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Recorded Webinar: MiFID II: Is the market truly ready? Will compliance be achieved?

This market facing webinar aims to share insight and best practices so you can be more successful in Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) compliance. To support this, the webinar will provide access to the latest results of a global MiFID II survey including over one thousand market and reference data practitioners and…

Recorded Webinar: A harmonised approach to data management for regulatory reporting and record keeping

Financial institutions acknowledge the need to harmonise their approach to data management for regulatory reporting and record keeping, and recognise the resulting benefits of increased efficiency, reduced costs and readiness for future regulation – but while the concept may be clear, the practicalities of implementing a harmonised approach can be challenging. The webinar will detail…

Recorded Webinar: General Data Protection Regulation – Where are we now?

The compliance deadline for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is approaching fast, so what operational changes should you be prioritising now and how can you implement data management to support these changes? Also, what are the most complex issues outstanding, are more problems expected to emerge once GDPR is in action, and how can these…

TickSmith Gets Funding for Its TickVault Big Data Platform

It was encouraging this week to see VC interest in high-performance data management technology for financial markets, a segment often overlooked by fintech funds. TickSmith has announced a C$2 million investment from Illuminate Financial Management LLP, a venture capital firm with a specific focus on capital markets financial technology, giving it some clout as it…

Best Practice for MiFID II and FRTB Data Analytics and Risk Modelling

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) raise the bar on data analytics, benchmarks and risk modelling, requiring firms to process huge volumes of data and tackle the challenges of data quality and consistency. For those that succeed, beneficial outcomes include improved transparency that can…

Recorded Webinar: MiFID II and FRTB Data Analytics, Benchmarks and Risk Modelling

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) require huge volumes of data to be sourced and managed. This webinar will discuss what sort of data analytics you need to implement to be able to process and analyse MiFID II data, and what risk model data,…

Industry Looks to Market Data for FRTB Compliance

Although regulatory authorities may be giving the financial industry more time to comply with Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) guidelines on market risk and capital adequacy, firms are finding they need to improve their market data management to be ready. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, architect of FRTB, has set its effective…

GoldenSource Integrates eXtremeDB to Speed Up Regulatory Response

GoldenSource has integrated its Risk Master platform with McObject’s eXtremeDB to deliver an enterprise data management (EDM) solution capable of responding to regulations demanding fast access to vast data volumes. Initial use cases of the integration include compliance with Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation and the best execution elements of Markets in…

Recorded Webinar: Data as a Service: Realizing its Value for Data Management

Faced with substantial and rapidly changing regulatory demands, trading firms are realizing the need for agility in the way they handle data. With global regulations like MiFID II and FRTB reshaping data requirements – and the prospect of future measures introducing yet more reporting obligations – firms need to put in place data management platforms…

KYC/AML Innovation Waits On MiFID II

Efforts to conduct know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) operations more efficiently are more likely to begin after the financial services industry is better prepared for regulatory deadlines coming at the beginning of 2018, like MiFID II, said William Hartnett, managing director for market infrastructure investments at Citi, who spoke on a panel about the…