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Feature: Sizing the Problem and Finding Solutions for Risk Data Aggregation

Risk data aggregation became a hot topic after the financial crash in 2008, when it became clear that banks did not have the necessary risk information readily available to understand their exposures to counterparties and inform regulators of their positions. Senior managers were making poor decisions based on poor data and supervisory regulators failed to…

MiFID II Delay Would Provide Time for a More Considered Approach

By Daniella Huggins, global marketing manager at Velocimetrics As speculation solidifies into reality, it’s looking increasingly likely that MiFID II’s implementation date will be pushed back by a full year, extending the rather unrealistic 13-month compliance timeframe to a much more manageable 25 months. MiFID II is a far-reaching regulation with an impact on multiple…

ModelDrivers Outlines the Potential of Data Point Modelling to Meet Regulatory Demands

ModelDrivers is piloting its ModelDR data point modelling solution at a large US headquartered investment bank that initially intends to use the software to support MiFID II reporting. To date, the European Banking Authority (EBA) is the only major financial services organisation that has adopted data point modelling – the authority’s Common Reporting and Financial…

Calypso Adds Portfolio and Risk Management Functionality to Trading Platform

Calypso Technology has extended its trading and collateral optimisation platform with the integration of real-time portfolio and risk management functionality. The integration aims to support growing numbers of investment managers trading both derivatives and cash securities. The complete solution, Portfolio Workstation, builds on existing Calypso capabilities in areas such as pricing and position keeping to…

A-Team Webinar Considers Collaborative Solutions for Client Onboarding

Collaborative industry solutions for client onboarding and Know Your Customer (KYC) processes promise banks significant benefits in terms of reduced cost and increased efficiency, but the practical implementation of these types of solutions is equally challenging in an environment where banks are at different stages of process automation and manage both similar and different customer…

Thomson Reuters Details Build Out of Org ID Managed Service for KYC

Thomson Reuters is building out its Org ID Know Your Customer (KYC) managed service – winner of this year’s A-Team Award for Best KYC & Client On-Boarding Solution – with the addition of nearly 2,000 entity records a month, plans for geographic expansion, and expectations of signing an additional six deals for the service in…

Cattolica Assicurazioni Implements GoldenSource Solution to Support Solvency II Compliance

Italian asset manager Cattolica Assicurazioni is implementing GoldenSource’s Market Data Solution as part of a Solvency II project that aims to meet the regulation’s January 1st 2016 compliance deadline. The asset manager selected the GoldenSource solution ahead of other contenders for the project on the basis of is completeness, ease of use by non-technical staff,…

Recorded Webinar: Client and Entity Data for Client Onboarding

With enticing figures such as annual savings of $5-$20 million per firm being widely quoted, should we be looking at a collaborative approach to harmonising data management for entity and client data for client onboarding and KYC processes? How would it work, what are the obstacles and how can we address them, and how will…

Avox Sets Out Development Plans for 2016

Avox has set out its development plans for 2016, including the introduction of a sanctions screening service, support for MiFID II compliance and enhancements to its managed and Know Your Customer (KYC) services. The company, a specialist in entity data services, will also work with its parent DTCC and other subsidiaries, such as Clarient and…

MiFID II: Rewriting the Code

Demanding regulation is transforming order and execution management systems into detail-driven trading engines The capacity of order management systems (OMSs) to support buy-side desks was challenged at the Barcelona-based Fixed Income Leaders Summit 2015 on 14 October by John Greenan, a front office systems specialist, who suggested that some providers “had not kept pace” with…