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A-Team Innovation Briefing Discusses Data Mesh, Transition to Cloud, Use of AI

A-Team Group’s Innovation Briefing series got off to a great start in London last week with an event dedicated to innovation in cloud. The briefing included practitioner interviews, provided insight into how to modernise data infrastructure, and reviewed technologies driving change. The case for data mesh Kicking off the briefing, and raising several delegate questions,…

FSB Explores Potential of Adding LEIs to Cross-Border Payments

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is encouraging greater adoption of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) in a report exploring its potential in cross-border payments. No implementation mandates are suggested, although the report does identify how the LEI could be a useful addition to payment transactions. The LEI is currently mandated for use in OTC derivatives…

DSB Publishes Final Report from OTC ISIN Industry Consultation

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has published the final report, based on 2022 industry consultation, for 2023 OTC ISIN and CFI service provision. The report includes a summary of industry responses with accompanying analysis and DSB proposals for next steps for each of the consultation topics: Global agile architecture approach Undertaking a detailed review of…

Derivatives Service Bureau Delays Implementation of Unique Product Identifier

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has delayed implementation of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI), which was initially due to go live in Q3 2022, but will now be implemented in response to regulatory mandates, the first of which is expected to come from the CFTC in November 2023. The decision to delay implementation and wait…

Get Ready – Dual UK and EU Regulatory Reporting is Only a Year Away

Dual UK and EU regulatory reporting has been a topic of conversation in capital markets both before and post-Brexit, but with the withdrawal of the FCA’s Temporary Permission Regime set for 2023, its reality is coming into focus, calling on data and regulatory practitioners to address the challenges of the change and find compliant solutions….

Recorded Webinar: Data standards and global identifiers update

Data standards and global identifiers are the international language of capital markets – but how widely have they been adopted, how useful are they in practice, and can they stand the test of sustaining stable markets? This webinar will review data standards and global identifiers available in capital markets, discuss their adoption, and consider best…

Know Your Customer Offers Company Data from Local Registries Across 123 Countries

Know Your Customer has released an expanded version of its Know your Customer/Know Your Business (KYC/KYB) solution that covers company data and official incorporation documents from 123 countries worldwide. The data can be consumed using either Know Your Customer’s user interface or a single API. The expanded service provides real-time access to local company registries…

SIX Extends ESG Data Provision Through Partnership with Climate Specialist Urgentem

SIX has extended its provision of ESG data through a partnership with Urgentem, a provider of carbon emissions data and climate risk analytics. The data is available immediately and is expected to help SIX clients meet climate related requirements such as regulatory reporting of emissions data, tracking alignment to climate goals, and stress testing. The…

ANNA Implementation of Revised ISO 6166 Standard Brings Together ISIN, LEI, CFI and FISN

Work by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) on the implementation of the revised ISO 6166 standard for the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) has resulted in an accessible set of four data standards that can be used together to improve data management and regulatory reporting. The standards include the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI),…

Recorded Webinar: Enabling data democratisation with trusted and well governed data

Data democratisation enables users across an organisation to access and analyse data in a digital format. Its benefits are many and include allowing employees to make informed business decisions without recourse to IT, gaining a better understanding of customers, improving operational efficiency, and achieving a greater return on investment in data. It is also key…