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An Update on the LEI – Where Are we Now?
There are mixed views in our industry about the success of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) – questions about lapsed identifiers, comments on a slow rate of adoption, and calls for more regulatory mandates requiring use of the LEI. There are also some tremendous successes in countries such as India, which is not a member…
Derivatives Service Bureau Calls for Industry Input to 2019 Consultation
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has opened its 2019 consultation with a focus on getting industry feedback on operations such as data submission enhancements, services such as data flow rationalisation, technical issues including infrastructure and workflows, and legal aspects including the fee survey and user agreement forum. The consultation is seeking responses from both direct…
Fenergo Builds National KYC Utility with Bahrain’s Electronic Network for Financial Transactions
The Kingdom of Bahrain has set out to improve financial institutions’ client onboarding and minimise fraud through a partnership with Fenergo. Bahrain’s Electronic Network for Financial Transactions (BENEFIT) is working with the vendor to design and implement a national Know Your Customer (KYC) utility that incorporates blockchain technology. The utility platform will support sectors including…
Annaly Capital Management Implements CuriumEDM to Drive Efficiency and Transparency
Annaly Capital Management, a New York based diversified capital manager, has implemented Curium Data System’s enterprise data management (EDM) solution as part of a multi-phased technology initiative designed to drive operational efficiencies and promote transparency across the company’s platform. Don Choe, chief technology officer at Annaly, says the firm evaluated numerous master data management products…
Refinitiv Puts Data and Compute in the Cloud to Deliver PRIIPs Compliance Service
Refinitiv is building out cloud capability by providing a menu of data and services that breaks down its traditional product outlook. Clients can select the capabilities and content they need, compute is performed in the cloud, and longer term, cloud is expected to unlock some of the costs of platforms, people and processes. An example…
Data Science 101 – a CDO’s Viewpoint
By: Michael Conlin, Chief Data Officer at the US Department of Defense. The DoD selected me as its first Chief Data Officer to introduce new ways of doing new things. To that end, I’ve introduced new ways of thinking as well. Here is a snapshot. Ready, willing & able The number one criteria for launching…
How to Solve the Data Sourcing and Management Problems of FRTB
Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) presents some of the toughest data sourcing and management requirements in the history of capital markets regulation since the 2008 financial crisis. It also has an implementation date of January 1, 2022, which considering the regulation’s complexity, means there is no time to delay in getting your FRTB…
Global Data Standards are Essential Yet Elusive, So How Can Our Industry Help?
Global data standards and identifiers are essential to business growth, market stability and cost reduction. They are also challenging to implement in a technology environment characterised by data silos and at a time when standards differ across multiple jurisdictions and can lack clarity and specificity. Featured Download: An update on data standards and global identifiers…
A Guide to Getting Data Management Right on the Buy-Side
Buy-side firms have developed data management capabilities exponentially over recent years, driven by regulatory requirements, but continually challenged by pressure on budgets, selecting suitable solutions, and sourcing and maintaining good quality data. Naomi Clarke, chief data officer at MSAmlin, and a speaker on a recent A-Team Group webinar sponsored by the SmartStream Reference Data Utility…
Excel in Data Management – Why it Still Has a Role to Play
By: Martijn Groot, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Asset Control. In the world of technology infrastructure, Microsoft Excel is often seen as both a blessing and a curse. That its usage remains so widespread today is testament to the power of the tool, as well as the quality of the marketing and distribution that…