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SNR Denton Helps First Data Obtain Approval from European Regulators for its Binding Corporate Rules for Data Privacy
SNR Denton has successfully helped First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, obtain approval from European Data Protection regulators for its Binding Corporate Rules for data privacy (BCRs). Today, the Information Commissioner’s Office granted authorisation of First Data’s BCRs, making it the eleventh company to obtain such authorization. First Data…
Krung Thai Bank Implements Financial Studio IAS/IFRS
Financial Architects (FinArch), the market leading vendor for integrated Finance and Risk software solutions, is pleased to announce that Krung Thai Bank has selected its flagship Financial Studio to address Bank of Thailand (BOT) IAS 39 requirements. Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited (“Krung Thai Bank”) decided to implement the packaged IFRS solution to achieve…
Edward Jones Chooses Broadridge Canada’s New Issue Fulfillment Solution
Broadridge Financial Solutions, today announced that Edward Jones has chosen Broadridge Canada’s New Issue Fulfillment solution for the communication and delivery of transaction confirmations and required compliance documents for new issue equity and fixed income products in Canada. The solution incorporates print on demand technology with inventory management and provides concise audit reporting. As a…
CGS Reach Agreement with European Commission
CUSIP Global Services (CGS), a leading provider of securities identifiers and other solutions that enable efficient trading, clearing and settlement in capital markets throughout the world, today announced it has reached an agreement with the European Commission (EC) to create and distribute a new data feed of US ISINs tailored specifically to the needs of…
FESE’s Berthoud Elaborates on the MMT Initiative for Trade Flag Standardisation
Marc Berthoud, vice chairman of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges’ (FESE) Economics and Statistics Committee and deputy head of data and index products SIX Swiss Exchange, explained the details of the exchange association’s recent initiative in the market data space: the Market Model Typology (MMT), to delegates at last week’s FIMA conference in London….
Virginie’s Blog – In Need of the Data Management Avengers?
Another interesting topic from last week’s FIMA conference was the discussion about how to ensure the profile of the data management function is sufficiently recognised as important, both within financial institutions – by the board and the business users downstream – and within the industry at large. The data management challenge may have been thrown…
SEC Enforcement Division Produces Record Results in Safeguarding Investors and Markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the agency filed a record 735 enforcement actions in the fiscal year that ended September 30. This record number includes many cases involving highly complex products, transactions, and market practices, including those related to the financial crisis as well as insider trading by market professionals. “We continue…
Form PF’s Final Rules Reduce Tension for Fund Managers
The final rules of Form PF announced last week by the SEC have opened up a whole new era for hedge fund and private equity businesses, which will now be forced to disclose more information to the US government than previously required. As such, each entity should plan how they will address the Form’s requirements…
Sapient Global Markets’ Orbon and Samborn Elaborate on the Planned ECB ABS Data Warehouse
The European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed last week that it has opted for Sapient Global Markets to build its new asset backed securities (ABS) warehouse for Europe. Kevin Samborn, who is lead architect on the warehouse project and is a consultant with Sapient Global Markets, and Randall Orbon, vice president with the vendor, explain the…
Virginie’s Blog – Control
The recent woes at UBS with its own Nick Leeson/Jerome Kerviel (delete as desired) style rogue trader and this month’s MF Global bankruptcy investigation into its customer data practices have both highlighted an important aspect of data management: control. Whether it be data and system access concerns, or those related to the treatment of customer…