vendor system, automate previously manual processes and deliver greater transparency and visibility of capital across the bank’s predominantly retail lending business. Aktia already uses...

Kove Proposes Memory-Disk Storage for Intra-Minute Risk Analysis

Kove, a provider of high-performance storage systems, is pitching the possibility of intra-minute risk analysis based on its memory-disk storage technology that includes highly deterministic input/output to allow data to be moved extremely quickly and central processing units (CPUs) supporting applications to run at 99% capacity. To test the performance of its storage in a...

Mediobanca Implements Xenomorph’s TimeScape as a Data Management Solution for Risk

Italian investment bank Mediobanca has selected Xenomorph’s TimeScape to support its risk management processes with automated data validation and improved data quality. As well as delivering the improved data to its back and middle offices, the bank plans delivery to the front office where the data will be used to test new ideas for trading...

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Back to the (Valuations) Grind

Back from a quick break in Bordeaux – well, Perigord – to the Spring term of 2013, and back to the thorny issue of valuations, the subject of our forthcoming special report and webinar combination next Tuesday April 9. (If you haven’t registered yet you can do so here). Back in November 2011, I posted...

Mizuho International Builds on Relationship with Wolters Kluwer for Basel III Reporting

Mizuho International, the London-based securities and investment banking arm of Mizuho Financial Group, is building on an existing regulatory data management relationship with Wolters Kluwer Financial Services to meet the needs of Basel III reporting. The bank has licensed Wolters Kluwer’s Basel III compliant common reporting (CoRep), financial reporting (FinRep) and liquidity coverage ratio modules...

GoldenSource Extends Enterprise Data Management Solution to Include LEI

GoldenSource has enabled its enterprise data management (EDM) software to support legal entity identifiers (LEIs), but notes that early users are seeking point solutions to address tax requirements including the LEI rather than addressing the LEI as a means of gaining a consistent and accurate view of clients and counterparties that can improve onboarding and...

Fenergo Enhances Client & Counterparty Data Management Solution to Meet Regulatory Compliance Requirements

Fenergo, a provider of customer lifecycle management software, has extended the model of its Client & Counterparty Data Management solution to capture and manage additional reference data that is essential for compliance with regulations such as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca), Dodd-Frank, the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and Markets in Financial Instruments...

Interactive Data Adds Extensible Service for Financial Transaction Tax

Interactive Data has added a data service to support the identification of instruments liable for French and Italian financial transaction taxes (FTTs). The service shifts the burden of maintaining and updating lists of securities that fall within the scope of transaction tax in each jurisdiction from financial firms to Interactive Data, and is ready to...

Data Management Summit – Regulation is a Game Changer for Reference Data

Regulation has become a game-changer for many financial firms as regulators look beyond reports and demand access to detailed data that must be accurate and complete in a regime of zero regulatory tolerance. Introducing a panel discussion at last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit entitled Enterprise Data Management Business and Regulatory Drivers, A-Team Group...