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DSB Sets Up Change and Challenge Processes for OTC Derivative ISINs
The Data Service Bureau (DSB) that issues ISINs for OTC derivatives under MiFID II has set up change and challenge processes. The change request addresses issues with existing ISINs or with the product definition templates supplied by the DSB for the creation of OTC derivative ISINs. The challenge process allows users to challenge existing ISINs, for…
MiFID II Drives Innovation in Research Management
The challenges of how to manage research under MiFID II – where it comes from, how you pay for it and how much it costs – are the result of the regulation’s focus on bringing transparency to investors. The regulation has also created a cottage industry of nimble innovators alongside the big players that have…
Deutsche Bank Transformation Moves Reconciliation Services to SmartStream
Deutsche Bank has selected SmartStream Technologies’ Centre of Excellence (CoE) to provide an off-site operations platform including three services that will allow the bank to streamline, simplify and reduce the costs of its reconciliations environment. The decision to use the SmartStream managed service utility is part of the bank’s transformation programme. The three managed services…
It’s Official – No Further Delays in the Use of LEIs Under MiFID II
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) confirmed today that the six-month delay to the mandate requiring the use of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) for all issuers and counterparties to transactions under MiFID II will not be extended. The initial delay from January 3, 2018, when MiFID II came into play, to July 3, 2018…
DSB Technology Advisory Committee to Discuss Resiliency and Efficiency
The Derivatives Service Bureau’s (DSB) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) set up earlier this month will hold its first meeting next Wednesday, June 27th 2018. Topics on the agenda range from infrastructure issues about the stability and resiliency of the DSB platform to usability issues related to download formats and increased efficiency. Many of the topics come…
Datactics Moves into Iceland with Contract Win at Arion Bank
Datactics has won its first customer in Iceland, Arion Bank, which will use the company’s RegMetrics and Single Customer View data quality solutions to support an enterprise data management programme. The bank selected Datactics after a competitive vendor selection process that included a technically demanding and tightly specified proof of concept across three departments, each…
Global Merces Selects SS&C Solutions to Support Growth
Australian alternative asset manager, Global Merces, has selected SS&C’s investment accounting, asset servicing and mutual fund platforms to support growth both locally and globally. The deal marks SS&C’s first Australian client win since it closed the acquisition of DST Systems earlier this year. Global Merces selected SS&C’s HiTrust unit registry and pricing solution because it…
Blackrock Veteran Joins Opus Nebula
Cloud-based end-to-end reporting service provider Opus Nebula has hired industry veteran Les Gosling as its new business development director and head of sales. Gosling joins Opus Nebula to accelerate the adoption of the firm’s ‘Reporting as a Service’ offering within the asset and wealth management community, initially within the UK, European, and US markets. With…
Data Management for Compliance, Business Performance and Reduced Costs
Regulatory compliance is non-negotiable, business performance is crucial, and pressure on costs is continual. So, how can you source and manage data once for both compliance and performance, and how can you contain costs? These questions and more were addressed during a recent A-Team Group webinarhosted by A-Team editor Sarah Underwood and joined by Dessa Glasser,…
FCA Reiterates Need for LEIs in Run Up to July 3 Deadline
The UK regulator has reminded firms and counterparties within the scope of MiFID II to ensure they meet the regulation’s Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) requirement before the extended deadline of July 3, 2018. “After July 3 firms will be required to gather (and be in a position to report) their clients’ LEIs before they trade…