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GDPR will Curb the Digital Wild West, but the Cost will be High
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will curb the digital wild west and improve protection of personal data, but the cost of implementation will be high and now is the time to get started to meet the compliance deadline of May 25, 2018. Taking part in an A-Team Group webinar on the regulation, subject matter experts…
Fenergo Expands to Meet Demand for Client Lifecyle Management Solution
Fenergo is building out its infrastructure with the appointment of two sales leads, 100 new recruits, office extensions and a customer success function dedicated to nurturing customer experience. The expansion is a response to a growth spurt at the regtech provider that is expected to generate revenue of over €50 million and breakeven in the…
In an Age of Sanctions, Keeping Pace Requires Innovation
By: Phillip Lynch, Head of Markets, Products & Strategy, SIX Financial Information Keeping up with the latest popular television shows was once a relatively simple proposition. With only a handful of major channels vying for your attention, all you had to do was set aside an hour or two each week and you’d have everything…
SIX Stands Ready to Help Firms with MiFID II and PRIIPs Document Exchange
SIX Financial Information is standing ready to help firms meet the data and document exchange requirements of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) – both of which regulations have early January 2018 compliance deadlines. The company released its Regulatory Document Hub (RegHub) a month or…
John Randles Leaves CEO Role at Bloomberg PolarLake to Join Start-up
John Randles has left the role of CEO at Bloomberg PolarLake and is on gardening leave until the end of September, after which he will become CEO of a technology start-up. Randles has been replaced by Warren Buckley, chief technology officer (CTO) at Bloomberg PolarLake and founder of PolarLake in 2002. The switch took place…
IT Rationalisation: Mobilising Data Assets
By: Martijn Groot, Vice President of Product Strategy, Asset Control IT rationalisation has become a major focus for financial services firms over the past couple of years – from Deutsche Bank’s Strategy 2020, which includes modernising outdated and fragmented IT architecture, to HSBC’s Simplify the Bank plan, which includes an architecture-led strategy to halve the…
Peter Serenita Moves on from HSBC to Join Scotiabank as US Chief Data Officer
After an eight-year career as a senior data management executive at HSBC, Peter Serenita has moved on to join Toronto headquartered Scotiabank as US chief data officer. He will continue to be based in the New York City area where before joining HSBC he spent 17 years in technology and data management roles at JP…
Guest Blog: GDPR? Keep Calm and Think
By John Stuart-Clarke, Data Protection & e-Privacy Specialist John works at a large UK Insurer and leads a team of product owners tasked with strengthening the data protection control environment in readiness for the GDPR and the ePrivacy Regulation. The risks and potential sanctions that GDPR exposes organisations to are eye-wateringly attention-grabbing. They have triggered…
Bloomberg Entity Exchange Selected by TP ICAP for MiFID II Compliance
TP ICAP’s decision to use the Bloomberg Entity Exchange to help clients of its broking businesses register on new trading venues under Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) was made after considering several Know your Customer (KYC) solutions and is expected to simplify the repapering process for clients ahead of the January 3,…
The Data Science is The Easy Part!
Lessons learned from a recent business intelligence project By: Marc Alvarez One of the biggest motivations of working in a chief data officer (CDO) role is the opportunity to spend time and thought on applying state-of-the-art business intelligence (BI) to the firm’s own data. Unfortunately, given the pressing need to support regulatory reporting and simply…