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DST Enhances Anova Position Keeping to Deliver IBOR Product

DST has enhanced the position keeping element of its Anova post-trade data management, analytics and reporting suite to deliver a fully-fledged investment book of record (IBOR) designed to provide asset managers with near real-time visibility of positions and valuations. Anova has included the capability to consume transactions and events, and provide continuously updated valuations and…

The Role of Technology in Data Management

Data managers are tackling the issues of managing and distributing accurate and timely data across their organisations with the assistance of highly automated technology solutions. While technology plays a leading role in data management, there are other issues to consider, including product selection, procurement, project management and ongoing business development. MJC Data Management Solutions suggests…

Charles River Shrink Wraps Compliance Solution to Offer Compliance as a Service

Charles River has packaged the compliance module of its Investment Management Solution to offer Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) to asset managers seeking economic and efficient start-of-day portfolio compliance. The service is cloud based and integrates software, data and advisory services that include writing and maintaining compliance system rules. It is designed to help small and medium-sized firms…

Markit Integrates Datasets to Deliver Enhanced iNAV for ETPs

Markit has integrated its fixed income evaluated pricing and fair value data services with exchange traded fund data to deliver an enhanced intraday net asset value (iNAV) service for exchange traded products (ETPs). The service is available immediately and is designed to improve transparency around ETP pricing. The company has offered an iNAV service for…

Markit Develops Managed Services With CTI Acquisition

Markit’s agreement to acquire tax compliance and reporting services specialist Compliance Technologies International (CTI) will add a tax component to the company’s managed regulatory reporting services that already include the Counterparty Manager platform and the recently introduced Markit | Genpact Know-Your-Customer (KYC) Services. Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed and the transaction…

Data Management Summit: Regulation and Risk Require a New Approach

Regulation and risk are driving a new approach to data management across financial markets, but they are not the only drivers as firms seek cost reductions, operational efficiencies and a means of using data as a business asset. These issues and more were debated by a panel of experts at last week’s A-Team Group Data…

Regulatory Data Handbook 2014

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the A-Team Regulatory Data Handbook. We trust you’ll find this guide a useful addition to the resources at your disposal as you navigate the maze of emerging regulations that are making ever more strenuous reporting demands on financial institutions everywhere. In putting the Handbook together, our rationale has been…

Data Management Summit: Regulation and Cost Drive Adoption of Data Utilities

The potential of reference data utilities to cut data management costs and improve data quality was a hot topic at last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit in New York. Most speakers and delegates agreed that data utilities will become part of the capital markets landscape, but exactly how they will operate and how the…

Kate Toumazi Switches Role to Become Head of Risk and Data Services at Thomson Reuters

Kate Toumazi has moved from the role of global head of front office in the Enterprise Content leadership team at Thomson Reuters to take up the new role of global head of risk and data services in the Pricing and Reference Services leadership team within the company’s risk division. The new role has been designed…

Opinion: The Pricing & Reference Data Community – Helping You Tackle Regulatory Challenges

By Marion Leslie, Managing Director, Pricing & Reference Services, Thomson Reuters The current barrage of regulatory reforms sweeping the global financial services industry poses an enormous challenge for all sectors. These changes are impacting banks, broker/dealers, insurance companies, institutional asset managers, hedge funds and their asset servicers such as fund administrators, custodians and prime brokers…