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DMS Review: Emerging Technologies Respond to the Challenges of Data Management

High performance technologies can support the delivery of efficient and effective data management, but they are not the only tools for the task as financial firms strive to centralise reference data, deliver the right data at the right time, and move towards on demand, always available data. This was the assessment of a panel of…

DMS Review: LEIs and the Focus on Entity Data

The emerging global legal entity identifier (LEI) remains far from the tipping point of acceptance across global capital markets and for some it appears as a precursor to a vast mapping exercise. But the standard is gaining ground and will form an integral element of the entity data that’s increasingly needed by companies and required…

DMS Review: Chief Data Officers Rise Above Operations to Set Data Management Strategy

The role of chief data officer (CDO) has become increasingly prevalent in financial services firms over the past couple of years. It has no exact definition, but tends towards responsibility for strategy and change, rather than data and operations. Discussing the role of the CDO and how to measure the success of the data management…

DMS Review: Reference Data Utilities Offer Cost Savings, but Challenges Remain

Managed services and utilities can cut the cost of reference data, but to be truly effective managed services must be more flexible and utilities must address issues of data access and security. A panel session led by A-Team Group editor-in-chief Andrew Delaney at the A-Team Group Data Management Summit in London set out to discover…

Data Management Summit: Keynote Questions the Use of Sticks or Carrots in Data Architecture

Putting data architecture before data management, Colin Gibson, head of data architecture in the markets division of Royal Bank of Scotland, presented the opening keynote at this week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit in London. As well as a deep dive into data architecture, the summit considered the role of the chief data officer, drivers…

DTCC Plans Roll Out of Global Client Reference Data Service

DTCC’s joint development of a client entity reference data utility with a number of global banks is expected to yield first results early next year, with an initial release of a client reference data service to be followed by further releases through the year. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a…

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Towards Analytics

Excitement is mounting here at A-Team Towers in anticipation of tomorrow’s Data Management Summit at the America Square conference centre in London. If you haven’t registered already, you can here. But you’d better hurry up. As readers know, I’ve been discussing the content and approach of this DMS event for quite some time, so I’ll…

Sapient Global Markets Adds Sentiment to Data Management Maturity Assessment

Sapient Global Markets, a division of Sapient dedicated to technology services for capital and commodity markets, is taking a sentiment-based approach to data management maturity assessment with a service that is designed to expedite the process, provide a heat map of maturity across an enterprise and inform spending decisions. The company’s Sentiment-Based Data Management Maturity…

Interactive Data Automates Price Review Process with Vantage Price Validation Workflow

Interactive Data has added a price validation workflow to its Vantage web application for evaluated pricing transparency. The Vantage Price Validation Workflow module automates pricing exception handling and validation processes, cutting out typically manual processes and reducing operational costs. The price validation workflow is designed to provide a central hub for client validation activities and…

Linedata Repackages Fund Accounting Solution to Offer Investment Book of Records

Linedata has repackaged the components of its Icon fund accounting software to deliver an investment book of records (Ibor) platform that aggregates data from multiple sources across an organisation and manages position data to provide start-of-day and intraday views of positions and cash. Called Linedata I-BOR, the platform operates in real time and provides historical…