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Anyone for MiFID III?
By Steve Grob, Director of Group Strategy, Fidessa I was chatting with the Reg folks here at Fidessa Towers yesterday and the spectre of MiFID III came up. Before you all jump off the window ledge, there is no official notion of this yet, but when will the regulators feel that their work really is…
The Opportunities and Challenges of Entity Data Quality
The challenges and opportunities of entity data quality were discussed during a recent A-Team Group webinar entitled ‘Four categories of entity data quality management’. The webinar was sponsored by Kingland Systems, moderated by A-Team editor Sarah Underwood, and joined by Sean Taylor, executive director at Canaccord Genuity Group; Tony Brownlee, a partner at Kingland; and…
Data Management Summit London – Keynotes, Presentations, Panel Sessions, Round Tables and Champagne
Regulation topped the agenda at last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit, although it was followed closely by issues including the transformation of data to information, data lineage, utilities, Know Your Customer ( KYC) and client onboarding, data quality, operations models, data stewardship and more! Keynotes and Presentations Introduced by Andrew Delaney, chief content officer…
AIM Software Addresses Data Licensing Compliance Risk
AIM Software has released GAIN Data Portal, a solution designed to help financial institutions improve control and costs of market data while avoiding breaches of data vendor agreements. Breaches can occur when trading terminal data is exported to spreadsheets and used for tasks such as risk calculation and trade compliance, which are not included in…
The Art of Data Lineage
Implementing data lineage is a complex task including challenges such as managing multiple legacy systems, understanding data flows, responding to ongoing regulatory change, winning management buy-in and securing dedicated budget. Done well, however, it can provide significant benefits. The challenges and opportunities of data lineage were discussed during a recent A-Team Group webinar sponsored by…
FCA Issues Third Consultation Paper on MiFID II
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a third consultation paper on UK implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments II (MiFID II). The deadline for comments on the paper is January 4, 2017, just a year before the regulation takes effect. The consultation paper – which you can access here – seeks views on proposed…
All Along the Watchtower: How MiFID II’s Impact on the Front Office Is Driving Banks to Mutualise
By Dan Barnes Bob Dylan’s lyric, ‘There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief,’ resonates in the world of capital markets. It encapsulates the relentless regulatory and systemic turbulence. Under the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) coming into force in 2018, firms active in Europe will be hit with many new…
Kingland White Paper and Webinar Discuss How to Improve Entity Data Quality
Reliable entity data is critical to business strategy, but it can be difficult to manage, raising questions about how financial institutions can improve the measurement of entity data quality and manage it in a way that best suits their organisation. Answering the questions are emerging cognitive technologies that can identify and automatically fix incorrect entity…
General Data Protection Regulation Calls for Increased Investment in Data Security and Governance
Paul Nemitz, the director for fundamental rights in the justice directorate of the European Commission, has warned companies operating in the EU that they must invest in data security to ensure they can demonstrate compliance with the data privacy by design and security elements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and thus reduce potential…
Synechron Apps Support Fast Implementation of Blockchain Solutions
Business consulting and technology services provider Synechron has released six blockchain applications designed to help financial institutions get up and running on a blockchain network or in a sandbox environment within weeks. The applications are cloud based and include solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), global payments, trade finance, smart margin calls, insurance claims processing…