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A Holistic Approach to Buy-Side Data Management

There is a lot riding on buy-side data management as firms look to tame growing data volumes and increasing complexity to deliver improved decision making, and ultimately, increased revenue and profit. With manual processes and data siloes no longer fit for purpose, buy-side data management has reached an inflection point. Next week’s A-Team Group webinar,…

Recorded Webinar: Solving the operations talent crisis

With financial services in the grip of the Great Resignation, operations – a function which has always found recruitment and retention of talent difficult – is facing challenging times. Business growth is a must, but with scaling comes the cost and complexity of additional headcount. How can you ensure that these constraints don’t hold your…

Alveo Extends ESG Data Provision with Integration of ICE Company Data and SFDR Analytics

Alveo has integrated Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE’s) ESG Company Data and SFDR analytics into its Prime data management solution. Integrated content includes the Principal Adverse Indicators (PAIs) of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), EU Taxonomy data, as well as hundreds of additional data points on the ESG profile of companies. Alveo also partners with…

EU Regulatory Priorities and the Data Management Response Going into 2023

Regulation and data go hand in hand, but where will the hotspots be in 2023? To find out about imminent EU regulatory priorities with a significant impact on data management we talked to Dr David Doyle, an EU financial services regulatory expert, and frequent speaker at A-Team Group conferences. EMIR Refit reporting standards On 7…

Alveo Plans Acceleration of New Products Following Investment from Symphony Technology Group

Alveo is changing hands again after reaching a definitive agreement to receive a majority investment from Symphony Technology Group (STG), a private equity partner to companies in data, software, and analytics. Alveo expects the STG investment to accelerate roll out of new products, further developing its managed data services and Data-as-a-Service offerings. The STG investment…

How to Solve the Operations Talent Crisis

Is your organisation short of operations staff and finding it difficult to boost numbers? If it is, you are not alone, with financial services firms in the grip of the Great Resignation and job seekers casting a more favourable eye over creative business opportunities than back-office operational roles. Still more, is business growth at your…

LIBOR Transition: The Countdown Is On

Ian Sams, European Head of Product at TraditionDATA. Financial institutions and corporates have fewer than six months to get ready for one of the biggest changes to financial markets in history. On 30 June 2023, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will cease publishing the London interbank overnight rate (LIBOR) dollar-denominated tenors. Market participants must move to alternative risk-free…

ESMA Recommends Digital Token Identifier for Pilot of Distributed Ledger Technology Regulation

ESMA has recommended use of the ISO standard Digital Token Identifier (DTI) for the pilot of its Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) regulatory regimen. DTIs are issued by the DTI Foundation, a non-profit division of Etrading Software, with a view to bringing standardisation to digital asset and crypto markets. The DLT pilot will apply from 23…

Danish Pensions Firm Forca Selects Gresham Technologies to Realise Client Service Benefits

Forca, a Danish pensions services provider, has selected Gresham Technologies Control solution for holdings, cash, and transaction reconciliations. By automating all data validation, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting, the solution will allow Forca to tackle data control issues and focus on exception management and transaction reconciliation. With the implementation of the solution already underway, the pensions…

Predictions 2023: A Year of Evolution and Adaptation

By Ludovic Blanquet, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Xceptor. As the curtains begin to draw on 2022, financial institutions are anxiously navigating the challenges imposed by war in Ukraine, rampant inflation, and looming recessions. If it was hoped the diminishing threat of Covid would offer some respite, that hope was short-lived. However, advancements were made…