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Element22 Brings Data Management, Analytics and Technology Expertise to Europe

Element22 is bringing its data strategy, analytics and execution expertise to Europe with the establishment of a London office and appointment of Mark Davies, formerly CEO of Avox, as lead of the European practice. The company was set up in 2014 in New York City by managing partner Predrag Dizdarevic, and has developed into a…

Broadridge Offers Next-Generation Global Asset Servicing Solution

Broadridge Financial Solutions is gaining interest in a ‘designed by users for users’ solution that aims to address industry, business and operational challenges around global asset servicing. Developed with a global Tier 1 bank, and cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) enabled, the solution streamlines corporate actions, dividend and coupon processing across multiple asset classes, business lines…

Recorded Webinar: Data governance frameworks

Data governance – now more than ever – is critical to regulatory compliance, smart business decisions, risk management and cost efficiency. It is also one of the biggest challenges that firms face – and failing to get it right can result in financial penalties and reputational damage. This webinar will define data governance and its…

ANNA Sets Up Benchmarks Task Force

The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), which is responsible for assigning ISIN, FISN and CFI codes, has set up a Benchmarks Task Force to develop the process of obtaining ISINs for referential instruments, in particular, indices and reference rates. The purpose of the task force is to enable collaboration between ANNA and global benchmark…

Refinitiv Sets Out Rationale Behind Closure of Wrexham Entity Data Processing Facility

Refinitiv’s proposal to close the Wrexham facility where it produces its Verified Entity Data as a Service – formerly the entity data service provided by Avox – looks like the beginning of a slippery slope as the company states that the proposal ‘has been made as we seek to focus our operations in fewer, larger…

Data Lineage Handbook

Data lineage has become a critical concern for data managers in capital markets as it is key to both regulatory compliance and business opportunity. The regulatory requirement for data lineage kicked in with BCBS 239 in 2016 and has since been extended to many other regulations that oblige firms to provide transparency and a data…

Best Practices for Regulatory Reporting Efficiency

What is needed to get ready for SFTR + EMIR REFIT and how can you ensure your reporting infrastructure is ready? How can you improve the quality, consistency and standardisation of data? What are the foundations for granular data reporting and how are firms addressing the challenges of data collection? What is the potential for…

Suvrat Bansal Details Digitalisation at UBS Asset Management

Suvrat Bansal, head of innovation and chief data officer, and managing director at UBS Asset Management, described the digitalisation programme he is leading across the asset manager at A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit on September 20, 2018 in New York City. He noted approaches to digitalisation and implementation policies based on central capabilities in analytics,…

Thomson Reuters’ Brennan Carley Presents the Case for Cloud Adoption

Cloud technology has attracted champions and cynics for many years, but times are changing as financial firms realise the benefits of both public and private cloud environments in terms of cost savings, operational gains and business agility. Brennan Carley, global head of enterprise at Thomson Reuters, presented a compelling keynote on why trusted data belongs in the…

Recorded Webinar: The impact of GDPR on data monetisation

Data monetisation has become key to revenue growth at financial institutions, but how can they get it right and achieve competitive advantage, and how will General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impact their progress? This webinar will discuss why and how financial firms are monetising data, and detail the steps they must take to be successful,…