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Andrew’s Blog – The Problem with Standards?
Every few years I feel the compulsion to write a rant – known these days as a blog – about the problem with standards, and in particular standards relating to financial information. Usually, this is sparked by some new initiative to get competing vendors to live together peacefully so the marketplace can reap the benefits…
CFTC Announces the 22 Members of Kirilenko’s Data Standardisation Subcommittee, Google Bags a Slot
Following the announcement last month that it would be establishing a data standardisation focused subcommittee, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the selection of the 22 members of the team (out of the 52 that applied), which includes (interestingly) Google engineering research director Marc Donner. The other members, who will be led in…
Oracle Introduces Oracle Financial Services Hedge Management and IFRS Valuations
· Oracle Financial Services Hedge Management and IFRS Valuations is now available to help financial institutions easily comply with regulatory requirements for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). · New IFRS requirements for documentation and transparency make manual and siloed hedge accounting and valuation processes impractical. Given market volatility, hedge accounting must be a fully automated…
IOSCO Highlights Dark Pool Post-trade Data Gaps, Lack of Global Venue Identification Standards
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its principles for the global dark pool community, which highlights the high degree of disparity across the post-trade data environment for these venues. In particular, it notes the lack of a common venue identification standard and trade reporting processes. IOSCO, which has also been working on…
EDM Council Plans Fee-based Data Quality Rulebook, Ramps up Semantics Proof of Concept Work
The EDM Council has this month indicated that it is considering a new fee-based service that would provide members with data quality rules that firms could embed in their quality review processes. The idea has gone to the association’s board for approval and if it receives the green light, will be discussed with the membership…
SAS’ Rogers Talks up the Data Detail Store Layer in its Risk Management Platform, Signals Imminent Capital Markets Focused Developments
Risk management solution provider SAS has this week launched the latest iteration of its risk management platform, which features a data integration layer that has been dubbed the SAS Detail Data Store (DDS) for Banking and aims to act as an intermediary between data warehouses and the risk analytics function. David Rogers, global product marketing…
Eze Castle’s Keller Elaborates on Why There’s Room for One More EDM Solution Provider
The enterprise data management (EDM) solution vendor community has been going through something of an evolution over recent years and many of the incumbent vendors have been branching out further downstream into other areas of the data lifecycle, so it’s surprising to see a new entrant on the scene. However, this week, ConvergEx owned Eze…
EFETnet’s and DTCC Selected by Industry to Develop Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository
EFETnet and DTCC Deriv/SERV (DTCC), announced that the two at-cost, user governed industry cooperatives are collaborating with market participants in the commodities industry to establish a global Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository. The proposed new repository, which will be domiciled in Europe and jointly owned by DTCC and EFETnet, follows EFETnet and DTCC being selected by…
DST Global Solutions’ Anova Platform Now Available as a Hosted Service
DST Global Solutions, a market-leading provider of systems and services to the investment management industry, today announced that Anova, its award-winning middle office investment analytics platform, is now available as a hosted service to investment and wealth management firms globally. The Anova hosted service is provided by DST Global Solutions’ parent company DST Systems, which…
SimCorp Releases IFRS 9 Guide for Investment Firms
SimCorp, a leading provider of highly specialised software and expertise for the investment industry, announced today its guide to the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9. The guide examines how investment firms can benefit from new measurement models and how they can leverage their IT platform to ensure compliance with the new regulation. The IFRS…