McDonnell Investment Management is now live with Eagle Investment Systems’ Star investment accounting system, following a four-month roll-out. McDonnell implemented the system with the aim of instituting an efficient straight-through-processing regimen. The web-based system was selected because of its ability to handle a high volume of transactions and to provide McDonnell with Schedule D statutory reporting on behalf of insurance clients.
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...
The headlong rush to adopt artificial intelligence poses multiple risks to financial institutions that don’t take the necessary preparatory steps before implementation. One potential source is the increasing AI-savviness of company employees. As they become accustomed to using the technology on consumer devices and websites, there is a greater risk they’ll inadvertently leak or compromise...
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.
Entity data management is this year’s hot topic as financial firms focus on entity data to gain a better understanding of customers, improve risk management and meet regulatory compliance requirements. Data management programmes that enrich the Legal Entity Identifier with hierarchy data and links to other datasets can also add real value, including new business...
