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Elixirr and Kaizen Partner to Deliver Regulatory Reporting Remediation Solutions
Elixirr and Kaizen have partnered to deliver an end-to-end regulatory reporting remediation service for financial institutions. The firms, Elixirr a consultancy and Kaizen a regulatory reporting assurance specialist, will offer clients assurance testing, governance and support for trade and transaction reporting remediation projects. Kaizen’s ReportShield solution checks every item of transaction data for accuracy and…
Thomson Reuters and Salesforce Collaborate to Fight Financial Crime
Thomson Reuters is collaborating with Salesforce to help clients onboard new customers quickly and efficiently while meeting anti-money laundering obligations. The collaboration allows users of the Salesforce AppExchange to access Thomson Reuters World-Check, a database of risk intelligence data that supports Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence, through the Thomson Reuters customer risk screener application….
Highlights of A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit
Last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit covered hot topics from the evolution of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) role to the unfinished business of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), the outstanding data management challenges of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the potential of technologies including cloud, machine learning and artificial…
Kx Adds Software-As-A-Service Version of kdb+ Time Series Database
Kx Systems has released a software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of its kdb+ time series database with a flexible pricing model designed to make it widely accessible to programmers. A personal edition of 64-bit kdb+ on-demand for non-commercial use is also available at no cost. The 64-bit version of kdb+ can be run on any computer anywhere,…
MiFID II vs GDPR: The Delicate Balance Between KYC and Data Privacy
By: Fenergo regulatory consultants Ciara Kennedy and Aoife Harney Already this year, financial institutions have tackled one significant regulatory hurdle in the form of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). In May 2018 they face General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that threatens to present banks around the world with conflicting and challenging data…
Data Management Summit Innovation Showcase Presents The Investment Data Utility
Join us tomorrow at our London Data Management Summit to find out how to make data an opportunity rather than a risk, what still needs to be done to ensure Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) compliance, how to make the most of alternative data and next generation analytics, the latest technologies adding…
Data Management Summit: Meet The Cyber Consultants
A-Team Group’s London Data Management Summit rolls into town next Thursday with a fine line-up of speakers and a showcase presenting fintech innovators that could help firms create business value from their data. Ahead of the event, we caught up with Rupert Brown, chief technology officer at The Cyber Consultants, to discuss his views on…
GDPR is Coming – Do You Need to Find the Location of Personal Data in Your ERP and CRM Systems?
By: Roland Bullivant, Silwood Technology The EU’s new rules on data protection enshrined in General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) come into force in May 2018. They fortify the rights of citizens over their own data and put more obligations on organisations of sizes to manage and protect that personal data. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office…
Risk Focus Adds Regulatory Reporting Advisory
Risk Focus has introduced Regulatory Reporting Advisory (RRA), a service designed to help clients comply with trade reporting regulations, meet aggressive deadlines and build solutions for regulatory compliance, including upcoming regulations such as Securities Finance Transaction Reporting (SFTR), which takes effect in early 2019. Risk Focus RRA offers support for all aspects of regulatory reporting…
Leading Industry Players Back FDC3 Desktop Applications Connectivity Initiative
OpenFin is leading an initiative to bring universal connectivity and standards to the desktop applications used across capital markets. The initiative is called the Financial Desktop Connectivity and Collaboration Consortium (FDC3) and initial members include Algomi, AllianceBernstein, Barclays, BNP Paribas, ChartIQ, Citadel, Cloud9, FactSet, Fidessa, GreenKey, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, OTAS Technologies, RBC, TP ICAP,…