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Thomson Reuters Eases the Burden of KYC Compliance with Accelus Org ID Managed Service
Thomson Reuters has set up a managed service designed to help financial institutions and their clients comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. Called Accelus Org ID, the service aims to increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of compliance by providing accurate, up to date identity data and avoiding the need to repeat the…
Opinion: The Evolution of Intelligent Trading
By Mike Powell, Managing Director, Enterprise, Thomson Reuters I was recently invited to take part in a panel at the Intelligent Trading Summit in London – a fascinating topic exploring the current and future state of trading, industry trends, and supporting technology and architecture. Alongside Richard Bell, Fixed Income eTrading Latency, Performance & Big Data…
Data Management Summit: Regulation and Risk Prompt Tactical Approaches to Change
Regulation and risk are driving data management change programmes in many financial firms, but the approach is tactical rather than strategic, leaving the ultimate goal of consistent global data that could avert another crisis some way off. These issues were a focus at last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit, where a panel of experts…
Data Management Summit: Arguing the Case for Reference Data Utilities
Reference data utilities offer financial firms cost effective and flexible data management, improved data quality and the potential to standardise enterprise data. Arguing the case for data utilities as the only way forward for data management, Adam Cottingham, vice president of data management services at SmartStream, detailed their benefits in a keynote presentation at last…
Data Management Summit: Meeting Management Demand for Enterprise and Risk Analytics
Regulation is driving many data management projects in financial firms, but when tactical projects morph into strategic approaches to enterprise data the requirements of senior management for enterprise and risk analysis can begin to be fulfilled. Leading a panel discussion entitled Reporting for the C-Suite: Data Management for Enterprise and Risk Analytics at A-Team Group’s…
Data Management Summit: Regulatory Challenges Demand Better Data Management & Risk Data Aggregation
The increasing complexity and more onerous obligations of new regulatory initiatives, particularly the recent EMIR deadlines, is demanding more sophisticated data management and better risk data aggregation programmes at banks and other financial institutions, according to industry experts at the A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit (DMS) last week. The panellists agreed that too much of…
Recorded Webinar: Enterprise Solutions – Solvency II
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. Devesh Shukla, Global Head of Reference Data Product Development, Bloomberg and Cynthia Sachs, Global Head of BVAL Product Development, Bloomberg discuss Solvency II. Webinar Date: February 28, 2014 Speakers: Sponsors:
ITRS Delivers Murex Monitoring Interface Via Excelian Tie-Up
ITRS has partnered with integrator Excelian to add Murex to the list of trading and risk applications handled by its Geneos performance monitoring system. The arrangement will give mutual clients access to real-time metrics on system performance for Murex solutions. ITRS already delivers predictive, real-time monitoring and management capabilities for over 100 third-party trading and…
Regulatory Oversight Committee of the Global LEI System Addresses Demand for a Common Data Format
The Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the Global Legal Entity Identifier System (GLEIS) has addressed the need for a common data format that can be used by all pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs) with a set of basic data elements. It has also endorsed more pre-LOUs, bringing the total to 12. The basic data elements of…
Bank Muddles Over EMIR Compliance Could See Strategic Acceptance of New IT Business Models
As many as half of Europe’s financial institutions will have been “caught on the hop” and are now having to catch up after the latest deadline for complying with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) came into force last week, according to a leading industry observer. Elizabeth Goodchild, a senior consultant with Rules Financial, said…