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AxiomSL Offers AnaCredit Reporting and Prepares for CRS and MiFID II

AxiomSL is ready to support the reporting requirements of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Analytical Credit Dataset (AnaCredit) regulation, which is expected to affect a large number of financial institutions in the European Union and is due to be implemented in stages from the end of 2017. AnaCredit aims to create a central register of…

Time to put Legal Contract Data Front & Centre

By Akber Datoo, Founder and Partner, D2 Legal Technology LLP Every financial institution knows the essential importance of legal contract information – it underpins everything from regulatory compliance and the management/optimisation of capital, liquidity and collateral. So why are just 16% of organisations completely satisfied with the current level of contract data accuracy? The implications…

Shifting Sands: Tracking the Evolution of Electronic Execution

Brokers are facing more pressure than ever before to ‘get it right’ with respect to trade execution in an increasingly complex market landscape. The EU’s MiFID II and other regulations around the globe are placing electronic execution in the spotlight. To meet the more onerous rules, brokers will need to bolster their execution infrastructures significantly….

Made to Measure: Transparency of Execution in Futures

Brokers are facing more pressure than ever before to ‘get it right’ with respect to trade execution in an increasingly complex market landscape. The EU’s MiFID II and other regulations around the globe are placing electronic execution in the spotlight. To meet the more onerous rules, brokers will need to bolster their execution infrastructures significantly….

Asset Control Adds Risk Data Management Component to AC Plus Platform

Asset Control has added a risk data management component designed to help risk managers improve risk data governance to its AC Plus data management platform. Called AC Risk Data Manager, the component uses the underlying data management platform to integrate risk data from across an organisation and allows risk managers to view and manage risk…

SIX Financial Information Adds AIFMD Data Service to Regulatory Solutions

SIX Financial Information has added a data service that supports compliance with the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) to its regulatory solutions and is preparing further services for forthcoming regulations. The company’s AIFMD service includes the data needed by alternative investment fund managers to register themselves and their managed funds as required by the…

Kx Systems Seals OEM Deal with CoreOne Technologies

By Zoe Schiff First Derivatives’ Kx Systems has forged an OEM licensing agreement with CoreOne Technologies, a data management platform. Under the arrangement, CoreOne will deploy Kx System’s kdb+ tick and time-series database to help clients process growing data volumes and perform intricate analytics. Kx Systems’ existing clients include Goldman Sachs, Fidelity Investments, Morgan Stanley,…

A-Team Webinar Debates the Data Management Challenges of Solvency II

The January 2016 deadline for Solvency II compliance is fast approaching, leaving many insurance firms, asset managers and third-party administrators with much to do as they tackle data management issues that are raised by the regulation and include huge data volumes, multiple data sources, new data types and complex data aggregation.  The data management challenges…

Recorded Webinar: Solvency II

Tying in with the launch of the Solvency II Handbook at our DMS NYC event last month, this webinar discusses current data management issues with Solvency II and practical approaches to solving issues.

TraderServe Briefing Note – Flash Crash and Non-Live Testing

We all know about the Flash Crash of 2010, but rather than it being the fault of one individual, this paper presents analysis of the trading day and puts it down to a ‘perfect storm’ of four factors. And it suggests that the Flash Crash could have been avoided if MiFID II’s non-live testing requirements…