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Appetite for Outsourcing has Risen to Due to Concern About Regulation and Reputational Risk, Says MoneyMate’s Brennan
Despite the fear of outsourcing that has dominated the financial services community over the last few years, firms are now increasingly open to discussions about the subject, according to recent research by buy side focused, data quality management solution vendor MoneyMate. The majority of the 40 US and UK-based investment managers involved in the vendor’s…
MoneyMate Survey Reveals Buy Side Demand for Automation and Outsourcing of Data Management Processes
MoneyMate, a provider of investment data quality management solutions, today announced the results of a survey focused on the data management issues and challenges facing the asset management community today. Fifty percent of survey respondents indicated that manual processes are the greatest challenge in bringing their product data to market. Other challenges include timeliness (37.5%…
Armour Appointed to Lead DST Global Solutions Business Process Solutions Division
DST Global Solutions has appointed Tony Armour as Managing Director of the company’s Business Process Solutions (BPS) division. Armour will be responsible for building on the organisation’s success in delivering solutions to the financial services industry as well as identifying and penetrating new and emerging markets. DST Global Solutions’ BPS business provides solutions to the…
LakeFront Data’s Richards Joins First Derivatives as President of its US Operations
Earlier this year, First Derivatives bought Reference Data Factory (RDF) for around US$10 million and Dale Richards, CEO of LakeFront Data Ventures and board member of RDF, joined the advisory board of the market data and risk management focused solution provider. Richards, who has since taken a back seat at his own start-up LakeFront Data…
ReformIS Graduates First from Cadis Centre for Excellence
Global EDM specialist Cadis has certified the first graduates of its Centre of Excellence. ReformIS, an information systems consultancy and Cadis official partner, has cemented its expertise and successfully put its key consultants through the five-day certification course. 50 further candidates from multiple institutions are also already signed up for future courses. “Across our asset…
Six Further Jurisdictions to Join IOSCO’s Fight Against Cross Border Securities Market Misconduct
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has today announced that six further securities regulatory authorities have been invited to become full signatories of the IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding concerning Consultation, Cooperation and the Exchange of Information (MMoU). This follows the acceptance of the current IOSCO members from South Korea and Uruguay as full…
RBC Dexia Selects BCS Arc to Enhance Network Management Control
Business Control Solutions (BCS), provider of management consultancy services and financial control software to the financial services sector, today announced that RBC Dexia Investor Services, has selected BCS Arc to centralise and reconcile its agent network management data. The solution is due to go live in July this year. Prior to selecting BCS Arc, RBC…
Confluence’s Botula and Powell Elaborate on Data Implications of Money Market Fund Reforms
Data management solution vendor Confluence is busy readying itself to be able to provide its US-based customers with a solution that will allow them to meet the requirements of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) incoming Money Market Fund Reform Rule. Kirk Botula, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Scott Powell, product…
BIS Working Paper Highlights the Challenges in Data Aggregation for Systemic Risk Monitoring
The current regulatory focus on improving the monitoring of systemic risk at a global level is certainly a laudable aim, but the practical reality of drawing together a unified database that provides risk exposure data at an industry wide level is easier said than done. A recent Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper, written…
Accenture’s Five Steps to Data Analytics Heaven
Given the regulatory attention being directed at the industry’s dealings with its data fundamentals (see the host of recent reference data related fines and proposals for the establishment of data utilities for proof), it is no surprise that consultants have been quick to highlight other industries from which the financial services industry can learn a…