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Time to put Legal Contract Data Front & Centre
By Akber Datoo, Founder and Partner, D2 Legal Technology LLP Every financial institution knows the essential importance of legal contract information – it underpins everything from regulatory compliance and the management/optimisation of capital, liquidity and collateral. So why are just 16% of organisations completely satisfied with the current level of contract data accuracy? The implications…
Asset Control Adds Risk Data Management Component to AC Plus Platform
Asset Control has added a risk data management component designed to help risk managers improve risk data governance to its AC Plus data management platform. Called AC Risk Data Manager, the component uses the underlying data management platform to integrate risk data from across an organisation and allows risk managers to view and manage risk…
SIX Financial Information Adds AIFMD Data Service to Regulatory Solutions
SIX Financial Information has added a data service that supports compliance with the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) to its regulatory solutions and is preparing further services for forthcoming regulations. The company’s AIFMD service includes the data needed by alternative investment fund managers to register themselves and their managed funds as required by the…
A-Team Webinar Debates the Data Management Challenges of Solvency II
The January 2016 deadline for Solvency II compliance is fast approaching, leaving many insurance firms, asset managers and third-party administrators with much to do as they tackle data management issues that are raised by the regulation and include huge data volumes, multiple data sources, new data types and complex data aggregation. The data management challenges…
Recorded Webinar: Screening for Sanctions, Watch Lists and PEPs
How do you effectively screen for sanctions, watch lists and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)? Getting it right is essential for complying with regulations like AML, KYC and FATCA, reducing the risk of incurring heavy fines, and keeping your firm’s reputation intact. But what are the options, considerations and solutions available for effective data sourcing and…
A-Team Webinar Discusses Next Generation Enterprise Data Management
Technology options including cloud solutions, managed services and data utilities can take enterprise data management (EDM) to the next level and deliver business benefits, but there are challenges along the way as firms contend with legacy systems, increasing regulation and the ongoing divide between business and IT. The challenges and opportunities of emerging EDM solutions…
Rimes Buy-Side Survey Shows Room for Improvement in Data Quality and Governance
Data quality and data governance are the top data management priorities cited by buy-side firms in Rimes’ 2015 Buy-Side Survey. The survey respondents, particularly asset managers, also note that a lack of support for data governance and the limitations of existing operating models are hindering business agility and holding back strategy changes. Now in it…
Do You Know How Regulation Is Impacting Structured Notes?
Deconstructing Structured Notes Valuation, Risk Management & Compliance Best Practices Sweeping new global financial regulations are changing the way financial firms perform valuations. Regulations call for robust and transparent asset and liability assessments, and for detailed insight into the real value and risk exposures in portfolios. In this report, Jayme Fagas, global head of valuations…
Cinnober Proposes a Quality Standard for Financial Systems and Software
Cinnober Financial Technology has initiated a campaign aimed at setting up an industry organisation that will drive a quality standard across financial systems and software. The campaign is based on a draft quality standard proposed by Cinnober, the Financial IT Quality Assessment (FIQA), which is designed to provide transparency around the quality and cost of…
Recorded Webinar: The Data Management Implications of BCBS 239
We plan to put the spotlight on this much overlooked but important regulation which has wide-ranging implications for risk data aggregation and reporting, data governance and data architecture. During this webinar we discuss: What is needed from a data management point of view to comply with BCBS 239 A view of progress across the industry…