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Recorded Webinar: Strategies, tools and techniques to extract value from unstructured data

Unstructured data is voluminous, unwieldy and difficult to store and manage. For capital markets participants, it is also key to generating business insight, making better-informed decisions and delivering both internal and external value. Solving this dichotomy can be a challenge, but there are solutions designed to help financial institutions digest, manage and make best use…

FIA EPTA Stresses Need to Take Urgent Action to Improve EU Capital Markets Competitiveness

The Futures Industry Association European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA), representing Europe’s leading Principal Trading Firms, has emphasised the urgent need for the EU to strengthen capital markets liquidity, to be more competitive and achieve its strategic objectives for a safer, greener, and more prosperous future. The association outlines its policy recommendations for 2024-29 under…

Regulatory Data Handbook 2024 – Twelfth Edition

Welcome to the twelfth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook, a unique and useful guide to capital markets regulation, regulatory change and the data and data management requirements of compliance. The handbook covers regulation in Europe, the UK, US and Asia-Pacific. This edition of the handbook includes a detailed review of acts, plans and…

Asset Managers Can Learn Lessons from New Government’s Cost Pressures

By Thomas McHugh, CEO and Co-founder of FINBOURNE Technology. Any new government brings the inevitable “change” message, but one thing never changes regardless of who has the keys to the treasury – seeking out departmental cost savings wherever humanly possible. With unprotected departments facing cuts of up to 2.9% according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies,…

Unlocking Private Market ESG Data through AI

By Yann Bloch, VP Product Management at NeoXam. In today’s investment world, the importance of integrating environmental, social, and governance factors into investment strategies is no longer up for debate. Asset managers globally recognise that sustainable business practices are not only vital for ethical considerations but are also critical for long-term financial performance. Despite this recognition,…

Taleo to Use CrateDB Data and Tech for Financial Clients

CrateDB’s database services will be used by Luxembourg-headquartered consultancy firm Taleo to help its financial clients with their data management and analytics processes. Taleo will harness California-based CrateDB’s data to surface real-time insights in the banking, insurance and data management sectors. It will also aid clients in enhancing risk management and compliance capabilities, improve customer…

Latest UK SDR Measure Highlights Data Challenge

The UK has implemented the latest stage of its sustainability disclosure requirement (SDR), which is designed to encourage manufacturers of investment products to adopt measures that will prevent greenwashing. Before the measure was even introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), however, it was apparent that fund managers’ likelihood of adopting the guidance would be…

Latest Stage of UK SDR Comes into Force

The next stage of the UK’s sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) came into effect today, enabling companies to use the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new labelling regime for investment products. The four labels are designed to more accurately reflect the level of sustainability of each product. They have been designed, along with anti-greenwashing rules and guidance…

ISS STOXX Offers Banks, Insurers New ESG Compliance Data Tool

ISS ESG, the sustainability arm of ISS STOXX, has unveiled its Industry Average Emissions Intensity dataset for use by banks and insurance companies. The latest addition to the Switzerland-headquartered data and technology provider’s Climate Solutions suite of tools is designed to help companies comply with regulations including the European Banking Authority (EBA) Pillar 3 ESG…

SymphonyAI Extends Financial Crime Data Solution

Artificial intelligence-powered software-as-a-service provide SymphonyAI has expanded its financial services offerings with a product to help organisations overcome entity data shortcomings that could enable financial crime. The Palo Alto, California-based company said its Entity Resolution service enables clients to solve issues such as records duplication, poor data quality and data fragmentation. The company, which focuses…