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Thomson Reuters Launches Governance, Risk and Compliance Business Unit
Thomson Reuters today announced the creation of a new business dedicated to serving customers across the span of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). The new business brings together Thomson Reuters GRC brands including Complinet, Paisley, Westlaw Business, West’s Capitol Watch, Oden and Westlaw Compliance Advisor. It will be led by Thomson Reuters former chief strategy…
Bar Codes for Banking: GS1 US and Financial InterGroup Creating Practices for Identifying Financial Documents
Nearly 40 years after the retail industry adopted the UPC bar code to improve transaction processes and information flow, the bar code’s administrator and a financial industry development firm are working to bring similar gains to financial documents, their associated electronic financial transactions, and their users. GS1 US, the not-for-profit standards organisation that supports the…
Barrage of New Regulation Could Cause Death by Data Drowning, Warns ISMAG’s Gubert
The slew of new regulations entering into force over the next few years, including a new iteration of MiFID, the multiple legislative changes resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act and the Securities Law Directive (to name just a few), will result in such an increase in reporting requirements that firms may find themselves in danger of…
Are Barcodes Really the Answer to the Industry’s Ref Data Woes?
Given the repeated calls for the financial services industry to learn from other industries with regards to data management techniques, it was really only a matter of time before the idea of barcodes was mooted as a potential solution to entity and instrument identification. But is this a realistic idea or just another to add…
SimCorp’s Schröter Elaborates on Decision to Partner with Aim Software for Data Heavy Lifting
SimCorp’s recently announced decision to partner with data management solution provider Aim Software was based on the desire to better support its clients’ requirements around golden copy record production, explains Marc Schröter, SimCorp’s senior vice president and head of strategic research. Up until now, the vendor has left its clients to deal with the process of…
IBM and Norkom Technologies Sign Agreement with VTB
Bank VTB has signed an agreement with IBM to provide the bank with an integrated anti-money laundering system, based on a solution from Norkom Technologies. The new system will help the bank better manage risks associated with suspicious transactions. The project will be developed and implemented by IBM Global Business Services and Norkom Technologies. As…
DVS Publisher Suite Boosts Support for the Key Investor Information
DVS Publisher Suite, Princeton Financial Systems’ investment reporting solution, boosts support for Key Investor Information documents (KII), also called Key Investor Disclosures (KID). These standardised information sheets will replace the current Simplified Fund Prospectus in line with the implementation of the UCITS IV guidelines (UCITS: Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities). KII’s standardised content…
CFTC’s Gensler Highlights Some of the Incoming Data Requirements for Swaps Repositories
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is working towards defining rules for the data that must be submitted to the new swaps data repositories, which are due to be established as part of the Dodd-Frank Act. Speaking at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) regional conference last week, CFTC chairman Garry Gensler explained that…
Data Management is in its Awkward Teenage Years, Says EDM Council’s Atkin
Data management has progressed beyond its infancy and is now well into its awkward teenage years, where the industry is standing at the point of delivery, moving from planning to execution, according to Mike Atkin, managing director of data management industry group the EDM Council. As part of its recent industry benchmarking exercise, which involved…
Global Benchmarking Survey by EDM Council and Headstrong Reinforces Importance of EDM for Regulatory Compliance
The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council and Headstrong, an IT consulting company for financial services, today announced results of their 2010 industry benchmarking survey on the current state of data management among global financial institutions. Sponsored by Headstrong and with analysis completed by the EDM Council, the survey demonstrates the rising importance of EDM as…