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DMR Receives Mixed Response on ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau Article
Our recent item on the Association of National Numbering Agencies’ (ANNA) proposed Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has sparked a mixed set of reactions from the marketplace. The DMR article suggested questions about the operation of the DSB, which will allocate ISINs for OTC derivatives. Unsurprisingly, interested parties had widely divergent views on the DMR article….
Best Practice Approaches to Identifying and Managing Securities Related to Sanctioned Entities
Managing data to comply with ever-changing economic sanctions is often a problem, but the problem becomes more complex for financial institutions that must monitor and manage not only country, company and individual sanctions, but also securities related to these entities. Addressing the problem, A-Team Group is planning a webinar that will consider best practice approaches…
Governance And Privacy Are Getting Married
By Dennis Slattery, CEO of EDMworks Announcement! The governance community is getting married to the privacy community. But how do we make sure the marriage is long and happy? The challenges are many and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one example of a flood of privacy/trust laws that will impact the couple. The…
Asset Control CEO Mark Hepsworth Sets Out Plans for the Company
Two months into his role as CEO of Asset Control, we caught up with Mark Hepsworth to find out more about his plans for the company and its clients, including a proactive approach to developing specific products to meet client needs, offering a more standards-based platform, and strengthening the company with new hires across technology,…
Open Source Symbology and Data are Gaining Traction Based on Real Benefits
Open source identifiers are becoming more mainstream, with many financial institutions adopting them to reduce the complexity of managing multiple identifiers, decrease costs and increase efficiency. The challenges and opportunities of open source symbology and data were discussed during a recent A-Team Group webinar hosted by A-Team editor Sarah Underwood and joined by Richard Robinson,…
Data Lineage and Traceability: Using Data to Improve your Data
By Brian Sentance, CEO of Xenomorph Enterprise Data Management (EDM) is, to state the obvious, a data-centric process (the clue is in the name!). But while financial institutions have placed evermore emphasis on ensuring the accuracy of their reference and market data, the need to maintain clearer insights into EDM systems and processes has also…
General Data Protection Regulation – Start Now to Meet May 2018 Compliance Deadline
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is on the radar of most financial services firms, but its scale, scope and large penalties for non-compliance mean firms need to start planning and implementing now to meet the May 2018 compliance deadline. The requirements of GDPR and how to build a data protection framework to achieve and evidence…
Recorded Webinar: GDPR: How to build a data protection framework
Are you ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? With the GDPR deadline less than two years away, the pressure is on for organizations to understand how they will comply. Proper data management is part of the answer, but tying these efforts into a data governance framework to manage data protection is key to…
Beneficial Ownership Data Adds Complexity to Compliant Client Onboarding
Client onboarding and Know Your Customer (KYC) processes continue to be pain points for many banks, but the story does not end here, with increasing regulatory requirements raising additional challenges around beneficial ownership data. The problem of integrating beneficial ownership data with client onboarding and KYC systems was addressed during a recent A-Team Group webinar….
Thomson Reuters And AIM Software – A Marriage in the Making?
This week’s release by Thomson Reuters and AIM Software of an adapter that allows buy-side firms to connect DataScope Select pricing and reference data with AIM’s GAIN enterprise data management (EDM) platform is a bonus for AIM users, but is it also a sign of closer collaboration between the companies, or, perhaps, the beginning of…