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BT’s Pickles on Legal Entity Data Developments and the OFR’s Intentions
Ahead of the end of month deadline for responses to the Office of Financial Research’s legal entity identification consultation, Reference Data Review is speaking to a number of industry participants about their views on the entity data challenge in the current market. BT Global Services’ head of marketing for financial markets and wholesale banking Chris Pickles…
Data Storage Group Receives Patent For Innovative Data Deduplication Technology
Data Storage Group, an industry leader in data backup and disaster recovery software, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company US Patent 7,860,843 for the firm’s core data deduplication technology. DataStor’s unique and innovative software-based approach, known as Adaptive Content Factoring?, is a technological breakthrough offering significant advancements…
Agio Technology Undergoes Rapid Growth, Driven by Increased Hedge Fund Demand for Managed IT Services
Agio Technology, a provider of managed IT services for premier hedge funds, today announced that it marks its first full year of operation. Agio experienced a rapid expansion of its business, driven by the extensive hedge fund pedigree of its management team and the increasing trend in the hedge fund industry to outsource non-core technology…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Focused on Building a Data Fabric to Support “Multiple Truths”, Says Dalglish
Bank Of America Merrill Lynch has moved with the times in terms of recalibrating the goal of its reference data project, thus the focus is no longer on merely establishing a single gold copy, rather it is on building a robust data fabric to support all of its downstream users’ requirements, according to Tom Dalglish,…
OnePath Goes Live with Kurtosys for Fund Reporting in 7 Weeks
Kurtosys Systems Limited, a global provider of client communications solutions, products and services today announces that OnePath, one of Australia’s leading providers of wealth, superannuation, investment, insurance and advice solutions and part of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), has gone live on FundSource in just seven weeks for the production of their…
ALaS Consulting LLC Acquires Xcitek Consulting Services
ALaS Consulting LLC (ALaS) and Xcitek Consulting Services (XCS) agreed to unify their offering through ALaS’ acquisition of XCS, announced Erik DiGiacomo, President of ALaS Consulting. The two firms bring complementary skills and talent to their global financial services clients. The acquisition fits ALaS strategy of “owning” the areas in which it practices and expands…
Macquarie Extends Usage of GoldenSource Securities and Products
In 2009, Macquarie Securities Group has selected GoldenSource, an enterprise data management provider for the securities and investment management industry, to streamline the end-to-end data quality process, for its equity and equity derivatives business. Macquarie is now rolling out the technology across its other enterprise business lines.
Senior Supervisors Group Report Highlights Need for Better Management of Risk Data
The aggregation of risk data remains a challenge within most financial institutions, according to a report released last month by the Senior Supervisors Group (SSG), which is comprised of 13 regulatory bodies from 10 countries. The report, Observations on Developments in Risk Appetite Frameworks and IT Infrastructure, indicates that although many firms have kicked off…
Opinion: Closing the Control Loop
By David Sherriff, chief operating officer of Microgen Despite some dramatic events in 2010, the global banking system was able to hold steady. Since the economic crisis took hold, the majority of banks have invested heavily in back office systems in order to tighten their financial control, yet the spotlight remains firmly on the City….
EDM Council to Launch New Operating Model, Cites ISO, Swift and GS1 as the Top Three Contenders for Entity Identification
The EDM Council has decided to restructure its operations under four main areas of business in order to better engage with the industry it is charged with representing: standards; best practices; engagement (with a focus on regulators and academia); and internal operations. A large proportion of the standards work will likely focus on the area…