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Xtrakter’s Giussani Resurfaces at HSBC, Coughlan Joins Fitch Solutions
Following his departure from Trax platform operator Xtrakter earlier this year, ex-Trax product manager Chad Giussani has joined HSBC as its new global head of IT quality and regulatory reporting. Giussani’s former colleague and ex-Xtrakter marketing and communications manager Conor Coughlan has also resurfaced at Fitch Solutions as its new associate director of global product…
B-Next Releases MACOC:DOC Application for Cost Effective Reporting for FSA Arrow Visits
B-next, specialists in software solutions to manage risk and meet regulatory compliance, announces today the release of MACOC:DOC, an application with the capability to demonstrate detailed reporting for FSA ARROW visits and complete management of all capital markets compliance processes. b-next has partnered with arvato systems Technologies (a Bertelsmann company), an international media and communication…
Cost of CFTC OCR Customer Data Collection Proposals is Too High, Says FIA’s Damgard
The cost of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) proposals to introduce new customer data reports, dubbed the account ownership and control report (OCR), is likely to represent a “significant burden” for market participants in the futures industry, according to Futures Industry Association president John Damgard. In a letter sent to CFTC secretary David Stawick…
US SEC Charges Broker-Dealer Pinnacle Capital Markets with AML Related Customer Data Management Failings
In a move that mirrors some of the actions being taken across the pond with regards to customer data infractions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged US-based broker-dealer Pinnacle Capital Markets with failing to comply with a key piece of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation and forced it to pay out a US$25,000 fine….
RBS Focuses on Data Quality in Order to Better Support its Risk Function
In addition to its entity data management project, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is also working to improve the overall quality of its reference data as part of its One Risk project. Mark Davies, head of reference data at RBS, explains to Reference Data Review that the firm’s risk function prompted the move, which is…
Issuer Community to Remain a Sticking Point for XBRL in Corporate Actions, Says SmartStream’s Middendorp
The issuer community is likely to remain a sticking point for the Swift, XBRL US and Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) initiative to introduce XBRL data tagging to issuer documents for the foreseeable future, according to Kees Middendorp, senior consultant for corporate actions at solution vendor SmartStream Technologies. Although the introduction of XBRL to…
Central Bank of Oman Selects FRSGlobal to Implement its Banking Oversight and Research Solutions Project
FRSGlobal today announced that the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has selected FRSGlobal to implement the new Banking Oversight and Research Solutions (BORS) project, in order to streamline and automate supervision and analysis of authorised financial institutions in the Sultanate. Hamood Sangour Al Zadjali, executive president of the CBO, stated that: “The 21st century will…
SocGen Falls Foul of the UK FSA for Transaction Reporting Failures, Data Related Errors Cost it £1.58m
The London branch of French bank Société Générale has been fined £1.575 million by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) for data related failures and failed submission of 80% of its transaction reports over a period of more than two years. This marks the sixth case of a fine being handed out for such failures…
Kroll Ontrack Launches the Next Generation of Document Review with the Introduction of Intelligent Prioritisation
Kroll Ontrack, a provider of information management, legal technologies, and data recovery products and services, today announced the launch of Intelligent Prioritisation within Ontrack Inview version 6.2. This new feature is a significant step towards adding innovative Intelligent Review functionality to its industry-leading document review tool. It empowers legal teams to conduct review in a…
RBS is in the Final Stages of Consolidating Legal Entity Database Across Wholesale Business, Says Davies
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group may have faced a substantial fine this month from the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) with regards to failures related to its anti-money laundering (AML) checking process, but a lot of work has been going on in the background at the firm in order to get its customer database…