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GLEIF Adds Two Validation Agents in Drive to Increase Global LEI Adoption

The Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) has added two validation agents to its LEI issuance scheme in recent weeks, easing adoption of the identifier and extending its reach in Africa. The foundation has also published its 2020 annual report, noting a rise in LEI numbers and a 2021 focus on the validation agent role introduced in…

SS&C Expands APAC Customer Base with Win at KIM Vietnam Fund Management

KIM Vietnam Fund Management (KIM Vietnam) has selected SS&C Technologies’ Eze order management system to support its operations. The fund manager was established in October 2020 and manages eight investment funds from Korea, Japan and Europe. Most recently, it expanded with the launch of new funds in Vietnam. “We were looking for an experienced investment…

ICE and RisQ Release Data Service to Help Investors Quantify Social Impact of Investments

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and risQ, a Boston-based startup focused on geospatial climate, economic and demographic data, have released a data service designed to allow users to understand and score the potential social impact of an investment, particularly in US municipal bonds. The social impact scores use dozens of variables from multiple public data sources and…

Sova Capital Selects Appway for Onboarding and KYC Refresh

Sova Capital has selected Appway, a provider of workflow orchestration, to provide solutions for a digital onboarding and KYC refresh. Sova will streamline its workflows using Appway’s Onboarding for Wealth, KYC and Regulatory Review solutions, and will support direct client interactions with Appway’s Client Engagement Hub. Sova Capital is an FCA authorised and regulated broker…

Data integrity: Your key to confidence in a complex regulatory environment

Despite the recent challenges of the Covid pandemic, regulators have made it clear that they will not accept reporting errors, particularly those that are related to data. Enforcement is more stringent, scrutiny is more in-depth, and the pressure is on to ensure – and demonstrate – that the data underpinning your reporting and activities is…

Facteus Partners Snowflake to Migrate Sensitive Data to the Snowflake Data Cloud

Facteus, a provider of actionable insights from sensitive data, has joined Snowflake’s partner network with a focus on enabling financial services organisations to use its Mimic synthetic data engine and data enrichment services to transform, enhance, and migrate sensitive data to the Snowflake Data Cloud. Mimic is installed behind an organisation’s firewall and uses proprietary…

ROC and DSB Sign Memorandum of Agreement on Governance of Unique Product Identifier

The Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) and Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) have finalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the implementation of governance arrangements for the globally harmonised Unique Product Identifier (UPI). In October 2019, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published governance arrangements for the UPI, outlining the governance framework and criteria for the UPI system….

Bloomberg Offers Market-Implied Probability of Default Product to Enterprise Data and Terminal Clients

Bloomberg has made its Market-Implied Probability of Default (MIPD) product, a market-driven creditworthiness indicator, available to both Enterprise Data and Bloomberg Terminal clients globally. MIPD enables clients to incorporate creditworthiness metrics within existing workflows for a more holistic approach to credit risk management. The product provides clients with a highly responsive, transparent, daily credit risk…

Delta Capita and QAssure Partner to Drive Innovation

Delta Capita, a provider of managed services, technology solutions and consulting to financial institutions, has partnered QAssure Technologies, an independent software testing company headquartered in Singapore, to deliver an open innovation platform designed to accelerate innovation and address the challenges  that delay innovation, such as operational complexity and ever-changing regulation. The companies say proof of…

DTCC Increases Transparency of Credit Default Swaps Market with Upgraded CDS Kinetics Platform

DTCC has enhanced its CDS Kinetics data platform to support demand for more transparency into the credit default swaps (CDS) market within the over-the-counter derivatives space. The platform provides position data on CDS sourced from DTCC’s Trade Information Warehouse including notional outstanding, net notional, and trading volume metrics on securities including single-name, index, and index…