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FCA Issues Third Consultation Paper on MiFID II
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a third consultation paper on UK implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments II (MiFID II). The deadline for comments on the paper is January 4, 2017, just a year before the regulation takes effect. The consultation paper – which you can access here – seeks views on proposed…
General Data Protection Regulation Calls for Increased Investment in Data Security and Governance
Paul Nemitz, the director for fundamental rights in the justice directorate of the European Commission, has warned companies operating in the EU that they must invest in data security to ensure they can demonstrate compliance with the data privacy by design and security elements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and thus reduce potential…
Recorded Webinar: Approaches to data quality
Underpinning all data management initiatives is the fundamental need to get data quality right. Poor data quality can be costly, impact customer service, lead to errors in risk management and regulatory reporting, and more. So, how can you improve data quality? How can you use rules, standardisation and technology to make improvements? And how is…
Solving the Outstanding Pain Points of Solvency II
Solvency II continues to trouble insurance firms and asset managers, with many insurers still using manual workarounds and struggling to get the fund look through element of the regulation right despite the elapse of nine months since the compliance deadline on January 1, 2016. The ongoing pain points and potential benefits of a successful Solvency…
Recorded Webinar: Solvency II Update: Are we effectively meeting the regulatory data requirement?
Nine months on from the January 2016 Solvency II compliance deadline, insurance firms and asset managers should have satisfactory responses to the regulation in place. But how effectively are they meeting the regulatory data requirement for the look-through and reporting elements of the regulation, and how best can they achieve not only compliance, but also…
Recorded Webinar: Best practice solutions for client lifecycle management
The challenges of client lifecycle management continue to increase, driven by regulation and requiring financial institutions to review processes around client onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC) and client data maintenance. The webinar will outline the challenges faced by financial institutions, discuss best practice solutions, detail the need to integrate high quality entity data, and include…
Sapient Releases Synapse Platform to Support Data Usage and Requirements Management
Sapient Global Markets has released Synapse, a hosted platform designed to help business and technology users manage data requirements and metadata, accelerate project delivery, and increase accountability. The platform brings together siloed metadata to create a more efficient way for firms to track, view and analyse data usage and understand how user actions affect other…
Dates for your Diary – Data Management Review Events
As the summer season comes to an end and holiday makers return to their desks, here at Data Management Review we are working on an exciting programme of activities that we would like to invite you to take part in. We start the autumn season with a number of topical webinars covering issues including client…
Mark Hepsworth Sets Sail as CEO of Asset Control
The arrival of Mark Hepsworth at Asset Control signals a shift away from the company’s traditional focus on large enterprise data management solutions and a move towards the provision of more focused use case products such as the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) solution introduced last month and the company’s independent price verification service….
Xenomorph Develops TimeScape EDM+ to Support Regulations Including FRTB
Xenomorph is pushing its TimeScape EDM+ data management and analytics solution into the regulatory compliance space, initially helping users master the data management requirements of the Basel Committee’s Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) and BCBS 239 regulation. The regulatory modules of TimeScape EDM+ are not yet in the market, although Xenomorph is talking…