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Regulatory Compulsion is on the Cards and ECB is Looking at Data Semantics Repository, Says Atkin at TSAM 2009
The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council has been involved in a “whirlwind” of meetings with regulators over recent months to further the cause of data management, said EDM Council managing director, Mike Atkin, at TSAM 2009 this week. The European Central Bank (ECB) in particular is looking at the area of data semantics adoption in…
New York Federal Reserve Poaches Citi’s Bottega as Chief Data Officer for its Markets Division
John Bottega’s no show at last year’s FIMA London event was noted by many and there was much speculation at the event that he was soon to leave his post as chief data officer for Citi’s Institutional Client Group. Reference Data Review can now indeed confirm that Bottega has moved onto pastures new: he has…
UK FSA Extends AII Deadline for Derivative Transaction Reporting to September
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) is giving approved reporting mechanisms (ARMs) more time before they have to start providing derivative transaction reports using the Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII). The go live date is now 21 September as opposed to end of the first quarter. The FSA is also setting up a number of support…
Fed’s Bernanke Champions Mark to Market But Says Illiquid Securities Issue Needs Resolution
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has added his voice to the debate about mark to market accounting rules this week. Bernanke is in favour of the controversial accounting rules, which require companies to write down assets every quarter to reflect market value, but cautions that regulators urgently need to deal with the issues surrounding the…
Fiserv Rebrands, Streamlines Management and Launches Global Ad Campaign
Following its acquisition of CheckFree at the end of 2007, Fiserv has finally decided to rebrand the business under its own moniker. The vendor claims this rebranding exercise and global advertising campaign represents its new consolidated approach to the financial technology market. The management team and organisational structure have also been streamlined (and we all…
Asset Control Expands Coverage of Fitch Solutions Data to Credit Risk Ratings
EDM vendor Asset Control has expanded its Fitch Solutions data coverage as part of its AC Plus data management software solution. According to the vendor, the Fitch Solutions Ratings Delivery Service (RDS) data feed, which provides credit ratings and related information on corporate, structured finance and public finance issues and issuers, is now available as…
US and European Regulators Pledge to Work Together for CDS CCP Oversight
Last week potentially saw the beginning of the end of the row concerning the regulation of the credit default swap (CDS) central clearing counterparty (CCP) market with an announcement from the regulatory community that it is discussing cooperation and information sharing arrangements. During a meeting hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, regulators…
American Bankers Association Concerned FASB is Ignoring Underlying Issues with Mark to Market
Following the announcement by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) earlier in the month that it would be revisiting mark to market accounting standards, the American Bankers Association (ABA) has spoken up about some concerns it has about the FASB approach. The association feels that issues underlying the controversial accounting rules are not being taken…
Risky Business
No matter where you turn these days, you’re bombarded with solutions that promise to offer better risk management capabilities and nowhere more so than the data management community. So far this year, the sheer volume of reports linking the idea of risk management with better data management is indicative of this trend in the market….
Reference Data Getting its Day in the Sun, Marcus Evans Delegates Told
Reference data management is no longer at the fringes of an organisation in terms of the perception of its strategic importance by senior management, said Sean Taylor, director at Deutsche Wealth Management, to the delegation at Marcus Evans’ recent Reference Data conference on 12 February. Taylor, who was chairing the event, indicated that increased regulatory…