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Head of Government Affairs for Asset Based Finance Association Appointed
The Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) has announced that Matthew Davies will be joining the Association in October in the new role of Head of Government Affairs. Matthew joins from the Government & Infrastructure practice of the law firm Bircham Dyson Bell (BDB) where he has been advising clients in a range of sectors on…
LuxCSD Starts Operations
LuxCSD, the new central securities depository for Luxembourg, is now open for business. After completion of the technical implementation in September 2011, LuxCSD has now been designated Securities Settlement System by the Luxembourg central bank which is required to operate under the protection of the Settlement Finality Directive. LuxCSD now provides the Luxembourg financial community…
Big Data Solutions Tackle the Challenges of Increasing Regulation
The introduction of 70 capital markets regulations in Europe over the next 18 months and the addition of about 300 regulations in the US are driving the need for big data solutions that can deliver on-demand risk and business analytics reports, more granular risk management and the ability to combine unstructured data behind products such…
Managing Data Technology Remains a Challenges at Enterprise Level, DMRAV Delegates Told
Proving return on investment (ROI) while attempting to take an incremental approach to enterprise data management projects remains a significant challenge for managers seeking sign-off for EDM projects, delegates at A-Team’s Data Management for Risk, Analytics & Valuations conference in London heard. According to panellists on the event’s discussion on ‘Technology Challenges of Building an…
Sybase’s Grant Highlights the Need for More Data Creation at Source
Rather than relying on data from external sources, firms should instead aim to create it from source documents, said Stuart Grant, EMEA business development director for financial services at risk management solution vendor Sybase, during this afternoon’s keynote speech. Speaking to attendees at A-Team Group’s Data Management for Risk, Analytics and Valuations conference in London,…
Collaboration is Key to Resolving Data Issues Raised by Regulation
Financial institutions must collaborate to meet incoming regulatory requirements that challenge enterprise data management (EDM), according to a panel of industry experts assessing the impact of regulations on data management at today’s A-Team Group Data Management for Risk, Analytics and Valuations Conference in London. Chairing the panel, Reference Data Review set the scene of incoming regulations requiring…
On Demand Analytics Have Become Increasingly Important, Says Sybase’s Grant
Regulatory and business pressures are driving firms to invest in risk management functionality such as on demand analytics capabilities, said Stuart Grant, EMEA business development manager for financial services at Sybase, during his keynote speech at A-Team Group’s Data Management for Risk, Analytics and Valuations conference in London. There has been a serious increase in…
SCOR Global Investments Selects Cadis to Optimise Operational Efficiency
SCOR Global Investments (SGI), the investment management company of the SCOR Group, a global reinsurance company headquartered in Paris, has selected Cadis to implement its data management strategy. SCOR’s investment portfolio amounted to EUR 12.1 billion in June 2011. Cadis will be taking in data from multiple sources including Bloomberg, Interactive Data and EFA-European Fund…
Data Integration and Emerging Technologies Offer Beneficial Opportunities
Data integration and the adoption of technologies including data location aware computation, in database analytics and event stream processing will improve analytics, reduce decision making time and, in turn, contribute to cutting the costs associated with duplicated data. Addressing the issue of integrating data for high compute enterprise analytics, a panel discussion at A-Team Group’s…
Financial Intergroup’s Grody and BT’s Pickles Debate the LEI Issue
Following on from the questions about the legal entity identification (LEI) work going on as a part of the US Office of Financial Research (OFR) and the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) efforts to determine a global standard that were raised by BT Global Banking & Financial Markets’ head of industry initiatives Chris Pickles last week,…