RegTech Insight Blogs The latest content from across the platform
Reval’s Okochi and Trozzo Highlight Valuations and Data Impacts of US Swaps Market Reforms
It seems everyone’s talking about the data impacts of the Dodd Frank reforms at the moment. Last week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hosted a public roundtable on the subject of the new recordkeeping requirements and related standards efforts, and derivatives risk and valuations solution provider Reval also hosted its own webinar on the…
CFTC Roundtable on Unique Product IDs Highlights Mountain Yet to Climb in Terms of Setting Instrument Standards
This week’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) public roundtable on the technical aspects of the introduction of new unique product identifiers (UPIs) highlighted the mountain still yet to climb in terms of setting instrument identification standards. Much recent progress has been made on the legal entity identification front as a result of the combined work…
Virginie’s Blog – What Would a US Derivatives Reform Delay Mean for the OFR?
It is no secret that the success of any new regulatory agency, such as the US Treasury’s recently established Office of Financial Research (OFR), is predicated on it receiving the political and financial support it needs to survive. But what happens if the foot is taken off the pedal of the derivatives reforms on which…
Talend Enables Unified Integration in the Cloud
Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced Talend Cloud, its Cloud-enabled Integration Platform and the first comprehensive unified integration platform for the cloud and hybrid IT environments. An extension of the recently announced Unified Integration Platform, Talend Cloud offers elasticity, ubiquity, extensibility, security and reliability to those organisations looking to ensure the integrity…
LCH.Clearnet Appoints Susan Milligan as Head of US Public Affairs
LCH.Clearnet has appointed Susan Milligan head of US public affairs. Based in Washington D.C., Susan will be responsible for representing LCH.Clearnet Group with the US Congress and the federal agencies and will liaise with the US media. Susan joins LCH.Clearnet from the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), where she managed federal government relations and all corporate…
US Regulatory Agencies Publish Op Risk Guidance Highlighting Importance of Data Inputs, Governance and Validation
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), along with the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), have published their interagency guidance for operational risk as part of the US adoption of the advanced measurement approach (AMA) for risk-based…
Commerzbank’s Natter Highlights Progress of its Data Management Project with Asset Control
Following its merger with Dresdner Bank in 2008, Commerzbank opted to integrate its risk management processes and instead of building an in-house solution for the data underlying those processes, it selected Asset Control’s AC Plus platform for the job. Speaking at last month’s A-Team Group Data Management for Risk, Analytics and Valuations (DMRAV) conference in…
Thomson Reuters Adds Ex-Wolters Kluwer Exec Curtis to its Ranks
The revolving door at data giant Thomson Reuters continues to spin unabated (see commentary on the recent slew of people moves) with the addition of ex-Wolters Kluwer MD Dean Curtis to its ranks. Curtis, who was with the regulatory solutions specialist for nearly four years and was likely a casualty of the recent FRSGlobal acquisition,…
Virginie’s Blog – Swift’s Future Focus?
Swift has a serious decision to make this year about its potential future in the securities reference data space, beyond legal entity identification and standing settlement instructions (SSI) in the FX and money markets that is… Last month, Swift was selected by ISO as the successful candidate to act as the registration authority for its…
AIFM Level 1 Directive Still Not Fit for Purpose in Spite of Delay, say Kinetic Partners
Level 1 of the AIFM Directive, which was due to be published in Q1 2011, was finally published by the EU on 27th May. It was hoped that the delay was an indication of the level of improvements that were needed and that the final published text would have addressed all the deficiencies present in…