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Regulatory DataCorp Builds Up Risk and Compliance Business in Europe

Regulatory DataCorp (RDC), a provider of governance, risk and compliance solutions, has built up its European business to include over 50 global banking institutions, insurance firms, corporates and financial technology providers since it established a London office in May 2014. Set up in 2002 in the US by 20 leading financial institutions, RDC provides industries…

A-Team Webinar Details the Data Management Implications of Solvency II

Solvency II presents major data management challenges for insurance firms, asset managers, their custodians and fund administrators, but compliance can provide opportunities to optimise portfolios, reduce capital holdings and build data architectures that can satisfy not only Solvency II, but also other incoming regulations. The data management implications of Solvency II were discussed recently during…

AIM Software Survey Outlines Pain Points and Planned Investments in Reference Data Management

A shortfall in budgets and an excess of regulations are financial institutions’ biggest reference data management challenges and they are not likely to ease with any speed as firms tackle ongoing needs to increase efficiency, reduce costs, meet regulatory requirements and improve data governance and risk management. AIM Software’s ninth global reference data management survey,…

New York Data Management Summit: Proving the Potential of Utility Solutions for Reference Data Management

Reference data utilities can improve data accuracy, completeness and timeliness, reduce financial firms’ data management costs, and support regulatory compliance – but to be successful they need to mutualise rather than outsource processes and offer flexible data consumption. Presenting a keynote entitled ‘Mutualising Data Governance and Regulatory Compliance Through the Use of a Utilty’ at…

London Data Management Summit: The Challenges and Opportunities of Solvency II Compliance

Solvency II has been some time in the making, but as deadlines loom for interim requirements in 2015 and full implementation in January 2016, the data management challenges of the regulation must be tackled not only by firms in the insurance industry, which Solvency II seeks to regulate, but also by third-party administrators and asset…

London Data Management Summit: Getting to Grips with Entity Data

Entity data management has moved up the agenda over the past year, driven by regulatory requirements, the establishment of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and, in some cases, a desire to centralise and provide enterprise-wide access to entity data. A-Team Group’s London Data Management Summit discussed the progress of entity data management, as well as…

Numerix Adds Automated Model Validation Software and Services

Numerix has added automated model validation testing to its CrossAsset analytics platform, allowing users to automate previously manual processes, receive regular reports on the suitability of models in specific market conditions, and meet regulations that scrutinise the use of models and their governance. The company’s solution for enterprise model risk management is called Numerix Model…

Data Management Summit: The Challenges and Opportunities of BCBS 239

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision regulation BCBS 239 presents a significant data management challenge for banks, but it also offers opportunities for those that reach compliance. Moderating a panel discussion on risk data aggregation under BCBS 239 at A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit in London, Dennis Slattery, CEO of EDMWorks, set the scene noting…

Data Management Summit Keynote: Enterprise Data Governance

Data governance is less about data and more about trust, trust between people and trusted information that can open up business opportunities for financial services firms and deliver benefits to customers and shareholders. Presenting a keynote at the A-Team Group Data Management Summit in London, Lorraine Waters, deputy group chief data officer at HSBC, outlined…

Data Management Summit: New Models for Data Management

Managed services and data utilities hold the promise of reduced data management costs, streamlined operations and support for regulatory compliance, but they also raise questions about flexibility, legacy systems and the ongoing costs of internal data management. These issues, and more, were debated during a panel session moderated by Chris Bannocks, founder of Grasp Associates,…