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Recorded Webinar: Approaches to data quality
Underpinning all data management initiatives is the fundamental need to get data quality right. Poor data quality can be costly, impact customer service, lead to errors in risk management and regulatory reporting, and more. So, how can you improve data quality? How can you use rules, standardisation and technology to make improvements? And how is…
Recorded Webinar: Solvency II Update: Are we effectively meeting the regulatory data requirement?
Nine months on from the January 2016 Solvency II compliance deadline, insurance firms and asset managers should have satisfactory responses to the regulation in place. But how effectively are they meeting the regulatory data requirement for the look-through and reporting elements of the regulation, and how best can they achieve not only compliance, but also…
Recorded Webinar: Best practice solutions for client lifecycle management
The challenges of client lifecycle management continue to increase, driven by regulation and requiring financial institutions to review processes around client onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC) and client data maintenance. The webinar will outline the challenges faced by financial institutions, discuss best practice solutions, detail the need to integrate high quality entity data, and include…
Sapient Releases Synapse Platform to Support Data Usage and Requirements Management
Sapient Global Markets has released Synapse, a hosted platform designed to help business and technology users manage data requirements and metadata, accelerate project delivery, and increase accountability. The platform brings together siloed metadata to create a more efficient way for firms to track, view and analyse data usage and understand how user actions affect other…
Dates for your Diary – Data Management Review Events
As the summer season comes to an end and holiday makers return to their desks, here at Data Management Review we are working on an exciting programme of activities that we would like to invite you to take part in. We start the autumn season with a number of topical webinars covering issues including client…
The Impact of Brexit, According to our Data Management Community
By Ramy Choueiri In order to gauge opinion on the UK’s exit from the European Union, A-Team Group, producers of Data Management Review, recently conducted a survey of our data management community. The survey uncovered serious concerns about the impact Brexit could have on the UK financial data and technology industry, with 85% of respondents expecting…
Markit Adds Real-Time Bond Pricing to Hourly and End-of-Day Services
Markit has responded to market demand for real-time bond pricing with a streaming service covering investment grade and high yield corporate, sovereign and agency bonds. The service is designed to support pre-trade transparency, intraday net asset value calculations, and the need for exchange traded fund managers to understand how constituents of funds are priced throughout…
Financial Institutions Regroup to Consider Outcomes of Brexit
After the shock of last week’s ‘leave’ vote in the European Union referendum and a weekend to reflect on the outcome, financial institutions across the UK are considering big picture scenarios that could result from Brexit and putting together governance frameworks designed to help them manage events as they unfold. While there is no certainty…
Recorded Webinar: Implications of MiFID II for Data Management
MiFID II is shaping up to be one of the biggest regulations to impact the financial industry. While much of the regulation focuses on trading, there are many implications for data management. The webinar will explore issues effecting data management, including extended coverage of instruments and trading venues, new data fields, the mandate to use…
JWG Calculates the Regulatory Costs of Brexit
If you are still considering which way to vote in tomorrow’s referendum on UK membership of the European Union, the regulatory implications of exiting the union may be enough to sway your decision. Research by independent think-tank JWG suggests Brexit could mean a decade of uncertainty across markets, a significant increase in red tape and…