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How to Solve the Problem of Sanctions and Related Securities
In an increasingly hostile world, monitoring sanctions lists, politically exposed persons and other watch lists has become complex, but the buck doesn’t stop here with financial institutions needing to monitor and manage not only sanctions lists, but also securities related to sanctioned domiciles and companies. This is not as easy as it may first appear….
PRIIPs Compliance Deadline Uncertain as Regulatory Technical Standards Rejected
The European Union’s upcoming regulation on Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance Products (PRIIPs), which requires banks and insurers to provide a Key Information Document (KID) to retail investors, has hit a bump in the road following the rejection of Level 2 Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for the regulation by the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)…
DTCC Names James Hollands as Global Head of Sales
DTCC has named James Hollands as managing director, global head of sales and partners. Hollands took up his role at DTCC last month and will lead the company’s sales drive from London. Hollands joined DTCC from post-trade infrastructure provider TriOptima, where he was head of sales for triResolve. Since starting his career at RBS, where…
Mark Hepsworth Sets Sail as CEO of Asset Control
The arrival of Mark Hepsworth at Asset Control signals a shift away from the company’s traditional focus on large enterprise data management solutions and a move towards the provision of more focused use case products such as the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) solution introduced last month and the company’s independent price verification service….
Citisoft Details Impact of Blockchain on Buy-Side Data Management
Blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology is expected to track a similar adoption curve as the internet, with a period of inspiration and experimentation being followed by a phase of ‘crossing the chasm’, and a final phase of growth and mass adoption leading to full maturity of the technology by 2035. A recent report by Citisoft…
Xenomorph Develops TimeScape EDM+ to Support Regulations Including FRTB
Xenomorph is pushing its TimeScape EDM+ data management and analytics solution into the regulatory compliance space, initially helping users master the data management requirements of the Basel Committee’s Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) and BCBS 239 regulation. The regulatory modules of TimeScape EDM+ are not yet in the market, although Xenomorph is talking…
Blockchain Technology is Making Progress but Needs Standards, Business Cases and Brave Pioneers
Summer in the City and time to review what could, arguably, be the ‘next big thing’ for capital markets – blockchain technology. It is certainly on the agenda across the financial services sector, consortia have been set up to drive development, and the business case looks great, with blockchain offering the potential for more efficient,…
8-Step Guide to Choosing the Right Market Data Inventory Platform
Market data inventory platforms have been used by financial institutions to track, manage and control market data for decades, but as technology has developed, so too have inventory platforms, raising questions about the capabilities of current solutions and pointing to the possibilities of migrating to more modern platforms. This White Paper, sponsored by TRG, considers…
Avox Migrates to Amazon Web Services Cloud
Avox Data Services has migrated its data servers to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud as part of a strategic move by parent DTCC to adopt technologies with the largest potential to improve applications. Avox is an early adopter of cloud in the DTCC group and says its move to AWS could reduce the cost…
Asset Control Extends AC Risk Data Manager to Support FRTB
Asset Control has made an early start to developing a solution for Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation that is due to take effect in January 2019. The solution builds on the AC Risk Data Manager software introduced by the company a year ago and focuses on market data management requirements required by…