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A-Team Webinar Notes Need for Next Generation Technologies to Improve Data Quality
Next generation technologies that support the improvement of data quality are on the agenda at many financial institutions as they look to improve their regulatory response and consider how to gain competitive advantage. Among the technology options, data automation and cognitive technologies offer significant potential, along with managed services and cloud computing. Market appetite for…
Recorded Webinar: Next Generation Technology for Data Quality
What impact are next generation technologies having on data management today, and what is the outlook for further implementation and process improvements. We explore technologies such as automation, cloud computing, a managed services model, and applying the distributed model of blockchain to address data quality and management issues. The need for new technologies Potential of…
Federated Investors Implements Eagle Solutions in Platform Transformation Project
Federated Investors, a large investment manager in the US, is implementing Eagle Investment Systems’ data management, investment accounting and performance measurement solutions as part of a platform transformation designed to support growth and regulatory compliance. The integration of the Eagle solutions will also provide Federated Investors with an investment book of record (IBOR) across asset…
Nikko Securities America Selects Fenergo to Support Regulatory Compliance
Nikko Securities America (Nikko America) is planning to implement Fenergo’s client lifecycle management software across a number of its trading desks. The implementation is focused on helping the company achieve compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know your Customer (KYC) and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulation and will use the out-of-the-box version of Fenergo’s…
Markit Partners WorkFusion to Automate Manual Processes and Deliver Greater Value to Customers
Markit has teamed up with WorkFusion to automate some of the high volume manual processes that support its Information, Processing and Solutions business divisions. Automation is expected to increase the efficiency and accuracy of the processes, improve operational performance, reduce costs, and enable the company to deliver greater value to its customers. Markit considered building…
ESMA Consultative Working Group Expected to Influence Outstanding MiFID II and MifIR Issues
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) call for market data experts to join its consultative working group (CWG) closes in less than two weeks time, with those selected to join the group expected to have considerable influence on regulatory market data issues during their two-year term. While ESMA is unlikely to disclose information about…
Investment Data Utility Plans Pilot of its Data Quality Benchmark Service
The Investment Data Utility is planning a pilot of its peer review service that allows investment managers to benchmark the quality of their reference data, improve data input to business applications and reduce operational errors. While the utility initially supports investment reference data, particularly around securities and issuers, the company’s longer term plan is to…
Global LEI Foundation Development Plan Adds Data Quality Management and Proposes Limited Hierarchy Data
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has set out development plans for 2016 including a recently introduced LEI data quality management programme and completion of the accreditation process for LEI issuers – but provision of much needed LEI hierarchy data remains sketchy, with the GLEIF saying only that it expects to design a process…
A-Team Webinar Discusses Outstanding Pain Points of Solvency II Compliance
The January 2016 deadline for Solvency II compliance passed without major incident, but looks like the end of the beginning with most insurance companies and asset managers making the deadline, but many continuing to work on aspects of the regulation not only to ensure compliance, but also to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs and gain…
Markit Builds Out Know Your Third Party Platform
Markit is building out is Know Your Third Party (KY3P) platform with additional customers, extended functionality and a growing commitment to help users meet standards and regulatory requirements around third-party risk management. The KY3P initiative was set up by Markit, in conjunction with Barclays, HSBC and Morgan Stanley, and introduced a service for third-party management…