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RBC Wealth Management US Selects Broadridge Platform for Technology Transformation
RBC Wealth Management-U.S. has selected Broadridge Financial Solutions wealth management platform to power its growing US business. The selection is part of a multi-year technology transformation at the wealth management firm and is the latest in a series of investments in tools and services. The firm will also migrate to Broadridge’s next-generation asset servicing platform….
Your SFDR Framework Should Be Set, Even if Thresholds Aren’t
By Volker Lainer, VP of Product Management and Regulatory Affairs at GoldenSource. The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and its related Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), which are intended to promote environmentally and socially conscious investment in companies, came into play on 10 March, 2021. And with the further postponing of SFDR Level 2, with…
NeoXam Challenges Cost of Data with Savings Strategies, Software Solutions and Kalaxis Partnership
NeoXam has responded to client calls for help to manage the cost of data with a value proposition offering five savings strategies, tools to monitor and adjust data sourcing and spending, and most recently, a partnership with data cost optimisation consultancy Kalaxis. The company’s move to enable clients to not only manage their data, but…
RIMES Releases ESG Data Management Solution, Adds Fitch ESG Scores to Data Sources
RIMES has released an ESG data management solution powered by its managed data services platform and offering asset managers data needed to evaluate the sustainable credentials of any asset. The solution is based on ESG data sourced from a number of vendors including MSCI, OWL analytics, FTSE Russell, Sustainalytics, J.P. Morgan and, most recently, Fitch…
Unifying Client Data to Accelerate Insights and Deliver Better Experiences
As they switch focus from addressing regulatory imperatives to producing superior client outcomes, buy-side firms have an opportunity to leverage internal and external data sets to deliver unique and timely investment research and analysis in support of rapid innovation and compelling new product offerings. But faced with ongoing business challenges in the form of margin…
Refinitiv Highlights Data Governance, Cloud and Operational Resilience as Key Components of Connected Data and Revenue Generation
Connecting data across a financial services organisation from the back office, through the middle-office and on to the front-office can deliver operational resilience, business agility, and opportunities to generate revenue – it can also be difficult to achieve in a market characterised by fragmented systems, a lack of data consistency, and resistance to change. A…
Informatica Offers Data Governance & Catalog As-a-Service in the Cloud
Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management provider, has released a data governance and catalog as-a-service solution designed to help firms modernise their data and analytics governance programmes. The solution brings together data cataloging, data quality, data, and AI governance capabilities with cloud native unified metadata-driven intelligence. The Cloud Data Governance & Catalog solution is a…
SS&C Upgrades Chorus Intelligent Automation Platform to Accelerate STP
SS&C Technologies has upgraded its Chorus intelligent automation platform for asset and wealth management to accelerate straight-through-processing (STP) and improve integration between the platform and the company’s document automation solution. SS&C Chorus offers standalone predesigned applications for rapid deployment and is designed to accelerate STP, reduce operational risk, enhance digital customer journeys, and speed up…
SIX Acquires ULTUMUS to Strengthen ETF and Managed Data Service Offering
SIX has acquired ULTUMUS, a global index and exchange-traded funds (ETF) data specialist, to strengthen its ETF and managed data service offering. The companies have been partners for some time, with SIX acquiring ULTUMUS from investment firm ETFS Capital. ULTUMUS will initially operate separately to SIX and will carry on delivering index data from SIX…
IHS Markit Adds Data Dictionary for EDM Platform
IHS Markit has released a data dictionary designed to help business users gain greater visibility of their data. The Data Dictionary has a web-based interface that allows users to see what data is available within their organisation, and a portal that includes data governance metadata covering how the data is defined, where it has come…