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IHS Markit Releases Accelerator with End Goal of Same-day Client Onboarding
IHS Markit has released Onboarding Accelerator, a solution to help banks and other service providers open accounts with institutional clients more quickly and ultimately in one day. The company says that, on average, the onboarding process including collection of all required information to satisfy Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), credit, legal and tax…
Fenergo Builds National KYC Utility with Bahrain’s Electronic Network for Financial Transactions
The Kingdom of Bahrain has set out to improve financial institutions’ client onboarding and minimise fraud through a partnership with Fenergo. Bahrain’s Electronic Network for Financial Transactions (BENEFIT) is working with the vendor to design and implement a national Know Your Customer (KYC) utility that incorporates blockchain technology. The utility platform will support sectors including…
Annaly Capital Management Implements CuriumEDM to Drive Efficiency and Transparency
Annaly Capital Management, a New York based diversified capital manager, has implemented Curium Data System’s enterprise data management (EDM) solution as part of a multi-phased technology initiative designed to drive operational efficiencies and promote transparency across the company’s platform. Don Choe, chief technology officer at Annaly, says the firm evaluated numerous master data management products…
ICAP Information Expands Data Products Offer with EURO IRO and Global Inflation Datasets
ICAP Information, part of TP ICAP, has extended its data products offer with the release of datasets covering EURO Interest Rate Options (IRO) and Global Inflation. By making these datasets commercially available for the first time, TP ICAP aims to provide market participants with greater transparency in a traditionally opaque asset class. The information…
Pico Pushes into HKEX, Plans to Add a Further 20 Data Centres in Next 18 Months
Pico, a provider of infrastructure, connectivity, data and cloud technology, continues to fulfil its global expansion plan with the addition of a colocation facility and direct connectivity to the hosting services data centre of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). The HKEX services support Pico’s expansion in Asian market centres including Tokyo and Singapore. The…
Symphony Adds Fenics OTC Data to Collaboration Platform
Symphony, the former Bloomberg Messaging Killer that now positions itself as a team collaboration platform, has added interest-rate swaps pricing from Fenics Market Data to its data and applications container for capital markets users. The Fenics Data – swaps pricing from BGC Partners, an affiliate of bond IDB Cantor Fitzgerald – expands the market information…
Refinitiv Puts Data and Compute in the Cloud to Deliver PRIIPs Compliance Service
Refinitiv is building out cloud capability by providing a menu of data and services that breaks down its traditional product outlook. Clients can select the capabilities and content they need, compute is performed in the cloud, and longer term, cloud is expected to unlock some of the costs of platforms, people and processes. An example…
Data Science 101 – a CDO’s Viewpoint
By: Michael Conlin, Chief Data Officer at the US Department of Defense. The DoD selected me as its first Chief Data Officer to introduce new ways of doing new things. To that end, I’ve introduced new ways of thinking as well. Here is a snapshot. Ready, willing & able The number one criteria for launching…
How to Solve the Data Sourcing and Management Problems of FRTB
Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) presents some of the toughest data sourcing and management requirements in the history of capital markets regulation since the 2008 financial crisis. It also has an implementation date of January 1, 2022, which considering the regulation’s complexity, means there is no time to delay in getting your FRTB…
Refinitiv Names Joseph Mrak to Drive Growth in Wealth Management Market
Refinitiv has appointed Joseph Mrak as global head of wealth management with a remit to focus on driving technology innovation, developing key regional and global partnerships, expanding global reach and growing value for clients and prospects. Refinitiv’s wealth management business supports a number of established and emerging wealth customers, and provides global, regional and emerging…