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RFA Introduces Data Governance as a Service

RFA (Richard Fleischman & Associates) has teamed up with Varonis to provide a data governance solution-as-a-service for the alternative asset sector. The service is subscription based, with monthly costs depending on the number of users, and is available across the US and UK. The data governance service is a response to customer requests and has…

Solvency II Data Management Handbook

Want to get a handle on Solvency II and what it means for data management? Need to make sure you have all the bases covered for the looming January 2016 deadline? Our Solvency II Data Management Handbook is now available for free download to help you. This Handbook is the ultimate guide to all things…

Asset Control Recruits Martijn Groot to Lead Product Strategy Including Data Service Manager

Martijn Groot has left Euroclear and rejoined Asset Control to lead the company’s product strategy. His initial responsibility is Data Service Manager, a product that is designed to help financial institutions improve the timeliness and quality of their market, reference and risk data services. It is also Asset Control’s first significant product release since it…

Data Management Summit Workshop: EDMworks Maps a Route to Successful Data Governance

Data governance is essential to managing not only regulatory requirements, but also client lifecycles, product innovation and cost and risk reduction programmes. While this is increasingly the case, developing data governance policies and processes that deliver tangible outcomes can be difficult. Dennis Slattery, CEO of EDMworks, set out the requirements for successful data governance –…

Data Management Summit: Guidelines for Effective Data Governance

Data governance is increasingly important in a data management environment driven by regulatory requirements and cost constraints, but to be effective it needs to be underpinned by cultural change across an organisation, supported by active data governance committees and able to ensure ongoing ownership of core datasets. The need for effective data governance to address…

Entity Data Management Handbook

Following on from the success of our Regulatory Data Handbook, A-Team Group is pleased to introduce its new Entity Data Management Handbook which is available for free download. This Handbook is the ultimate guide to all things entity data: Why Entity Data is important A full review of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) Where they came…

Data Management Summit: Arguing the Case for Shared Services

The A-Team Group Data Management Summit held in London this week opened with a review of the company’s Regulatory Data Index and a keynote presentation by Nick Murphy, director of consulting at IGATE, on the potential of shared services or utilities for reference data management. Regulatory Data Index The A-Team Regulatory Data Index sponsored by…

Opinion – BCBS 239 Compliance: Slip Slidin’ Away?

By Jennifer L. Costley, Ph.D., Principal, Ashokan Advisors “Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away…” – Paul Simon A couple of weeks ago, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued their second annual progress report on the adoption of the Committee’s Principles for…

Alacra and Accuity Partner to Integrate Bankers Almanac with Alacra Compliance Enterprise

Accuity and Alacra have partnered to integrate data from Accuity’s Bankers Almanac with the Alacra Compliance Enterprise (ACE) workflow application. The partnership includes integration of Bankers Almanac’s Due Diligence Data File with ACE and is expected to increase the speed and efficiency of client onboarding. The partnership has been made in response to client requests…

Opinion – Tougher Stress Tests Bring Banks to an Impasse: Revolutionise or Fail

By Peter Ku, Senior Director of Global Financial Services, Informatica Just before Christmas, the results of the first stress testing exercise for the UK banking system were revealed. The test scenarios modelled a financial doomsday, in which the housing market crashes, unemployment spikes and inflation rises. The aim of the exercise was to determine which…