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ANNA Implementation of Revised ISO 6166 Standard Brings Together ISIN, LEI, CFI and FISN

Work by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) on the implementation of the revised ISO 6166 standard for the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) has resulted in an accessible set of four data standards that can be used together to improve data management and regulatory reporting. The standards include the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI),…

A Guide to the Essential ESG Acronyms You Need to Know

Even Experts Need A Reminder of the ESG Alphabet Soup At the first-ever ESG Data and Tech Summit London last month, moderators Andrew Delaney, A-Team Group President and Chief Content Officer, and Data Management Insight Editor Sarah Underwood sat before a backdrop adorned with ESG-related acronyms, initials and abbreviations. As speakers and guests took their…

Exchange Data International Adds Irish Funds Data Service

Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing, and reference data services, has expanded its investment funds coverage with the addition of an Irish funds data service. The additional service covers more than 30,000 share class funds from over 200 fund management companies, providing comprehensive reference and corporate actions data. Tony…

Protecting Data Privacy in the Fight Against Financial Crime

By Ronen Cohen, VP of Strategy at Duality Technologies. A primary goal for financial institutions is to generate revenue while understanding and mitigating risk. Tackling financial crime and compliance issues, including fraud, cybercrimes and money laundering, is critical to achieving this goal and remains among the most challenging tasks for the industry. The perpetual problem…

Data – the Answer to Meeting Sanctions Screening Challenges Exposed by Ukraine War

The war in Ukraine has highlighted not only the importance of having effective sanctions screening and control processes in place, but also the compliance challenges of modern sanctions regimes. Within the space of days, far-reaching restrictions were placed on individuals, organisations, companies and states covering large parts of the Russian economy and authorities, with the…

Outra Offers Data Science as a Service

Outra, a data science and predictive analytics company dedicated to delivering insight from vast amounts of data, is making its way into the financial services sector and will, no doubt, make further progress following the appointment of Peter Jackson, former group director of data science at Legal & General and CDO at Legal & General…

Arteria AI Plans Global Growth Acceleration of Digital Documentation Solution Following Strategic Investment

Arteria AI is planning to accelerate global growth of its enterprise digital documentation software following strategic investments from Citi SPRINT (Spread Products Investment Technologies), the strategic investing arm of the bank’s Global Spread Products division, and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Citi and BDC Capital join investors in Arteria AI including Information Venture…

Polymer Capital Management makes strategic data partnership with Bloomberg

Multi-manager hedge fund Polymer Capital Management has made a long-term strategic data and technology partnership with Bloomberg to accelerate growth. Polymer Capital is an Asian-focused multi-manager platform located across six offices in Asia-Pacific, and will use Bloomberg’s data and technology solutions including the firm’s real-time market data feed, B-PIPE; its market-driven credit worthiness indicator, MIPD;…

New Perspectives on ESG Challenges and Opportunities to be Debated at A-Team New York Briefing

Fresh from the success of A-Team’s inaugural ESG Data and Tech Summit London earlier this month, experts and market participants are now looking to New York where we will be hosting the first ESG Data Management Briefing. A host of high-level speakers from international banks, asset managers and data vendors will gather on June 16…

Citi Head of Sustainable Finance Reviews State of Play on Achieving ESG Goals

Financial institutions play a critical role in global sustainability and are making progress in ESG investment, yet significant challenges remain, not least the need for more and better data, and a common regulatory reporting framework. Jason Channell, managing director, head of sustainable finance, Citi Global Insights, at Citi, discussed the strategic imperative for capital markets…