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Eze Software Prepares a Data Management Solution for AIFMD Reporting
Eze Software Group is bringing its experience of data management for Form PF, a Dodd Frank reporting requirement, to reporting under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). It is also encouraging funds within the scope of the directive to meet this week’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) deadline to file a Variant of Permission (VOP)…
Opinion: Dangerous Data
By Philippe Verriest, Director, Euroclear Data is a vital component of our capital markets. Ensure this data is accurate, and you have a solid basis from which to make considered business decisions. Get it wrong and you risk contaminating many parts of the transaction chain. If there is one lesson that the global financial crisis…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: AC’s Petti – Our Asset Is Under Control
Richard Petti – who recently took over as CEO of EDM platform provider Asset Control – is bullish about the company’s prospects after a rethink of strategy in the wake of its acquisition by LA-based private equity group Marlin Equity Partners. Some may have written off the stalwart data management supplier following this year’s messy…
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…
SIX Financial Information Takes Solvency II Compliance Solution to Market
SIX Financial Information has brought together the reference data requirements of Solvency II to deliver a compliance service that is available immediately and is being implemented with initial insurance clients ahead of take-up among asset managers. The service uses reference data already owned by SIX Financial Information as well as some new attributes. These include…
Corvil Develops CorvilNet Technology Stack to Deliver Real-Time Operational Risk and Compliance Monitoring
The real-time operational risk and compliance monitoring solution for electronic trading that was recently released by Corvil builds on the company’s original network monitoring platform, providing visibility into a taller technology stack and allowing users to see the status not only of IT systems, but also the business that resides on them. The solution plays…
Rutgers University to Host Statistics for Risk Conference This Week
Rutgers University’s Master of Financial Statistics and Risk Management (FSRM) programme will host the Rutgers Statistics for Financial Risk Management Conference this coming Thursday, November 7. The event reflects the FSRM programme’s emphasis on statistical and data analytics tools for measuring, monitoring, managing and mitigating uncertainty, risk and volatility. “We are keen to establish a…
A-Team Hot Topic Webinar: Data Management – A Finance, Risk & Regulatory View
Business knowledge, data centralisation and data consistency are at the heart of successful data management for finance, risk and regulation, particularly as it applies to the complexity of financial institutions operating across multiple regulatory environments. The challenges to bringing these elements together are significant, but they can be tackled and results can include not only…
Peel Hunt Signs Up for Wolters Kluwer FS’s New Summix Risk Platform
UK brokerage Peel Hunt has deployed Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ recently released Summix risk, compliance and finance platform. The system integrates technologies from acquired software providers FRS Global and FinArch, providing an upgrade path for users of these systems as well as a platform for new clients like Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt selected Summix for…
Citicom Solutions Fulfils Dodd-Frank Trade Recording and Reconstruction Requirements
Citicom Solutions is pushing its Assure voice and text data capture and analysis solution beyond the UK and into the US market with a view to helping financial firms meet Dodd-Frank regulation requiring swap trading communications to be recorded and trades to be reconstructed. The real-time solution is also designed to provide a proactive view…