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DSB Adds Option to Use Alternative Underlier Ids to Search for or Create UPIs
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) continues to prepare for the production launch of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) on 16 October 2023 with an option for users of the UPI User Acceptance Test (UAT) environment to search for and create UPIs using a range of alternative underlier IDs. The alternative underlier ID feature allows firms…
INQDATA and KX Partnership Helps FIs Extract Maximum Value from Data at Speed
INQDATA, a data science company specialising in the curation, cleansing, mapping, and hydration of data for financial institutions, has partnered KX, provider of the kdb+ Data Timehouse and the KDB.AI vector database, to deliver streamlined data processing, drive informed decision making, and identify new opportunities. The INQDATA platform, powered by kdb+ , addresses issues associated…
Walking the Tightrope of Increasing Regulatory Data Collection Initiatives
By Kelly Attrill, Strategy and Advisory Practice Head, Lab49. In a digital world where the volume, velocity and granularity of data continues to increase, there is even more potential to leverage the data created. In the financial services industry, firms have recognized the power of data for oversight, compliance and policy development. Regulators across financial…
KX and DataArt Partner to Drive Performance of Cloud-Based Data Management, ML and AI
KX, maker of the KDB.AI vector database, and DataArt, a global software engineering firm, have made a strategic partnership to help customers master the challenges of migrating real-time analytics, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads to the AWS cloud. The companies say their alliance offers a solution for firms looking to upgrade their…
India’s NJ Asset Management Selects Bloomberg Solutions for Enterprise-wide Digital Strategy
NJ Asset Management, one of India’s newest asset management companies, has adopted Bloomberg AIM and Bloomberg Vault to enable its enterprise-wide digital strategy across the investment workflow. The company is data driven and follows a rule-based fund management style to reduce human bias. Bloomberg AIM, an order and investment management solution, will be used with…
ECB Launches Consultation on Guide Urging Banks to Improve Risk Data Aggregation and Reporting
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a public consultation covering its Guide on Effective Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting, noting that ‘adequate capabilities in this area are still the exception, and banks have to improve their risk data aggregation frameworks, also in light of the BCBS principles’. Ultimately, banks are expected to step up…
FCA Makes Digital Sandbox Permanently Available, Invites Data Providers to Apply to List Data on the Platform
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will make its Digital Sandbox available permanently from 1 August 2023 following two successful pilots. The aim is to open up the platform to a broader range of innovative businesses, start-ups and data providers. The sandbox is a testing environment that enables the FCA to support firms at the early…
FactSet Acquires Data Management Innovator idaciti
FactSet has acquired idaciti, an innovator in data structuring and collection technology. The acquisition expands FactSet’s multi-year investment program to digitally transform its content collection infrastructure. It also accelerates time-to-market for delivering data sets. Founded in 2015, idaciti applies a taxonomy-first approach to structuring information from company disclosures, regulatory filings, and proprietary document repositories. It…
Recorded Webinar: The evolution of enterprise data management for ESG – managing non-standard and unstructured data
The challenges of sourcing ESG data to meet investment and regulatory requirements are well rehearsed. Managing the data to accelerate sustainability performance is another step forward, with the need to evolve enterprise data management and integrate unstructured and non-standard ESG data. A successful solution typically includes a single, trusted data master based on many sources,…
Decision Makers Turn to Cloud-Based Data Management
Some 59% of senior managers and directors in financial services are using cloud-based data for portfolio management. Additional use cases include risk management, collateral management and internal data marketplaces, according to research commissioned by Alveo and conducted in April among investment managers, asset owners, banks and insurance companies across the UK, US and Asia-Pacific. …