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Reference Data Management Takes Center Stage
By Sol Zlotchenko, VP Product Management, Paladyne Systems. Market developments and a host of major regulatory initiatives are forcing the arcane world of reference data into the spotlight. Reference data drives all investment firms’ activities. As Accenture points out, accurate reference and market data are essential for effective investment decisions, trade execution, securities pricing, portfolio…
MIK Lures Data Management Clients with Free Form PF Filing Software
No such thing as a free app? Probably not, but MIK Fund Solutions comes close with the offer of free-of-charge software for Form PF filing. The catch is simple, if users like the software, MIK hopes they will be interested in licensing its data management platform. According to Marshall Safer, co-founder and chief operating officer…
VistaOne Packages vReporter to Deliver Hosted Solvency II Solution
VistaOne Solutions, a division of Netik rebrand CoreOne Technologies, has pulled together some of its existing software and service technologies to deliver a hosted end-to-end packaged solution for Solvency II compliance. The offering is expected to be the first of many, with VistaOne planning to package the vReporter data management and reporting software it acquired…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Back to Work
We’re back from Labor Day, August Bank Holiday and the Olympics (although the Paralympics continues here in sunny East London). It’s surely time to roll up the sleeves and get back to work. The forthcoming ‘Fall Season’, as I like to call it, looks like it will be a busy one. Everyone is in budget…
Thomson Reuters Outlines the Data Challenges and Opportunities of Form PF
Thomson Reuters has warned private fund advisors that they must be able to source substantial amounts of accurate data and automate reporting if they are to meet the regulatory challenge of Form PF. In an industry briefing published this month – titled Form PF: Data Takes Center Stage – Thomson Reuters global head of evaluated…
DTCC and Swift Signal CICI Portal as First Mover Advantage in Contest to Build LEI Infrastructure
DTCC and Swift are back in play and aiming to be major providers to the global legal entity identifier (LEI) infrastructure after gaining first-mover advantage through this week’s official opening of a web portal for Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) interim compliant identifiers (CICIs). Selecting from four potential providers, the CFTC last month designated the…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Spreadsheet Wars Reprised
In an interview with the excellent Robert Elms on BBC Radio London the other day, author and autistic savant Daniel Tammet said something along the lines of: “Mathematics is more about how you came up with the answer than the answer itself.” Tammet was promoting his forthcoming new book, Thinking in Numbers: How Maths Illuminates…
New AvoxData Legal Entity Portal to Host Value-Added Data Sets
Avox’s new enhanced legal entity data portal, released last week at www.avoxdata.com, will provide the preferred delivery system for Avox as it integrates value-added data sets to its core identifier offerings. The new capability – not to be confused with parent DTCC’s planned legal entity identifier utility scheduled for imminent release – gives clients secure…
Markit Combines CVA and Capital Solutions Ahead of Basel III
Markit has combined its credit valuation adjustment (CVA) and regulatory capital solutions on one platform with a view to helping banks reduce the costs and overheads of meeting Basel III capital requirements. The Markit Analytics CVA & Capital platform integrates the management of CVA and internal model capital, allowing users to meet Basel III regulatory…
EDM Council Promotes Data Management Maturity Model as Industry Standard
The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council has completed the core content of a Data Management Maturity (DMM) model aimed at helping financial services firms improve risk management and operational efficiency. The EDM Council expects the DMM to become an industry standard and suggests it could, in the long term, become a regulatory requirement for firms…