Asset manager Hermes Pensions Management Ltd. is considering using Bank of New York to provide a range of outsourced investment operations services, including data management. BNY’s proposal calls for the migration of Hermes’ operational functions to be migrated to the BNY SmartSource platform and centralized outsourcing business model.
As rising geopolitical uncertainty prompts an intensification in the complexity and volume of global economic and financial sanctions, banks and financial institutions are faced with a daunting set of new compliance challenges. The risk of inadvertently engaging with sanctioned securities has never been higher and the penalties for doing so are harsh. Traditional sanctions screening...
By Edgar Randall, UK&I Managing Director, Dun & Bradstreet. As AI becomes the engine of modern business, the question of verifiable data ownership is no longer theoretical, it’s central to how organisations build trust in AI-driven decisions. The rise of AI means models depend entirely on the quality and integrity of the data they consume....
Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
It’s hard to believe that as early as the 2009 Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh the industry had recognised the need for greater transparency as part of a wider package of reforms aimed at mitigating the systemic risk posed by the OTC derivatives market. That realisation ultimately led to the Dodd Frank Act, and...
