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Global LEI Foundation Swings into Action After Taking Operational Control of the Global LEI System
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has become the central operating unit of the Global LEI System (GLEIS), ending the interim system overseen and coordinated by the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the LEI and setting in motion activities including an accreditation process for pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs), a quality management programme, and expansion…
German Development Bank KfW Implements Markit EDM
KfW, Germany’s largest development bank, has selected Markit’s enterprise data management (EDM) solution to drive BCBS 239 compliance, streamline its data management architecture and support its liquidity and portfolio valuations projects. Markit won the KfW contract after a lengthy public tender process that included a two month proof of concept and gaining business sign off…
Thomson Reuters Increases Frequency of Reference Data Delivery with DataScope Equities Plus
Thomson Reuters continues to build out its strategy of making products as flexible and easy to use as possible with the introduction of Thomson Reuters DataScope Equities Plus, a bulk data feed solution that moves on from intra-day reference data delivery to provide updated data every 15 minutes. Pricing data continues to be supplied on…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: A Symphony of Paper Tigers
Some of us were encouraged – relieved, even – to read on various non-value-added news ‘services’ (PR wires?) about the success of the Symphony trader messaging collaboration in securing financial support from Google Alphabet, the new incubator-type funding organisation supported by You Know Who. We were pleased because Google’s support clearly indicated to us that…
The Search for Liquidity in Corporate Debt Markets
This is a contributed article from Andrew Howieson, an advisor to FactEntry. Corporate bond markets are inherently illiquid There is now wide recognition that corporate debt markets lack sufficient liquidity to meet investor trading requirements. Blackrock’s September 2014 paper Corporate Bond Market Structure: The Time for Reform is Now described the trading market structure as…
Big Data is Old News, We Need Meaningful Data
By Robert Iati, Senior Director, Capital Markets, Dun & Bradstreet I spoke at the FIMA Canada event in September and heard many of the presentations and panels, as well as talks presented by some of the best institutions, vendors, academics and data managers. After it was done, I thought back on what I’d heard and…
Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley Confirm Development of SPReD Reference Data Utility
After much deliberation, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have gone public with plans to work with SmartStream to develop a multi-tenanted reference data utility designed to cut the cost of integrating, cleansing and distributing data. The SmartStream Reference Data Utility, informally known as SPReD – Securities Product Reference Data – has been…
Datactics Extends FlowDesigner to Deliver DQ Metrics for Regulatory Data Compliance
Datactics has extended its FlowDesigner data quality platform to offer DQ Metrics, a monitoring and measurement application that allows financial institutions to measure their data compliance against regulations and industry standards on a continuous basis. The company’s initial release of DQ Metrics covers entity identifiers, particularly LEIs required by MiFID II and EMIR, and GIIN…
Old Mutual Global Investors Implements Curium Data Management Solution
Old Mutual Global Investors, the asset management division of Old Mutual Wealth and part of the Old Mutual Group, has implemented Curium Data Systems’ data management solution for the creation of security master data and data quality management across its investment operations. The Curium solution also provides a control platform for the data governance of…
Opus Global Acquires Alacra in Drive to Develop World Leading Compliance Platform
Opus Global, a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) based compliance solutions has acquired Alacra, a provider of Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and reference data services for regulatory compliance that was set up by co-founders Steve Goldstein and Michael Angle in 1996. Terms of the transaction, which closed today, were not disclosed. The acquisition…