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A-Team Data Management Summit Discusses Hot Topics and Technologies
Data governance, operations automation, data quality, regulation, blockchain technology, Know your Customer (KYC) and client onboarding were among the hot topics discussed at this week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit in London. The first keynote of the day, Data Governance – Winning Hearts and Minds, was presented by Kevin Ayling, head of data quality governance…
State of Data Governance: Making Data Management Programmes Operational
By Gavin Kaimowitz, Global Data Practice Lead at Sapient Global Markets Global financial institutions are coming to the realisation that the business processes and operational models they have relied on in the past won’t necessarily help them succeed in the current increasingly regulated environment. That’s not to mention the struggle to overcome lower margins and…
Asset Control Integrates Matlab with AC Plus Data Management Platform
Asset Control has integrated its AC Plus data management platform with MathWorks’ Matlab financial analytics language to bring data and financial models closer together and deliver more robust calculation and validation of risk factor and valuations data. The integration recognises the use of Matlab by many Asset Control customers and overcomes the need to move…
Markit Integrates EDM with VistaOne Data Warehouse and vReporter
Markit has completed the integration of VistaOne and vReporter with its enterprise data management (EDM) software and is preparing to bring a combined EDM, data warehouse and reporting solution to market. The company acquired the VistaOne data warehouse and reporting solution as part of its acquisition of CoreOne Technologies in August 2015. It also acquired…
A-Team Webinar Discusses Outstanding Pain Points of Solvency II Compliance
The January 2016 deadline for Solvency II compliance passed without major incident, but looks like the end of the beginning with most insurance companies and asset managers making the deadline, but many continuing to work on aspects of the regulation not only to ensure compliance, but also to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs and gain…
New York City Data Management Summit Discusses Data as a Business Asset and Introduces A-Team’s BCBS 239 Handbook
Data governance, risk data aggregation, regulatory challenge, utility models, data architecture, Know Your Customer (KYC), data as an asset and machine learning were just some of the data management topics discussed at last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit in New York City. The conference also hosted the introduction of A-Team’s BCBS 239 handbook, which…
A-Team Publishes BCBS 239 Handbook
As the January 1, 2016 compliance deadline for BCBS 239 approaches, A-Team Group has published a BCBS 239 Handbook dedicated to the regulation and designed to help data management and data governance practitioners implement its 14 principles successfully. The regulation embodies the post-financial crisis need for effective and efficient risk data aggregation and reporting across…
Philippe Chambadal Details Development of the SmartStream Reference Data Utility
After the long-awaited public announcement of the SmartStream Reference Data Utility – or SPReD, the Securities Product Reference Data utility – earlier this week, A-Team caught up with SmartStream CEO Philippe Chambadal to find out more about the utility and its ongoing development. The utility is owned jointly by SmartStream, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and…
Global LEI Foundation Swings into Action After Taking Operational Control of the Global LEI System
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has become the central operating unit of the Global LEI System (GLEIS), ending the interim system overseen and coordinated by the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the LEI and setting in motion activities including an accreditation process for pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs), a quality management programme, and expansion…
Datactics Extends FlowDesigner to Deliver DQ Metrics for Regulatory Data Compliance
Datactics has extended its FlowDesigner data quality platform to offer DQ Metrics, a monitoring and measurement application that allows financial institutions to measure their data compliance against regulations and industry standards on a continuous basis. The company’s initial release of DQ Metrics covers entity identifiers, particularly LEIs required by MiFID II and EMIR, and GIIN…