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Swift and GLEIF Fulfil Plans to Deliver BIC-to-LEI Relationship File
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has published the first monthly relationship file that matches a Business Identifier Code (BIC) assigned to an organisation against its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). The file allows market participants to link and cross-reference these key entity identifiers free of charge, streamlining entity verification processes and reducing data management…
Siren Offers Semantic Data Investigation Platform to Financial Markets
Siren is moving its semantic data investigation platform into the fintech sector following a €3 million round of seed funding led by Atlantic Bridge University Fund. John Randles, CEO at Siren, says the semantic platform fills white space between business intelligence solutions and coding of deep analytic tools by providing a product that enables investigation…
QQQ Capital Selects Eze Software to Streamline Investment Workflows
QQQ Capital, Singapore’s new long-term value hedge fund manager, has selected the Eze Investment Suite to automate its operations. The company will launch its QQQ Capital Feeder Fund, a $100 million fund focused on technology, education and tourism, in early 2018, using the Eze software to help streamline front-to-back investment workflows. As a fundamental long-short…
Thomson Reuters in Talks to Sell 55% Stake in Financial and Risk Business to Blackstone
Thomson Reuters’ board is expected to meet today to discuss Blackstone Group’s offer of over $16 billion for a 55% stake in the company’s financial and risk business – a move that would take the business into the private sector, allow for a restructure out of the public eye, and create a standalone financial data…
How to Turn Data Lineage from a Regulatory Response into a Business Advantage
‘Death, taxes…and regulation’. Benjamin Franklin’s only two certainties in life have a new addition, so the joke goes, as financial firms face a never-ending and burdensome blitz of regulatory reporting – BCBS 239, MiFID II, Dodd-Frank, EMIR, GDPR, CCAR etc. etc. One partial solution to the new norm of constantly changing compliance is data lineage,…
Virtu Targets MiFID II SI Liquidity via Partnerships with Vela, QuantHouse, Exegy
Electronic market-maker Virtu Financial has staked its claim as a Systematic Internaliser under MiFID II, announcing several distribution partnerships for its SI-related data feeds as the regulation came into effect last week. Virtu – whose SI aspirations will be led by its Virtu Financial Ireland operation – plans to provide bilateral liquidity in European cash…
What Do You Think 2018 Holds in Store for the RegTech Industry?
By: Conor Coughlan, global head of risk, regulatory and compliance marketing, Financial and Risk Division, Thomson Reuters Looking forward and following current patterns of industry change and analysis, 2018 is going to be a pivotal year for regtech collaboration, service and solutions providers. In essence, the themes we can expect to see more of in…
Data Monetisation: An Approach to Unlocking Data Opportunities
By: Sapient Consulting Data has become one of an organisation’s most valuable assets, although many struggle to turn it into a profitable asset. In addition to lacking specialist knowledge, as well as the right tools and experience, companies often face challenges with the availability and usability of their data, overcomplicated legacy technologies, and a shortage…
Recorded Webinar: Measuring results from client onboarding solutions
Getting client onboarding right is critical to retaining customers, winning new business and avoiding regulatory penalties, but are banks getting it right? And how can they judge their performance and solve problems on a rolling basis? Answering these questions, the webinar will discuss how banks can measure results from client onboarding solutions, what they should…
UBS Leads Initiative to Reconcile LEI Data Using Ethereum Smart Contracts
A group of six banks and data vendors is working with Ethereum smart contracts to improve the quality of counterparty reference data through anonymous reconciliation. The blockchain initiative was borne out of the need to improve data quality for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR), and…