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Data Management Summit London – Keynotes, Presentations, Panel Sessions, Round Tables and Champagne

Regulation topped the agenda at last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit, although it was followed closely by issues including the transformation of data to information, data lineage, utilities, Know Your Customer ( KYC) and client onboarding, data quality, operations models, data stewardship and more! Keynotes and Presentations Introduced by Andrew Delaney, chief content officer…

The Art of Data Lineage

Implementing data lineage is a complex task including challenges such as managing multiple legacy systems, understanding data flows, responding to ongoing regulatory change, winning management buy-in and securing dedicated budget. Done well, however, it can provide significant benefits. The challenges and opportunities of data lineage were discussed during a recent A-Team Group webinar sponsored by…

FCA Issues Third Consultation Paper on MiFID II

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a third consultation paper on UK implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments II (MiFID II). The deadline for comments on the paper is January 4, 2017, just a year before the regulation takes effect. The consultation paper – which you can access here – seeks views on proposed…

Kingland White Paper and Webinar Discuss How to Improve Entity Data Quality

Reliable entity data is critical to business strategy, but it can be difficult to manage, raising questions about how financial institutions can improve the measurement of entity data quality and manage it in a way that best suits their organisation. Answering the questions are emerging cognitive technologies that can identify and automatically fix incorrect entity…

General Data Protection Regulation Calls for Increased Investment in Data Security and Governance

Paul Nemitz, the director for fundamental rights in the justice directorate of the European Commission, has warned companies operating in the EU that they must invest in data security to ensure they can demonstrate compliance with the data privacy by design and security elements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and thus reduce potential…

All Along the Watchtower: How MiFID II’s Impact on the Front Office Is Driving Banks to Mutualise

By Dan Barnes Bob Dylan’s lyric, ‘There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief,’ resonates in the world of capital markets. It encapsulates the relentless regulatory and systemic turbulence. Under the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) coming into force in 2018, firms active in Europe will be hit with many new…

Solving the Outstanding Pain Points of Solvency II

Solvency II continues to trouble insurance firms and asset managers, with many insurers still using manual workarounds and struggling to get the fund look through element of the regulation right despite the elapse of nine months since the compliance deadline on January 1, 2016. The ongoing pain points and potential benefits of a successful Solvency…

Peter Moss Discusses His Plans for the SmartStream Reference Data Utility

The appointment of Peter Moss as CEO of SmartStream’s Reference Data Utility (RDU) signals renewed energy behind the utility and a drive to move beyond early users and make the RDU a solution for many financial institutions, as well as a commercial success for SmartStream. Moss joined the company in August, a year or so…

McKay Brothers Secures Growth Funding via IMC Investment

By Zoe Schiff Microwave connectivity specialist McKay Brothers has secured funding for future growth through a capital injection from Dutch trading technology provider IMC. The investment agreement – announced September 1 – also reaffirms McKay’s continued independence under co-founders Stéphane Tyc and Bob Meade. Terms of the investment weren’t disclosed, but the companies said funds…

Establishing One True Data Voice: Extracting Long Term Benefits from MiFID II Compliance

By Boyke Baboelal, Director of Data Services at Asset Control The delay to the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) – now pushed back to January 2018 – gives institutions a chance to take a different approach. While many of the issues regarding MiFID II are still up in the air,…