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SunGard Measures the Gap Between Data Reporting and Business Intelligence
The gap between financial data reporting and business intelligence has still to be closed at many firms as they struggle to move away from after-the-fact reporting and adopt proactive and investigative reporting strategies. The gap is often exacerbated by the use of multiple systems, but it can be narrowed by improving data management, automating reporting…
DTCC Pushes Forward with Clarient Client Reference Data Utility
DTCC is coming closer to delivering the client data and documentation utility it described last year as it tests the first release of Clarient Entity Hub ahead of general availability in the fourth quarter of this year. The company signed a memorandum of understanding to design and develop a utility that would support client on-boarding…
EMIR Reporting Continues to Pose Data Management Challenge
The reporting requirements of European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) continue to challenge financial institutions six months after they came into force and ahead of regulatory intent to fine firms that fail to report correctly under the regulation. Industry estimates suggest that, to date, only 1% of trades have been correctly matched under EMIR due to…
Interactive Data Offers Compliance Solution for AIFMD
Interactive Data has introduced a compliance solution for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) that came into force this week, but compliance may not be plain sailing with the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) warning that implementation of the regulation is incomplete. Interactive Data has pulled together existing data and created new data required…
RiskFirst Builds Business in US with PFaroe Risk Analytics Platform
RiskFirst, a UK-based risk analytics provider, is building out its business in the US with the support of partner Winklevoss Technologies and early client wins with its PFaroe real-time, web-based valuation, analytics and reporting platform at Rocaton Investment Advisors and Nuveen Asset Management. The company, formerly known as PensionsFirst, introduced PFaroe in the UK market…
Opinion: Regulatory Reporting – an Opportunity, Not a Burden
By Melvin Jayawardana, European Market Manager, Confluence As the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) comes into effect today, 22 July, 2014, European fund administrators and fund managers face big challenges getting up to speed on the full ramifications of the directive and the scope of work it will require in their middle- and back-office…
Fonetic and Tango Team to Deliver Dodd-Frank Compliant Voice Recording and Speech Analytics Solution
Fonetic, a provider of voice recognition and linguistics analytics, has set up a partnership with Tango Networks, a provider of business mobility services, to offer a mobile voice recording and speech analytics system designed to help financial institutions meet voice compliance requirements on the trading floor. The solution is a server software overlay that can…
Corvil Giga Platform Delivers Real-Time Operational Intelligence and Big Data Integration
Corvil has added streaming analytics, big data adapters, auto data discovery and more to its network performance monitoring solution to deliver a streaming analytics platform designed for real-time operational intelligence and big data integration. The Corvil Giga release – which will be followed by Tera and Peta releases supporting greater data volumes within the next…
Interactive Data’s Stephan Wolf is Named as CEO of the Global LEI Foundation
Stephan Wolf, chief technology officer and member of the executive board at Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG has been named as the CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) that was established in June 2014 and will oversee the development and operation of the Central Operating Unit of the Global LEI System. The…
Chair of LEI Foundation Details Final Push to Complete Global LEI System
The formation of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) and the first meeting of its board of directors late last month signal a final push towards completion of the Global LEI System (GLEIS). A CEO for the foundation is expected to be appointed in October and will manage the Central Operating Unit (COU) of…