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AxiomSL Adds Solution for SA-CCR Compliance to Regulatory Reporting Platform
AxiomSL has added a solution that meets the requirements of Basel’s Standardised Approach for Measuring Counterparty Credit Risk Exposures (SA-CCR) to its regulatory reporting platform ahead of the rule’s compliance deadline of January 1st 2017. SA-CCR will replace the Current Exposure Method and Standardised Method calculations enshrined in the Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV)…
What do banks need to do to survive in the new risk era?
By Neil Vernon, Chief Technology Officer at Gresham UK With high profile internal security breaches, stringent regulation and regulatory fines on the up, banks are under greater pressure than ever before to both guarantee and evidence the integrity of their data. But with existing banking IT infrastructure – patchworked systems, siloed processes and fragmented organisations…
Bloomberg Opens Website Dedicated to the Financial Instrument Global Identifier and Adds API
Bloomberg continues to promote industry use of the Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI), a free and open data standard for financial instrument identification, through the introduction of OpenFIGI.com and OpenFIGI API. The OpenFIGI.com website provides access to tools for identifying, mapping and requesting FIGI datasets, while the OpenFIGI API allows mapping from third-party identifiers to…
NeoXam Bases Growth Strategy on Data Management, Investment Management and Accounting
NeoXam has consolidated its acquisitions of the past couple of years, including enterprise data management (EDM) specialist SmartCo, and set out a growth strategy based on the three disciplines of data management, investment management and investment accounting, and extended geographic reach across North America and Asia. The Paris-based company is also developing cloud based on-demand…
Giving Away the Value of Reference Data
By Chris Pickles, Co-Chair of FIX Trading Community’s Reference Data Subgroup and Member of the Bloomberg Open Symbology Team Reference data is not only a foundation of data management, it is also a revenue earning commodity, particularly for exchanges and issuers of ISINs. MiFIR requires exchanges, multilateral trading facilities, organised trading facilities and systematic internalisers…
Exploring Interconnected Business Relationships
By Michael Goldberg, Content Marketing Director at Dun & Bradstreet How much do you really know about the companies you do business with day in and day out? Sure, you may understand how your growth is affected by dealings with a supplier you’ve worked with for over a decade. But what about the association that…
GoldenSource Partners Options to Extend Reach of OnDemand Managed Service
GoldenSource has extended its relationship with managed service and IT infrastructure provider Options to ensure it can meet growing global demand for the managed service version of its enterprise data management (EDM) solution. The company already uses Options’ Momentum managed application and hosting solution to support GoldenSource OnDemand, but has reinforced its partnership to deliver…
Markit Migrates EDM Users to Amazon Web Services Cloud
The migration of Markit’s enterprise data management (EDM) solution to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud has attracted six clients since it went live last April. The clients are split between North America and Europe and range from asset managers to third-party application providers using the company’s platform. Markit has been offering managed services using…
SNL Financial Takes Upper Hand in Merger with S&P Capital IQ
The outcome of McGraw Hill Financial’s acquisition of SNL Financial in September 2015 and its merger with S&P Capital IQ is beginning to take shape in the form of an enlarged data, research and analytics company with a cumbersome name – S&P Capital IQ + SNL Financial – and a leadership line-up that suggests S&P…
Fenergo Teams Up with Markit and kyc.com to Improve Client Lifecycle Management
Fenergo has formed a strategic relationship with Markit that will allow banks using its client lifecycle management software to automate consumption of Know Your Customer (KYC) and counterparty data from Markit and kyc.com, a joint venture between Markit and Genpact. The automation is based on Data Integration Manager, an adjunct to Fenergo’s client lifecycle management…