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EMIR Reporting Continues to Pose Data Management Challenge
The reporting requirements of European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) continue to challenge financial institutions six months after they came into force and ahead of regulatory intent to fine firms that fail to report correctly under the regulation. Industry estimates suggest that, to date, only 1% of trades have been correctly matched under EMIR due to…
Interactive Data Offers Compliance Solution for AIFMD
Interactive Data has introduced a compliance solution for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) that came into force this week, but compliance may not be plain sailing with the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) warning that implementation of the regulation is incomplete. Interactive Data has pulled together existing data and created new data required…
Corvil Giga Platform Delivers Real-Time Operational Intelligence and Big Data Integration
Corvil has added streaming analytics, big data adapters, auto data discovery and more to its network performance monitoring solution to deliver a streaming analytics platform designed for real-time operational intelligence and big data integration. The Corvil Giga release – which will be followed by Tera and Peta releases supporting greater data volumes within the next…
Opinion: Regulatory Reporting – an Opportunity, Not a Burden
By Melvin Jayawardana, European Market Manager, Confluence As the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) comes into effect today, 22 July, 2014, European fund administrators and fund managers face big challenges getting up to speed on the full ramifications of the directive and the scope of work it will require in their middle- and back-office…
Fonetic and Tango Team to Deliver Dodd-Frank Compliant Voice Recording and Speech Analytics Solution
Fonetic, a provider of voice recognition and linguistics analytics, has set up a partnership with Tango Networks, a provider of business mobility services, to offer a mobile voice recording and speech analytics system designed to help financial institutions meet voice compliance requirements on the trading floor. The solution is a server software overlay that can…
How to Create an Agile Trading System
High speed, low latency trading connectivity is no longer enough to differentiate you from your competitors – so how do you add value to your trading systems? How can you create a trading platform that is: Flexible enough to accommodate the transaction lifecycle? Powerful enough to deliver the analytics for better informed trading decisions? Fast…
Chair of LEI Foundation Details Final Push to Complete Global LEI System
The formation of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) and the first meeting of its board of directors late last month signal a final push towards completion of the Global LEI System (GLEIS). A CEO for the foundation is expected to be appointed in October and will manage the Central Operating Unit (COU) of…
BlueBay Asset Management Selects Confluence Hosted Services for Regulatory Reporting
BlueBay Asset Management has selected Confluence to support its automated regulatory reporting following a competitive selection process and on the basis of the company’s ability to meet both immediate and future regulatory reporting requirements. BlueBay, a manager of fixed income and alternative investment products, will initially use Confluence’s Unity NXT hosted services for AIFMD, Form…
A-Team Group Webinar Offers Insight into Improving Data Contributions
Data contributions to financial benchmarks have been a cause for concern since the Libor scandal emerged in 2012, yet despite heavy fines imposed on banks that manipulated the rate, only now are efforts to improve the situation being made in earnest. Addressing the issues of data contributions to the market, an A-Team Group webinar entitled…
Recorded Webinar: Bracing for the Wave—or Sailing Ahead of It? Reducing Risk Through Benchmark Data Controls
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. The wave of LIBOR-inspired compliance requirements has particular implications for capital market participants. Proactive management of a firm’s risk and compliance environments is desperately needed to stay ahead of this wave. Of most concern for participants is the sense that they will be ‘unfairly’…