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VIDEO: How To Determine The True Value of Data, with Rocky Martinez

The A-Team Group Data Management Summit is fast-approaching, and with a spotlight on how to improve operational efficiency and enhance revenue opportunities through data, identifying value is a key topic for 2020. We are delighted to welcome Rocky Martinez, Chief Technology Officer at SmartStream RDU, to give us a sneak peek into his keynote speech…

FCA Launches Wholesale Data Review

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun a review into the use and value of data and advanced analytics in wholesale financial markets, both now and in the future, in a bid to better understand how these services are being accessed and used, the value offered to market participants, and whether they are competitively…

Recorded Webinar: Last minute preparations for SFTR: What still needs to be done and are we ready?

The regulation clock is ticking. Financial firms, especially those subject to Phase I of implementation, are well aware of the impending April 2020 deadline for the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation. The question is, are they ready? Tactical, i.e painful, approaches to compliance won’t be good enough. A strategic plan of attack is necessary to combat…

Nationwide Selects AutoRek for Reconciliation and Data Management

Nationwide Building Society has selected AutoRek, a software solutions provider for financial controls, data management and regulatory reporting, to provide a cloud-based financial controls and data management platform for an initial period of three years, with the option of a two-year extension. The project, a landmark deal for Autorek, will be implemented in a multi-phase…

VIDEO: Delivering Value Through Data with Edosa Odaro

Over the past few years, there seems to have been a noticeable change of guard – across industries – with some established organisations struggling to stay above water, whilst some new challenger organisations are conversely thriving. In this video snippet Edosa Odaro, Former Head of Data Services for AXA and Keynote Speaker at the upcoming…

Last Minute Preparations for SFTR: Are You Ready Yet?

The clock is ticking, and the initial SFTR deadline is barely a month away – but with delays, regulatory opacity and widespread industry concerns around the data challenges posed by such a substantial change, is an April implementation even achievable? Tactical approaches to compliance won’t be good enough. A strategic plan of attack is necessary…

VIDEO: Delivering Value Through Data with Edosa Odaro

Over the past few years, there seems to have been a noticeable change of guard – across industries – with some established organisations struggling to stay above water, whilst some new challenger organisations are conversely thriving. In this video snippet Edosa Odaro, Former Head of Data Services for AXA and Keynote Speaker at the upcoming…

Hierarchies – Approach with Care

By Colin Gibson, Architecture & Data Management Consultant at Katano Limited. What is the item you find hardest to locate in a supermarket? You know where to find it in your local store, but what confounds you when you try to find it in a different chain? What about Bovril Yeast Extract (other yeast extract…

Collibra Debuts Data Lineage Solution

Collibra has revealed its latest solution, a data lineage tool that enables organizations to understand where data comes from and how it flows and transforms across the enterprise. The launch marks the first integration since the firm acquired automated technical lineage provider SQLdep back in July 2019. Targeting large enterprises, the solution offers native lineage…

Decision-Making, Not Compliance, Drives Data Governance Programs

Data governance drivers have shifted, with better decision-making now a priority when it comes to data governance decisions – but organizations are still grappling with data governance challenges and still depend largely on manual approaches for data lineage, data cataloguing and data mapping. So finds data modelling specialist erwin in its latest report on the…