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Collibra Looks to the Future with New Privacy & Risk Product
US-based data intelligence specialist Collibra in July built out its data platform with the launch of Collibra Privacy & Risk, a new enterprise-grade product designed to help organizations manage personal data assets and future-proof against further regulatory developments in today’s changing climate. The new product expands the firm’s regulatory coverage, with modules covering the California…
SIX Releases Marijuana Related Data Service
SIX has introduced a service covering over 30,000 securities connected with Marijuana Related Businesses (MRBs). The service reflects the changing legal landscape around marijuana. In the US, marijuana has been legalised in some states, but is criminal at federal level. As a result, in some states MRBs can raise money via capital markets, enabling investors…
Digging Deeper: FactSet KYC
Earlier this month, financial and software data specialist FactSet expanded its compliance capabilities with FactSet KYC, a cloud-based application aiming to assist clients to streamline their KYC and AML due diligence responsibilities. Combining robotic process automation with deep-dive data analytics, the launch marks a bid by the firm to break into a new customer segment…
Law Society Endorses Accuity AML Solutions
Accuity, a global provider of financial crime screening, payments and know your customer (KYC) solutions, has been endorsed by theLaw Society of England and Walesfor the provision of anti-money laundering (AML) solutions for the legal sector.Accuity was awarded the three-year endorsement and partnership contract for a fourth consecutive term, having worked with the Law Society…
Entity Data Management Handbook – Fifth Edition
Welcome to the fifth edition of A-Team Group’s Entity Data Management Handbook, sponsored for the fourth year running by entity data specialist Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics Company. The past year has seen a crackdown on corporate responsibility for financial crime – with financial firms facing draconian fines for non-compliance and the very real…
Acuris Partners with SILO Compliance for AML Data Drive
Acuris Risk Intelligence, a provider of data intelligence around anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and cyber security, has joined forces with due diligence management specialist SILIO Compliance System to enhance data capabilities. The partnership will give SILO Compliance users access to the Acuris Risk Intelligence dataset KYC6, including fraud and cybersecurity content, through an online portal that…
Why US Research Houses Need Less Talk and More Action in Response to SEC Letter
By Daniel Carpenter, Head of Regulation at Meritsoft (a Cognizant company). Over a year has passed since the introduction of MiFID II, and the situation for research brokers has changed beyond all recognition – and not just for those operating in Europe. The massive increase in the cost of research, partially driven by the substantial…
Refinitiv Integrates UBO and Vessel Data onto Risk Intelligence Platform
Refinitiv has integrated ultimate beneficial ownership data (UBO) from Dun & Bradstreet and vessel data from IHS Markit Maritime and Trade onto World-Check One, its flagship risk intelligence solution. The move demonstrates the firm’s ongoing investment into KYC solutions following the recent shake-up of its KYC strategy, which saw Refinitiv withdraw its KYC-as-a-Service offering in…
SEC Pushes for MiFID II Research Exemption for US Brokers
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to extend an exemption put in place October 2017 (and set to expire in July 2020) that allows US banks to sell research directly to European fund managers under MiFID II without registering as investment advisors. According to the Financial Times, the regulator made the statement…
China Merchants Bank Selects Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX
China Merchants Bank has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting to provide its regulatory reporting software in the US. The solution combines bank data into a single source of data to ensure consistency, reconciliation and accuracy. It also includes Wolters Kluwer’s Regulatory Update Service. “The comprehensive features available in OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting provide…