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Details of Fatca Compliance Remain Elusive Despite Looming Deadlines
The first deadline for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) is set for July 1, 2014 and it looks like it will stay that way, despite calls from industry participants for a delay on the grounds that they need more time to prepare and that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has…
Highlights from the Data Management Summit – Autumn 2013
Take a look at our video highlights to get an idea of what DMS is really all about! Hear some highlights from the panel discussions, tour the networking breaks, and hear what our sponsors and delegates have to say about the event, and you will soon be able to find out why this event is…
DMS Review: Emerging Technologies Respond to the Challenges of Data Management
High performance technologies can support the delivery of efficient and effective data management, but they are not the only tools for the task as financial firms strive to centralise reference data, deliver the right data at the right time, and move towards on demand, always available data. This was the assessment of a panel of…
FATCA – The Time to Act is Now
The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – aka FATCA – raised eyebrows when its final regulations requiring foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to report US accounts to US tax authorities were published last year. But with the exception of a few modifications, the legislation remains in place and starts to comes into force in earnest…
Markit Teams with Genpact to Deliver Shared Service for Client On Boarding
Markit has teamed up with business process specialist Genpact to develop a shared service dedicated to the management of client on-boarding and other know-your-customer (KYC) requirements. To ensure the service meets the on boarding needs of large financial institutions, the companies will be joined by HSBC and Morgan Stanley in an initial six-month design and…
Talking Reference Data with Sarah Underwood: The LEI Regains Momentum
There is one comment that comes to mind every time we write about the development of the global legal entity identifier (LEI) system. It was voiced in an A-Team Group webinar back in April by Tim Lind, global head of middle office, enterprise content, at Thomson Reuters. He said: “This is a marathon, not a…
Recorded Webinar: The Global LEI System – Putting the Pieces in Place
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. The Regulatory Oversight Committee has sustained development of the global legal entity identifier system – or GLEIS – over the summer months, most recently endorsing pre-Local Operating Units in China, Argentina, Poland and Italy to make a total of 13 units worldwide that are…
Thomson Reuters Debates the Data Management Challenges of FATCA
The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will take its toll on data management functions with most financial firms expecting know your customer (KYC) and client onboarding processes to be hit hardest by the legislation. During a webinar hosted by Thomson Reuters, participants also pointed out that FATCA is the tip of the iceberg,…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: A Tonic for the FATCA-Brand GIIN
If Solvency II is considered the most onerous of the regulatory regimes about to hit our financial data community, then FATCA surely is not far behind it – and it is now officially the most imminent. Indeed, following a slight delay (from July 15), the US tax authorities this week unveiled the FATCA registration portal,…
Wolters Kluwer Expands Portfolio of Regulatory Reporting Solutions
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is expanding its portfolio of national regulatory reporting solutions through an agreement to acquire Svenson, a software suite dedicated to the Austrian market, from SmartStream. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but the acquisition is expected to close this summer and will include the transfer of Svenson’s 15 employees…