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A-Team Webinar Discusses Progress in Data Lineage Implementation

The implementation of data lineage by financial institutions is making progress driven by regulations such as BCBS 239, Solvency II and the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that is due to take effect in 2018. It is also delivering early operational and business benefits that are expected to increase significantly as data lineage capability…

Xenomorph Integrates TimeScape EDM+ with MongoDB NoSQL Database

Xenomorph has integrated its TimeScape EDM+ enterprise data management solution with the MongoDB NoSQL document database. The integration is available immediately and allows users to benefit from both the data processing and analytics of TimeScape EDM+, and the data storage scale and retrieval capabilities of the MongoDB open source platform. The integration is designed to…

The Next Game Changers for Data Governance

By Dennis Slattery, CEO at EDMworks Three seemingly unconnected pieces of legislation will fundamentally change the data management landscape over the next three years. They all have different causes, but their combined effect will be to enforce accountability for data, reinforce governance, underpin data architecture and mandate data quality management: The General Data Protection Regulation…

Recorded Webinar: How to Track Data Lineage for Enterprise Data Management

Data lineage, the ability to track the source and lifecycle of your reference data, is becoming increasingly important as regulations call for greater transparency and risk managers require confidence in the data feeding their models. What regulations are driving the need for data lineage, what do you need to be able to demonstrate, and what…

Synechron Acquisition of Hatstand Extends Data Management Capability

Synechron has acquired financial services consultancy and capital markets specialist Hatstand with a view to building out its data management, regulation and risk capabilities. The company also gains Hatstand’s expertise in terminal consolidation. The acquisition of Hatstand follows a string of acquisitions made last year by Synechron, a New York based consulting and technology company…

State of Data Governance: Making Data Management Programmes Operational

By Gavin Kaimowitz, Global Data Practice Lead at Sapient Global Markets Global financial institutions are coming to the realisation that the business processes and operational models they have relied on in the past won’t necessarily help them succeed in the current increasingly regulated environment. That’s not to mention the struggle to overcome lower margins and…

ICBC Standard Bank Implements Fenergo Client Lifecycle Management

ICBC Standard Bank is implementing Fenergo’s client lifecycle management solution to meet Know Your Customer, Anti-Money Laundering and customer onboarding rules and regulations, and improve operational efficiency. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) acquired a majority stake in London-based Standard Bank from South Africa’s Standard Bank Group early last year and took on…

Asset Control Integrates Matlab with AC Plus Data Management Platform

Asset Control has integrated its AC Plus data management platform with MathWorks’ Matlab financial analytics language to bring data and financial models closer together and deliver more robust calculation and validation of risk factor and valuations data. The integration recognises the use of Matlab by many Asset Control customers and overcomes the need to move…

Markit Integrates EDM with VistaOne Data Warehouse and vReporter

Markit has completed the integration of VistaOne and vReporter with its enterprise data management (EDM) software and is preparing to bring a combined EDM, data warehouse and reporting solution to market. The company acquired the VistaOne data warehouse and reporting solution as part of its acquisition of CoreOne Technologies in August 2015. It also acquired…

SIX Financial Information Develops Utility for Compliance with Investor Protection Rules

SIX Financial Information is developing a document management utility designed to help financial institutions comply with investor protection rules issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and due to take effect on January 1st 2017. The rules are also an element of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), a European regulation…