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Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: COREP/FINREP – Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Last week’s Regulatory Update seminar, hosted by Lombard Risk, was an eye-opener for anyone who thought their work was done after the past year’s huge efforts on COREP. In particular, the session focused on the challenges to come with respect to reporting under CRD IV, FINREP and incoming Asset Encumbrance (AE) rules. Indeed, such is…
Recorded Webinar: Hosted/Managed Services
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. The on-site data management model is broken. Resources have been squeezed to breaking point. The industry needs a new operating model if it is truly to do more with less. Can hosted/managed services provide the answer? Can the marketplace really create and maintain a…
Six Financial Information Adds Pre-LEIs from Avox to its Reference Data Services
Six Financial Information is mapping pre-Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) provided by Avox to its reference data to help users of its data services meet the reporting requirements of regulations including European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), which comes into force on 12 February, Dodd-Frank and Solvency II. The company considered available sources of pre-LEIs in the…
Hosted/Managed Services
The on-site data management model is broken. Resources have been squeezed to breaking point. The industry needs a new operating model if it is truly to do more with less. Can hosted/managed services provide the answer? Can the marketplace really create and maintain a utility-based approach to reference data management? And if so, how can…
Swift Extends Messaging Services to Support Derivatives Trade Reporting under EMIR
Swift has extended its messaging solutions to support derivatives trade reporting under European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) that comes into play on February 12. The organisation is offering two solutions, one based on Swift FIN confirmation traffic and the other on Swift FileAct. Recognising the potential for Swift members to reuse their investments in the…
Traiana Embeds Duco Reference Data Reconciliation Technology in CreditLink to Support SEF Trading
Traiana has embedded Duco data matching and reconciliation technology in its CreditLink service to help customers reconcile client reference data when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s mandate for electronic trading of swaps on swap execution facilities (SEFs) comes into force in mid-February. The Duco technology uses sophisticated algorithms and fuzzy logic to reconcile reference data…
Regulatory Oversight Committee of the LEI System Endorses a Further Five pre-Local Operating Units
The Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the global Legal Entity Identifier system (GLEIS) made headway over the holiday season, endorsing a number of pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs) and listing national business registries that have confirmed there are no impediments to entities and pre-LOUs using their information as part of the reference data attached to each…
BNY Mellon Selects Markit for First Phase of Enterprise Data Management
BNY Mellon Asset Management has turned to Markit for an enterprise data management solution that will initially be used to amalgamate, cleanse and validate index data, but could be extended to manage other types of data. The Markit Enterprise Data Management (EDM) platform was chosen after a competitive selection process and a detailed proof of…
Opinion: Dangerous Data
By Philippe Verriest, Director, Euroclear Data is a vital component of our capital markets. Ensure this data is accurate, and you have a solid basis from which to make considered business decisions. Get it wrong and you risk contaminating many parts of the transaction chain. If there is one lesson that the global financial crisis…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: To Utility and Beyond!
Another penny has dropped in the onward march toward outsourced enterprise data management. UBS’s decision last month to outsource its securities reference data to iGate, which is using Markit’s Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solution – the former Cadis Software – to manage the data, fulfils a strategic intent to industrialise processes where possible. Perhaps more…