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Talking Data Management with Andrew Delaney: The DMS Roadshow
The DMS road show rolls back into town – New York, that is – in two weeks, and the prognosis is for a day of compelling debate, innovative ideas and new connections. I’m very much looking forward to hosting the conference on November 3 at the downtown Convene centre. As you can see from the…
Regulatory Data Handbook – Third Edition
Need to know all the essentials about the regulations impacting data management? Welcome to the third edition of our A-Team Regulatory Data Handbook which provides all the essentials about regulations impacting data management. A-Team’s series of Regulatory Data Handbooks are a great way to see at-a-glance: All the regulations that are impacting data management today…
Talking Data Management with Andrew Delaney: See You This Thursday
Yes, it’s this week. The A-Team Data Management Summit is coming to town (if you happen to be in London) this coming Thursday, October 1. I’m particularly excited by this event as we’ve managed to attract our strongest group of speakers and panellists to date. And, as you might expect, this lineup of senior bank…
Getting to Grips with the Challenge of Beneficial Ownership
Understanding beneficial ownership of an entity – a corporation or a fund – has emerged as a key element of many financial institutions’ compliance activities. A raft of relatively new regulations – ranging from the US Dodd-Frank Act through to Russian sanctions – require firms to understand who owns the entities they do business with,…
Talking Data Management with Andrew Delaney: Back and Bigger Than Ever
Excitement is mounting here at A-Team towers as we put the finishing touches to the agenda for our Data Management Summit conference in London on October 1. And of course, right behind it is our planned summit in New York on November 3, of which more later in a future edition of this missive. We…
CPL Collapses; DTCC’s Avox in Line to Scoop Up Assets
CounterpartyLink is rumoured to have collapsed after falling into financial difficulties and failing to find an investor. Data Management Review understands that DTCC’s Avox is in line to purchase certain assets, thereby eliminating a competitor from the entity data business. A letter was circulated to clients of CounterpartyLink today informing them of the news. It…
Global LEI Foundation and Regulatory Oversight Committee Address Data Quality and Hierarchy issues of Global LEI System
The Global Legal Entity Identifier System (GLEIS) is making significant progress as the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) makes operational improvements to the system and the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) prepares a consultation paper on how hierarchy data can be added to the business card data already attached to LEIs. On the operational front, the GLEIF…
Markit Plans to Build Corporate Actions Capability On Back of Information Mosaic Acquisition
Markit is back on the acquisition trail with this week’s announcement that it has agreed to acquire Information Mosaic, a provider of corporate actions and post-trade securities processing software – but Information Mosaic may not be Markit’s only acquisition interest as we have heard it is considering buying another well known data management company. Financial…
Recorded Webinar: Screening for Sanctions, Watch Lists and PEPs
How do you effectively screen for sanctions, watch lists and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)? Getting it right is essential for complying with regulations like AML, KYC and FATCA, reducing the risk of incurring heavy fines, and keeping your firm’s reputation intact. But what are the options, considerations and solutions available for effective data sourcing and…
CounterpartyLink Takes Top-Down View of Entity Hierarchies with CPL Hierarchy Profile
CounterpartyLink has reversed the process of building legal entity data hierarchies from the bottom up to deliver CPL Hierarchy Profile, a product designed to provide a top-down, single view of a legal entity including its entire group structure and links between entities in the structure. The company has been researching and validating entity data from…