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How to Maximise Datasets Created by MiFID II
MiFID II generates about three trillion new data points, begging the question of how financial institutions will maximise their use of new data sources created by the regulation. But how useful is the data six months into MiFID II, what challenges does it present, and will there be winners and losers among firms that can…
Derivatives Service Bureau Names Members of Technology Advisory Committee
The Association of National Numbering Agencies’ (ANNA) Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has named members of its newly formed Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC has been set up to provide guidance and recommendations to the DSB Board on technology implementation and investment to support the DSB role as a critical market infrastructure providing International Securities…
IRTA and The Disruption House Partner to Push Forward RegTech Adoption
The International RegTech Association (IRTA) and The Disruption House (TDH) have partnered to support accelerated adoption of regtech solutions in financial services. The partnership gives IRTA members access to the TDH Scorecard service at a discounted rate. The scorecard service provides independent, detailed analysis on a company and its technology, together with analytical commentary on…
GDPR Week One: Outstanding Data Management Challenges and a Quick Start Solution
The May 25, 2018 deadline for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may have come and gone, but the compliance journey is only just beginning as firms review systems built to get them over the line and plan more robust and sustainable solutions that can support a cost-efficient response to data subject access requests and accommodate…
Sheena Clark Extends Remit with Role of Managing Director at BCC Group
Sheena Clark, founder of Financial Machineries, has extended her remit by partnering BCC Group and becoming UK managing director of the company. At BCC, Clark is responsible for all global client activities around the group’s ONE Solution financial data enterprise platform and its market data cloud solutions. She will use her extensive market knowledge and…
Improving Operational Efficiency in the Data Management Process
By: Hugo Boer, Senior Product Manager, Asset Control As the financial services industry starts to harness a raft of new data sources for fast, effective and usable insights, the bottleneck for financial institutions becomes how well they really understand their data management processes. How many firms, for example, can answer the following questions: Do we…
IHS Markit Repositions Business with Acquisition of Ipreo and Sale of MarkitSERV
It’s all change at IHS Markit as the company pushes further into the alternatives market through an agreement to acquire Ipreo and plans to move out of OTC derivatives processing through a sale of its MarkitSERV derivatives trade processing business. The company has agreed to acquire Ipreo, a provider of financial services technology, data and…
Final Call for Comments on FRTB Capital Requirements for Market Risk
The January 1, 2022 implementation deadline of Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation may be three years out, but the data management challenges of compliance need to be considered now. Most importantly, a BCBS consultation paper on the standardised approach to calculating minimum capital requirements for OTC derivatives needs urgent industry input on…
Fenergo Extends Market Reach in Partnership with Delta Capita
Fenergo has partnered technology consulting and managed services provider Delta Capita to deliver a ‘Powered by Fenergo’ client remediation offering designed to address market demand and act as a catalyst to the adoption of Fenergo’s client lifecycle management solution either onsite or as a managed service delivered by Delta Capita. The strategic partnership is the…
EDM Council Recommends DCAM for GDPR Compliance
If your organisation is still struggling with the data management aspects of compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force next week, a report from the EDM Council recommending the use of its Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM) may be helpful. The report, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): The Role of…