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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…
RegTech is Only as Good as the Data it Uses, Summit Told
While technology has automated regulatory compliance for financial institutions, vendors and users must vigilantly stay on top of the data behind it to adjust to changes in the laws they seek to address. New or different datasets and formats must be accommodated, and new data sources found as regulators redraw rules to protect participants in…
RegTech Can Help Solve ESG Data Management and Trust Challenges
As demand for data grows with the acceptance of ESG as a critical part of financial institutions’ business and regulatory activities, focus will intensify on the quality of that information. Asset managers and owners will want the cleanest, most relevant and most comprehensive datasets to identify investment opportunities and risks and to comply with the…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Data Management Insight Awards – Europe 2022
Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards – Europe 2022. These awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative newcomers providing leading data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants across Europe. This year’s Data Management Insight Awards – Europe were presented by Olympic Athlete, Derek Redmond after a…
GLEIF continues LEI push with mapping of S&P Global Company ID to the identifier
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) continues to promote use of the LEI through a collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence that certifies the mapping of the S&P Global Company ID to the LEI. GLEIF says links like this increase the value of the LEI by extending its connectivity to the world’s entity identifier…
Back to Front: How Back-Office Data Provides Invaluable Front-Office Insights
By Tim Lind, Managing Director, DTCC Data Services. The capital markets industry has invested billions of dollars to automate back-office processes from trade confirmation all the way through clearing and settlement. The automation business case has typically been based on headcount savings and operational efficiencies, such as scaling operations for higher volumes, effective exception management,…
Rate of Annual Sanctions Growth Nears 15%, According to Refinitiv Report
The Russia-Ukraine war has caused rapid sanctions inflation since March in several autonomous sanctions programs, contributing to a sanctions inflation rate of 14.6% year on year, according to London Stock Exchange Group’s Refinitiv Global Sanctions Index (GSI). Refinitiv’s annual GSI white paper, the second edition of which was released last week, measures and analyses rising…
NeoXam Plans Growth and Global Expansion on Brink of €100 Million Investment
Asset management software provider NeoXam is on the brink of raising more than €100 million from French investment company Eurazeo. If the agreed investment is secured, Eurazeo’s small-mid buyout team will take a majority shareholding in NeoXam, with other investors including the company’s founder Serge Delpla and its management team led by Florent Fabre. Previous…