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A-Team Webinar Discusses BCBS 239 Compliance Ahead of January Deadline

The journey towards BCBS 239 compliance continues with global systemically important banks expected to be able to satisfy supervisors when the regulation comes into effect on January 1st 2016. Other banks that are not yet within the scope of the regulation are also making progress, considering how they will comply with the 14 principles of…

Publishing Reference Data in a Post-MiFIR World

By Chris Pickles, Co-Chair of FIX Trading Community’s Reference Data Subgroup and Member of the Bloomberg Open Symbology Team One area where a delay in implementing MiFIR would allow market participants and regulators much needed time to sort out vital details is the area of reference data publication. ESMA has made it clear that, in…

Exchange Data International Adds ISO 15022 Compliant Corporate Actions Feed

Exchange Data International (EDI) has introduced a fixed income corporate actions service based on the ISO 15022 messaging standard. The service is a response to customer interest in moving away from corporate actions services based on proprietary formats and towards services that are compliant with the ISO 15022 standard. The fixed income ISO 15022 feed…

Calypso Adds Portfolio and Risk Management Functionality to Trading Platform

Calypso Technology has extended its trading and collateral optimisation platform with the integration of real-time portfolio and risk management functionality. The integration aims to support growing numbers of investment managers trading both derivatives and cash securities. The complete solution, Portfolio Workstation, builds on existing Calypso capabilities in areas such as pricing and position keeping to…

Recorded Webinar: Client and Entity Data for Client Onboarding

With enticing figures such as annual savings of $5-$20 million per firm being widely quoted, should we be looking at a collaborative approach to harmonising data management for entity and client data for client onboarding and KYC processes? How would it work, what are the obstacles and how can we address them, and how will…

BCBS 239 Data Management Handbook

Our 2015/2016 edition of the BCBS 239 Data Management Handbook has arrived! Printed copies went like hotcakes at our Data Management Summit in New York but you can download your own copy here and get access to detailed information on the  principles and implications of BCBS 239 on Data Management. This Handbook provides an at-a-glance…

A Strategic Approach to BCBS 239 Implements Best Practice Data Management and Promises Business Benefits

BCBS 239 compliance is a challenge and its January 1, 2016 deadline for global systemically important banks is fast approaching, but successful implementation of the regulation’s principles, particularly those covering risk data aggregation, can deliver significant business opportunities. These include cost and capital savings, data rationalisation, improved data quality and links between datasets that have…

Finding a Balance Between Standards and Flexibility in Data Architecture

The integration of standards and flexibility into data architecture is an ongoing challenge for financial firms that must not only improve operational efficiency, but also sustain adaptability to support business and regulatory change. Both are important, but potentially opposed to each other, begging the question of how best to find an optimal balance between standards…

Talking Data Management with Andrew Delaney: The DMS Roadshow

The DMS road show rolls back into town – New York, that is – in two weeks, and the prognosis is for a day of compelling debate, innovative ideas and new connections. I’m very much looking forward to hosting the conference on November 3 at the downtown Convene centre. As you can see from the…

Regulatory Data Handbook – Third Edition

Need to know all the essentials about the regulations impacting data management? Welcome to the third edition of our A-Team Regulatory Data Handbook which provides all the essentials about regulations impacting data management. A-Team’s series of Regulatory Data Handbooks are a great way to see at-a-glance: All the regulations that are impacting data management today…