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Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: A New Kind of Single Source of the Truth
I’ve been struck in recent months by the changing attitudes within our marketplace to the concept of a golden copy, or single, accepted source of the truth as far as reference data is concerned. The industry seems to be moving away from established principles of on-site enterprise data management, most visibly – noisily, perhaps? –…
Opinion: Data Management – Taking the Bus Without a Map?
Nick Jones, Senior Consultant, Citisoft PLC. The first maps were probably scratched with sticks on the ground for people from the same locality who knew the surrounding area. Now when travelling we use satellite navigation. But when navigating data it feels as if we are still scratching around. We use electronic documents, not sticks, but…
Thomson Reuters Benchmark Services Unit to Echo RTSL
Thomson Reuters’ decision to set up a subsidiary to provide financial benchmark services reflects not only the company’s strength in this area – it has grown its portfolio of benchmarks to 160 over the past 25 years – but also the wider industry’s desire to distance itself from benchmark scandals and rebuild trust as it…
Thomson Reuters Eases the Burden of KYC Compliance with Accelus Org ID Managed Service
Thomson Reuters has set up a managed service designed to help financial institutions and their clients comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. Called Accelus Org ID, the service aims to increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of compliance by providing accurate, up to date identity data and avoiding the need to repeat the…
CounterpartyLink Adds Risk Screening to Legal Entity Information Service
CounterpartyLink has augmented its legal entity and counterparty intelligence service through a partnership with RDC, a provider of risk and compliance data for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance, Politically Exposed Persons protection, corruption, fraud and crime protection, vendor screening and monitoring, and credit risk monitoring. The partnership is a response to…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: That Was the Week that Was
I’m sure I’ve used that headline before but it seems apt: two conferences in one week, plus a data management training session in conjunction with our friends at EDM Works and JWG. Yes, last week was quite a week. For those of you that attended, I’m sure you’ll agree that Thursday’s Data Management Summit was…
Data Management Summit: Building a Flexible Enterprise Architecture
Flexible data architecture has become essential to financial institutions seeking to respond quickly to both market opportunities and challenges, but it can be difficult to build. Experts on the subject convened at A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit for a panel discussion covering the problems inherent to developing flexible enterprise data infrastructure, as well some solutions….
Data Management Summit: Meeting Management Demand for Enterprise and Risk Analytics
Regulation is driving many data management projects in financial firms, but when tactical projects morph into strategic approaches to enterprise data the requirements of senior management for enterprise and risk analysis can begin to be fulfilled. Leading a panel discussion entitled Reporting for the C-Suite: Data Management for Enterprise and Risk Analytics at A-Team Group’s…
Data Management Summit: IBM and GoldenSource Unveil Reference Data Utility Solution
IBM used its participation in A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit last week to unveil details of its partnership with GoldenSource to deliver a reference data utility. The partners are running the GoldenSource enterprise data management (EDM) platform in the IBM cloud to provide the utility and are talking to prospective clients that are considering the…
Data Management Summit: UBS’s Brown on Creating a Data Map of the Financial Enterprise
Rupert Brown, lead architect in the office of the CTO at UBS Investment Bank, opened the A-Team Group Data Management Summit with a keynote presentation covering the creation of a data map for a financial enterprise. Taking a traditional map as his starting point and later touching on the topographical nature of the London Underground…