About a-team Marketing Services
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry

A-Team Insight Blogs

Technology Investment Essential to Cope with Corporate Events Rapid Growth

Subscribe to our newsletter

With the explosive growth in corporate events – primarily due to the current restructuring of debt or refinancing – those financial institutions that have invested in technology and integrated data sets will be the best placed to cope with the increase in volumes, according to David Kane, senior vice president of securities and operations at JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services.

The number of corporate actions are rapidly increasing, especially cross borders, driven by an increase in rights issues, mergers and acquisitions, refinancing and debt restructuring. But it is essential to get the principles and critical data points around complex events right so that risk can be accurately managed, said Kane.

Kane said that there are several aspects to managing corporate actions that clients expect. These include the need real-time access to the best information (there’s nothing worse than stale data); being able to provide them with the latest possible deadlines for them to make decisions on events; they want specialist expertise and support; and timely and accurate delivery of entitlements after the event is very important.

Of course the consequences of inaccurate corporate actions data are well known, but Kane cited an example of a company tracing a $10 million write-off directly to inaccurate corporate actions data.

Kane also suggested that regulatory scrutiny is likely to increase, with JP Morgan having had recent discussions with the OCC in the U.S. and the FSA in the UK.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Related content

WEBINAR

Upcoming Webinar: Unlocking value: Harnessing modern data platforms for data integration, advanced investment analytics, visualisation and reporting

4 September 2025 10:00am ET | 3:00pm London | 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 Minutes Modern data platforms are bringing efficiencies, scalability and powerful new capabilities to institutions and their data pipelines. They are enabling the use of new automation and analytical technologies that are also helping firms to derive more value from their data and...

BLOG

Bloomberg Debuts Real-Time Events Data Feed

Bloomberg has broken new ground with the release of its Real-time Events Data solution, which it says will help financial institutions make better decisions faster, based on the most accurate and timely information. The US financial data and technology behemoth has leveraged its real-time streaming API connectivity to provide subscribing clients with data from earnings...

EVENT

AI in Capital Markets Summit London

The AI in Capital Markets Summit will explore current and emerging trends in AI, the potential of Generative AI and LLMs and how AI can be applied for efficiencies and business value across a number of use cases, in the front and back office of financial institutions. The agenda will explore the risks and challenges of adopting AI and the foundational technologies and data management capabilities that underpin successful deployment.

GUIDE

AI in Capital Markets: Practical Insight for a Transforming Industry – Free Handbook

AI is no longer on the horizon – it’s embedded in the infrastructure of modern capital markets. But separating real impact from inflated promises requires a grounded, practical understanding. The AI in Capital Markets Handbook 2025 provides exactly that. Designed for data-driven professionals across the trade life-cycle, compliance, infrastructure, and strategy, this handbook goes beyond...