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BT Works With Truphone to Meet Dodd-Frank Demand for Mobile Communication Recording
BT is working with global mobile operator Truphone to help US firms and those trading with US firms meet Dodd-Frank regulation that requires conversations and data interactions made using mobile devices and leading to trades in the swaps market to be recorded. BT has been operating a mobile communication recording service in the UK with…
Financial Stability Board Sets up Study on Trade Repository Data Aggregation
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has set up a feasibility study to consider how OTC derivatives data reported to trade repositories can be aggregated and shared among authorities monitoring risks to financial stability. The options for data aggregation being investigated by the study include a centralised model, a logically centralised model based on federated data…
CICI Utility Cuts 18,000 pre-Legal Entity Identifiers from its Database
The CICI utility that issues CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers (CICIs) for use in the interim global legal entity identifier (LEI) system will today remove 18,000 records from its database. These records are part of the tranche of 22,000 records that DTCC, which works with Swift as a pre-Local Operating Unit (pre-LOU) in the interim global…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: A Tonic for the FATCA-Brand GIIN
If Solvency II is considered the most onerous of the regulatory regimes about to hit our financial data community, then FATCA surely is not far behind it – and it is now officially the most imminent. Indeed, following a slight delay (from July 15), the US tax authorities this week unveiled the FATCA registration portal,…
Q&A: Victor Yodaiken of FSMLabs on Time Synchronisation Made Easy
Measuring time with great accuracy – and ensuring it is consistent across the many servers that make up a trading enterprise – has historically been costly and difficult. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com talked to Victor Yodaiken, CEO of FSMLabs, to find out how his company is making it easier. Q: What does FSMLabs – and your TimeKeeper software…
Finance and Insurance Firms Turn to Third-Party Service Providers for Corporate Credit Valuations
Global banks, asset managers and insurance companies are adopting innovative approaches to valuing high-yield corporate credit in response to regulatory and client demand for transparent, defensible and timely evaluated pricing. Instruments under particular scrutiny include high-yield bonds, leveraged loans and collateralised loan obligations, all of which can be hard to price and all of which…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action
“Happy is the man … who before he dies, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean Sea” – Nikos Kazantzakis They say a change is as good as a rest, but a rest sure feels good. And so it is I’m back in the Old Smoke, getting to grips with the task at hand:…
Data Consolidation and Quality Remain an Issue in Preparation for Solvency II
Data management continues to be a drag on insurance companies preparing for Solvency II, but not all are falling behind with some using the regulatory mandate to develop data management infrastructure that will drive both compliance and business benefits from investment in Solvency II. Moody’s Analytics’ latest Solvency II practitioner survey, which included in-depth interviews…
The Low Down on ROC’s Rules for the Global LEI System for pre-Local Operating Units, But Gaps Remain
Development of the global legal entity identifier system (GLEIS) took a significant step forward last weekend when the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the system published a document specifying the principles and requirements that should be followed by pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs) wanting to take part in the interim GLEIS. The document, initially scheduled for…
Wolters Kluwer Expands Portfolio of Regulatory Reporting Solutions
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is expanding its portfolio of national regulatory reporting solutions through an agreement to acquire Svenson, a software suite dedicated to the Austrian market, from SmartStream. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but the acquisition is expected to close this summer and will include the transfer of Svenson’s 15 employees…