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SteelEye Wins £5.7 million Seed Funding
Compliance technology and data analytics firm SteelEye this week confirmed the successful close of a £2.9 million fundraising extension led by fintech-focused venture capital firm Illuminate Financial, bringing the total seed funding raised to £5.7 million. SteelEye offers cloud-based solutions to assist clients with MiFID II, MAR, EMIR, Dodd Frank and other international regulatory compliance…
A-Team RegTech Summit New York Emphasises the Importance of Innovation as a Foundation for Firm Data Practices
A-Team Group’s second annual RegTech Summit arrived in a snowy New York City on November 15, 2018 to cram a crowded day with expert speakers, controversial topics, deep-diving discussions and problem-solving solutions. An impressive attendee line-up of over 200 delegates comprising industry leaders, financial institutions and senior decision-makers added to the atmosphere, while our pioneering…
Broadridge Integrates Tableau with Investment Management Data Warehouse
Broadridge Financial Solutions has partnered Tableau Software to deliver enhanced analytics and visualisation capabilities to its investment management clients. The partnership integrates the Broadridge investment management data warehouse and Tableau to provide self-service access to individualised analytics, customisable digital reports and interactive dashboards. Eric Bernstein, head of asset management solutions at Broadridge, says: “Actionable data…
Recorded Webinar: Deploying regtech solutions for optimal compliance professional performance
Today’s atmosphere of heightened regulatory scrutiny is focusing attention on compliance departments and the tools available to mitigate the risk of regulatory censure. Much has been made of emerging regtech solutions’ ability to offer new capabilities, potentially changing the way compliance teams work. But what has been the true impact of regtech on the compliance…
Asset Managers Adopt Alternative Data and Advanced Analytics to Generate Alpha
Asset managers are adopting advanced analytics and alternative data to generate alpha and support client acquisition and retention, and business operations. The technology favoured for advanced analytics is machine learning, although natural language processing is also in the picture and smart robotic process automation is in trials. Element22, a boutique data advisory firm, details adoption…
Recorded Webinar: Regtech – How to digitalise the customer experience with KYC and AML Innovation
How can ‘digitalising’ client onboarding help to speed up data processing and improve customer experience? How can you leverage digital capabilities to improve your Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) workflows, processes and checks? The task is not easy for financial institutions that have large, complex, legacy ecosystems, and standalone solutions and processes….
Recorded Webinar: Innovation: How to leverage machine learning, artificial intelligence and blockchain in data management
With so much talk about ‘cool’ technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence and blockchain (and its natural extension distributed ledger technology), how much of it is real and applicable to data management? Is it delivering – or is it likely to deliver – on the promise of greater automation, efficiencies and quality at reduced…
Demand Derivatives Partners GMEX to Deliver Innovative Futures Exchange and Clearing House
Demand Derivatives, a creator of novel derivative instruments, and GMEX Group, a provider of exchange and post-trade technology solutions, are partnering to produce a US regulated futures exchange, RealDemand Board of Trade (RealBOT), and clearing house, RealDemand Clearing (RealClear). The partnership includes GMEX taking a minority equity stake in Demand Derivatives. RealBOT and RealClear are…
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,…
Blackstone Closes Deal to Take 55% Stake in Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk Business
Nearly nine months after Thomson Reuters signed a definitive agreement with Blackstone that would give the private equity firm a 55% stake and Thomson Reuters a 45% stake in the company’s financial and risk business, the deal is closed and the business rebranded as Refinitiv. With backing from Blackstone, Refinitiv plans to invest in a…