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Release of ISIN-to-LEI Relationship Files on GLEIF Website Meets Mixed Response
The release of mapping between International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) by the Association of National Numbering Agencies’ (ANNA) and the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) has received a positive industry response, but also raised questions about why a significant number of National Numbering Agencies within ANNA have not yet opted into…
Managing Data to Deliver Quality, Meaningful Analytics and Business Benefits
Data quality is critical to meaningful data analytics, and data analytics are key to business strategy – but with increased volumes and complexity of data coming into organisations, how can they ensure data is of the required quality and analytics are adding value to the business? A panel at A-Team Group’s recent Data Management Summit…
Compliance.ai Continues Proactive Expansion with LogicManager Partnership
Compliance.ai, a regulatory change management platform, has followed up its recent Blueprint Software partnership with yet another strategic deal, as it continues the expansion push first started back in Q3 of 2018. This week, the firm announced a new collaboration with enterprise risk management (ERM) software provider LogicManager: which will add Compliance.ai’s customized regulatory content…
NICE Actimize Wins New AML Business as it Builds Out AI Capabilities
NICE Actimize is expanding rapidly in the AML space, with a focus on machine learning and artificial intelligence – and a flurry of new business partnerships underline this drive towards AML dominance. With the AML software market set to grow by more than 15% by 2025 (according to the latest research report from Allied Market…
How to Get Data Lineage Right – Key Challenges
Rolling out data lineage remains a challenge for financial institutions. How should data management teams approach lineage and put a framework in place to ensure it is complete and crosses business lines to meet the goals of data value? A panel discussion during A-Team Group’s recent Data Management Summit held in the City of London…
DTCC Boosts Trade Reporting Solution with New Droit Partnership
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a pillar of post-trade market infrastructure, is joining forces with real-time transactional compliance provider Droit. The partnership will enable market participants to leverage Droit’s reporting eligibility capabilities within DTCC’s Pre-Reporting Transformation Services for supported G20 regimes, as well as the forthcoming Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). The joint…
Mizuho International Implements Asset Control’s AC Plus for IPV and Broader Data Management
Mizuho International, the London-based securities and investment banking arm of Mizuho Financial Group, has implemented Asset Control’s AC Plus data management platform to meet its needs for independent price verification (IPV) and broader data management. The Asset Control platform was selected following a rigorous selection process and replaces another third-party solution. Mark Gardner, head of…
Alternative Data Budgets Rise in 2019, But Providers and Buyers are Not in Step
Alternative data is gaining favour among investment firms seeking new ways to find alpha, but its lack of maturity as a data type is also leading to a dichotomy in the market between providers and buyers. While more than 90% of data providers expect prices to increase or remain the same through 2019, nearly 60%…
TORA Implements Cloud OEMS at Buy-Side Firms Based in Zurich and New York
TORA has reported two implementations of its order and execution management system (OEMS) in as many weeks, taking both Zurich-based Systematic Investment Management AG (SIMAG) and New York-based Schonfeld Strategic Advisors’ Asian offices into the cloud with its unified OEMS. These implementations follow consolidation in the OEMS industry over recent years and demonstrate buy-side intent…
LCH Implements Three Solutions Built on Genesis’ Microservices Framework
genesis, a provider of trading technology products based on microservices, is gaining market traction with the implementation of three solutions at LCH following a recent deal with Linear Investments to develop a cash and margin management system. LCH has worked with genesis to design, build and implement the solutions, which will streamline and automate clearing…