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Netik InterView Implemented at Aberdeen Asset Management

Netik, the global financial data management and reporting vendor, is pleased to announce that Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen) has successfully implemented Netik InterView and Netik Information Portal to deliver a global enterprise wide view for reporting on their outsourced accounting and internal data. The Netik InterView solution consolidates global data – transactions and valuations –...

SimCorp’s Schröter Elaborates on Decision to Partner with Aim Software for Data Heavy Lifting

SimCorp’s recently announced decision to partner with data management solution provider Aim Software was based on the desire to better support its clients’ requirements around golden copy record production, explains Marc Schröter, SimCorp’s senior vice president and head of strategic research. Up until now, the vendor has left its clients to deal with the process of...

Data Management is in its Awkward Teenage Years, Says EDM Council’s Atkin

Data management has progressed beyond its infancy and is now well into its awkward teenage years, where the industry is standing at the point of delivery, moving from planning to execution, according to Mike Atkin, managing director of data management industry group the EDM Council. As part of its recent industry benchmarking exercise, which involved...

Global Benchmarking Survey by EDM Council and Headstrong Reinforces Importance of EDM for Regulatory Compliance

The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council and Headstrong, an IT consulting company for financial services, today announced results of their 2010 industry benchmarking survey on the current state of data management among global financial institutions. Sponsored by Headstrong and with analysis completed by the EDM Council, the survey demonstrates the rising importance of EDM as...

Data Quality Takes Priority Over Speed in the Risk Management Challenge, Says Mizuho’s Tweddle

Speaking at this week’s A-Team Insight Exchange conference in London, Mizuho International’s risk management chief operating officer Simon Tweddle explained to delegates that although timeliness of data is becoming much more important from a risk management perspective, this must not come at the cost of data quality. “When talking about this area, one must recognise...

Transformative Projects are Unlikely to Happen this Year in the Risk Data Space, Says Kinetic Partners’ Collins

“In 2010 it will be difficult to do anything transformative,” John Collins, member of risk management platform provider Kinetic Partners focused on the vendor’s consulting business, told delegates to A-Team Insight Exchange in London this week. The cost pressures of the current market climate and an unwillingness to change core technology platforms will continue to...

Private Clouds Have Potential in the Enterprise Data Context, Agrees A-Team Insight Exchange Panel

Cloud computing may have become a buzzword for the industry but despite some reservations in the market about latency, it does have potential in an enterprise data context, agreed panellists at A-Team Insight Exchange in London this week. Market participants are seeking to streamline their usage of vendor data feeds and reduce their costs and...

Put Aside Preconceptions About Technology and Realise Data Aggregation for Risk Analysis Across Silos, Says Sybase’s Williams

In order to be able to fully realise the benefits of the risk analytics technology on the market firms must first put aside their preconceptions about what this technology is capable of, said Adrian Williams, business development director of Sybase, in his keynote speech to the delegates to A-Team Insight Exchange in London this morning....

SimCorp and AIM Software Partner to Provide Cleansed Data

SimCorp, a provider of highly specialised software for the investment industry, and AIM Software, a provider of financial data management solutions, have entered into a global collaborative agreement. The agreement enables SimCorp to provide AIM Software’s GAIN Data Management software to its clients, in conjunction with SimCorp Dimension, SimCorp’s seamless investment management solution. GAIN Data...

Former Reference Data Exec Van Lunteren Exits RBS, Unlikely to be the Last

After three years as head of common reference data for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and, prior to its acquisition, ABN Amro in the Netherlands, Martijn van Lunteren has exited the building. As noted by Reference Data Review earlier this month, RBS has made no secret of its plans to cut around 3,500 back office jobs over...