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Virginie’s Blog – What’s on the UK FSA’s Radar for the Next Nine Months?
Given that many data managers (and vendors) in the UK are counting on tying their upcoming data projects to new regulatory requirements, the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) recently published milestones for the next nine months could prove useful in setting the agenda for the next three quarters. The list of regulatory papers, research projects and…
Survey: Data Management Issues Delay Liquidity Risk Progress
Critical data management issues continue to impede the successful development of effective liquidity risk management strategies – and most of these issues can only be resolved through collaborative solutions, according to a new white paper from SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,700 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries. The findings of…
Canadian Regulator Stresses the Importance of Keeping in Line with International Data Standards
The Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) trade repositories consultation paper, which was published at the end of June, reflects the importance the regulator is placing on keeping the country in line with international data standardisation efforts. The trade repositories proposals, which were put together by the CSA’s derivatives committee as part of its overhaul of the…
Opinion: A Reader Suggests an Organisational Structure for Thomson Reuters FP&M
By Ross InglisAs a long-time former employee of Thomson Reuters (over 14 years), I took little pleasure in seeing the changes announced last month. It has been a difficult period following the acquisition of Reuters by the Thomson Corporation and it has not been made any easier by upheaval in the world’s financial markets and…
Virginie’s Blog – What Visser’s £2m FSA Fine Says About Data and Control
The news this week that hedge fund manager Michiel Weiger Visser has been slapped with the highest ever fine for an individual (at £2 million) and struck off by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) not only highlights the current focus of the regulator on dealing swiftly and harshly with market abuse infractions, but also…
AFME Pledges Support for a Consolidated Tape, Gathers Info on Post-Trade Transparency for Non-Equity Markets
As part of its response to the European Commission’s proposals under the second iteration of MiFID, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has championed the cause of a consolidated tape for post-trade equity data in the region. However, although it acknowledges the need for greater transparency in the non-equity markets, the industry association…
IMS Launches SEC Service to Help Advisers & Managers Cope with Dodd-Frank
A new service has been developed by The IMS Group (IMS), the leading regulation and compliance consultancy, to meet the needs of non-US based investment managers affected by the imminent implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. More than three quarters of the hundred delegates at a recent IMS conference expressed…
UK FSA Finally Launches its Zen System Ahead of November’s AII Reporting Deadline, Details Ref Data Requirements
After a series of delays over the last three years, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has finally launched its new enhanced transaction reporting and market surveillance system for the collection of Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII) codes, as required under the upcoming 13 November deadline for the reporting of these new codes. This new identification…
CFTC’s Data Standards Subcommittee Chair Kirilenko Doles Out ‘To Do’ Lists for Each of its Four Working Groups
As well as a public meeting on the subject of swaps data repositories, last week also saw the first meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) data standardisation subcommittee, which is chaired by CFTC chief economist Andrei Kirilenko. Attendees discussed the current obstacles to entity and product identification in the market, how international agreement…
ISDA Publishes Analysis of Counterparty Credit Risk Management in the US OTC Derivatives Markets
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today published a new analysis of counterparty credit risk management in the US over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. The paper examines the extent of counterparty credit losses and notes the efficacy of credit mitigation techniques in the US banking system. The paper states that according to reports published…