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Silverfinch Allies with Fundsquare to Promote Adoption of Solvency II Look-Through Solution

Silverfinch, a business within the MoneyMate Group, has tied up with Fundsquare to push its Solvency II look-through data utility further into the European market. Fundsquare, a data utility set up last year by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange to support cross-border distribution of investment funds, has a larger European footprint than Silverfinch and will make…

SunGard Details Cost and Compliance Issues of BCBS 239

The Basel Committee regulation BCBS 239 could cost the financial services industry $1.5 billion to $2 billion a year as firms remodel their IT architectures to meet the demands of the regulation’s 11 principles – but while the cost of compliance is high, the regulation is a game changer and could improve firms’ profitability. The…

The Data Management Implications of Solvency II

This special report accompanies a webinar we held on the popular topic of The Data Management Implications of Solvency II, discussing the data implications for asset managers and their custodians and asset servicers. You can register here to get immediate access to the Special Report.

Recorded Webinar: The Data Management Implications of Solvency II

A-Team Group recently held a webinar on the popular topic of The Data Management Implications of Solvency II, discussing the data implications for asset managers and their custodians and asset servicers. You can register here to get immediate access to the webinar recording Download the accompanying Special Report here.

London Data Management Summit: The Challenges and Opportunities of Solvency II Compliance

Solvency II has been some time in the making, but as deadlines loom for interim requirements in 2015 and full implementation in January 2016, the data management challenges of the regulation must be tackled not only by firms in the insurance industry, which Solvency II seeks to regulate, but also by third-party administrators and asset…

ICE Benchmark Administration Calls for Comments on Proposed Improvements to Libor

Intercontinental Exchange’s ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) is calling for feedback on proposed enhancements to Libor. The proposals have been published this week in a Position Paper on the Evolution of ICE Libor and include an expanded universe of transactions, a wider window for eligible transactions, and the need for consistent and reliable data. IBA took…

TMX Atrium Adopts NPL Time to Offer Accurate Time Stamp Service

TMX Atrium has signed an agreement with the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to distribute NPL Time, a certified and precise time signal that is directly traceable to Coordinated Universal Time and can be used by TMX Atrium customers for regulatory compliance and audit purposes. TMX Atrium’s adoption of the NPL Time service is designed…

Data Management Summit: The Challenges and Opportunities of BCBS 239

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision regulation BCBS 239 presents a significant data management challenge for banks, but it also offers opportunities for those that reach compliance. Moderating a panel discussion on risk data aggregation under BCBS 239 at A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit in London, Dennis Slattery, CEO of EDMWorks, set the scene noting…

Accuity Repositions Data to Deliver KYC Identifier File

Accuity has repositioned data from its Bankers Almanac payments solution and Know Your Customer (KYC) Due Diligence Data File to deliver a KYC Identifier File that allows Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) and Global Intermediary Identification Numbers (GIINs) to be matched to banks’ counterparty records. The KYC Identifier File also provides access to BICS, internal Accuity…

Northern Trust Supports Client Reporting with Sapient Global Market’s CMRS Platform

Northern Trust is up and running with a delegated client trade reporting service based on the software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of Sapient Global Markets’ Compliance Management Reporting Solution (CMRS). The solution supports Northern Trust in fulfilling its clients’ derivatives reporting requirements under EMIR and Dodd-Frank, and eases the burden of keeping up with regulatory change. Northern…