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The Left Hand Isn’t Talking to the Right

This week saw the issue of legal entity identification raised within a number of forums, but the discussions during these various events seemed to indicate a degree of disparity between European and US approaches to the space. Moreover, they also highlighted a trend I noted back in December last year that the data management community’s efforts…

BiSam’s New Recruit Petit on her Asset Management Experience at Allianz, Data Management Trends and Opportunities

Data management, analytics and client reporting solution vendor BiSam’s recently hired account management and business development manager Elena Petit speaks to Reference Data Review about her previous experiences at Allianz Global Investors France and how she intends to put them to good use in her new role. With a focus on the downstream requirements of data management…

UK FSA Reiterates its Commitment to Move from FRN IDs to the BIC for Transaction Reporting by End 2011

In its latest Market Watch newsletter the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) reiterates its intention to move from its proprietary FSA Reference Numbers (FRNs) to Swift’s Bank Identifier Codes (BICs) for entity identification purposes within transaction reports, as required under MiFID. In keeping with its discussions with the industry on the subject over the last…

Sage and Talend Form Partnership to Boost Sage ERP X3 Interoperability Performances

Sage, a business management software provider and Talend, the worldwide leader in open source integration solutions, today announced the completion of a partnership, which will integrate Talend’s integration technologies with Sage ERP X3, Sage plc’s global ERP solution aimed at medium sized companies. Thanks to this global partnership, Sage ERP X3 customers will benefit from…

Cadis Platform Puts Robeco in Control of Data Consumption

Robeco, the Netherlands based asset management specialist, has streamlined its data needs via the Cadis EDM platform. Live since February 2011, Cadis, the global EDM specialist, provides Robeco’s Price, Rates and Security Master Management – increasing flexibility and transparency. The decision to choose Cadis comes after a highly effective Proof of Concept (PoC) which saw…

Schroders’ Walsh and HSBC’s Johnson Discuss the Tension Between Data Inputs and Outputs in the Face of Regulatory Change

The buy side community’s data managers are being faced with a tricky balancing act of ensuring their output to clients is optimised from a technology and data standpoint and that their data inputs are of sufficiently high quality for regulatory and client purposes, according to panellists at last week’s A-Team Group and SmartStream roundtable. Speaking…

Knock on Effect

The close link between data quality and better risk management has come under the spotlight in recent years as a result of the financial crisis and the ensuing regulatory crackdown on financial markets. Regulators such as the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have even been making noises…

And Then One Day You Find … 10 Years Have Got Behind You

A-Team is 10 years old this month. Hurrah! Named for its founders – Angela Wilbraham, our CEO, and Andrew Delaney, our President and Editor-in-Chief – by the legendary John Whelan back in the Waters days. Enduring abuse of the choice ever since. But, no regrets. At our recent birthday party in London, we were touched…

BVI’s Koop Talks up the Potential of FundsXML Standard in Europe, ISO Compatibility, Data Dictionary

Since its initial release in 2001, the FundsXML open standard has gained traction in a number of markets including Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and France for the electronic exchange of funds data. However, Thomas Koop, associate in research and market analysis for German investment fund and asset management industry association BVI, reckons it has the…

Broadridge Achieves a Record Year in 2010 for Fixed Income Processing Platform Implementations

Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced that 2010 was a record year for client implementations of its fixed income securities processing platform. Eleven new banks and brokerage firms chose Broadridge because of the expansiveness of its fixed income processing platform, the speed and efficiency with which Broadridge brings clients onto the system, and its enhanced data…