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GoldenSource Integrates Trax ARM and APA Reporting Services
GoldenSource has extended its support for compliance with Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) by integrating its enterprise data management platform with Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) and Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) services from Trax. The integration can be scaled to meet other regulatory reporting requirements such as Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), which…
Thomson Reuters and Salesforce Collaborate to Fight Financial Crime
Thomson Reuters is collaborating with Salesforce to help clients onboard new customers quickly and efficiently while meeting anti-money laundering obligations. The collaboration allows users of the Salesforce AppExchange to access Thomson Reuters World-Check, a database of risk intelligence data that supports Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence, through the Thomson Reuters customer risk screener application….
MiFID II vs GDPR: The Delicate Balance Between KYC and Data Privacy
By: Fenergo regulatory consultants Ciara Kennedy and Aoife Harney Already this year, financial institutions have tackled one significant regulatory hurdle in the form of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). In May 2018 they face General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that threatens to present banks around the world with conflicting and challenging data…
GDPR is Coming – Do You Need to Find the Location of Personal Data in Your ERP and CRM Systems?
By: Roland Bullivant, Silwood Technology The EU’s new rules on data protection enshrined in General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) come into force in May 2018. They fortify the rights of citizens over their own data and put more obligations on organisations of sizes to manage and protect that personal data. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office…
Recorded Webinar: Leveraging data analytics for added value
Data analytics are embedded in financial services firms, supporting tasks such as customer satisfaction monitoring and regulatory compliance. They are also becoming more sophisticated, with solutions such as predictive, real-time and Big Data analytics delivering more detailed actionable insights at speed. The webinar will discuss the potential of data analytics and how best they can…
Leading Industry Players Back FDC3 Desktop Applications Connectivity Initiative
OpenFin is leading an initiative to bring universal connectivity and standards to the desktop applications used across capital markets. The initiative is called the Financial Desktop Connectivity and Collaboration Consortium (FDC3) and initial members include Algomi, AllianceBernstein, Barclays, BNP Paribas, ChartIQ, Citadel, Cloud9, FactSet, Fidessa, GreenKey, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, OTAS Technologies, RBC, TP ICAP,…
AIMCo Selects FactSet Investment Risk Management Solution
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), one of Canada’s largest and most diversified institutional investment managers, has selected FactSet as its investment risk management solution. Remco van Eeuwijk, chief risk officer at AIMCo, says: “To be considered world class in our approach to risk management, AIMCo required a partner that complemented our organisation and enabled us…
United Overseas Bank Selects NeoXam to Support FRTB And BCBS 239
Singapore’s United Overseas Bank has selected NeoXam’s DataHub to support group-wide data management and compliance with regulatory requirements of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) and risk data aggregation and reporting under BCBS239. Lim Ann Liat, head of markets and enterprise technology, group technology and operations at United Overseas Bank, says: “One of…
Countdown to GDPR
Time is running out: the compliance deadline for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is May 25, 2018, and with fines running up to 4% of annual turnover or €20 million for firms that fail to protect European citizens’ personal data, no-one can afford to take this EU data privacy law lightly. From a data management…
Siren, Capgemini and Cambridge Intelligence Launch Data Intelligence Initiative
Siren, Capgemini and Cambridge Intelligence have launched the Transformative Enterprise Knowledge Graphs initiative with a view to encouraging industry-wide discussion on the development of principles for data intelligence. The group describes data intelligence as the enabler for ‘knowledge-centric companies to join the dots among thousands of internal and external datasets to perform business critical functions’….