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BCBS 239 Data Management Handbook
Our 2015/2016 edition of the BCBS 239 Data Management Handbook has arrived! Printed copies went like hotcakes at our Data Management Summit in New York but you can download your own copy here and get access to detailed information on the principles and implications of BCBS 239 on Data Management. This Handbook provides an at-a-glance…
Regulatory Data Handbook – Third Edition
Need to know all the essentials about the regulations impacting data management? Welcome to the third edition of our A-Team Regulatory Data Handbook which provides all the essentials about regulations impacting data management. A-Team’s series of Regulatory Data Handbooks are a great way to see at-a-glance: All the regulations that are impacting data management today…
The Search for Liquidity in Corporate Debt Markets
This is a contributed article from Andrew Howieson, an advisor to FactEntry. Corporate bond markets are inherently illiquid There is now wide recognition that corporate debt markets lack sufficient liquidity to meet investor trading requirements. Blackrock’s September 2014 paper Corporate Bond Market Structure: The Time for Reform is Now described the trading market structure as…
Solvency II How Insurers, Asset Managers and Asset Servicers are Meeting the Data Challenge
The EU’s Solvency II regulation is due to come into effect in January 2016. Aimed at ensuring the insurance industry fully understands the risks associated with its investments, the regulation places great emphasis on access to highly granular valuations and risk information. For most insurers, this is the first time they have been required to…
BCBS 239: An Urgent Call to Overhaul Risk Data Management
BCBS 239 is a wide ranging regulation including 14 principles spanning risk data aggregation and reporting, IT infrastructure, and data governance. Implementation can provide significant business benefits, including an enterprise-wide view of risk, but the task is not without difficulties as banks face data management challenges such as data silos, legacy systems and poor data…
Velocimetrics Releases First Major TipOff Upgrade Since TSA Licensing Deal
In its first major release since licensing TS Associates’ TipOff latency measurement system a year ago, London-based infrastructure monitoring specialist Velocimetrics has unveiled a new range of high performance TipOff appliances, one of which offers more than six times the storage capacity of previous appliances. The new appliance range will also underpin future releases of…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Sarah Underwood: The Scapegoat of the Libor Scandal
The conviction of former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes on eight counts of conspiring to rig the Libor benchmark and the handing down of a 14-year jail sentence hit the headlines big time. The judge said Hayes was the centre of the conspiracy, the Serious Fraud Office acting as prosecutor said he was motivated…
Thomson Reuters Adds Continuous Evaluated Pricing Updates
Thomson Reuters continues to build out its pricing service with the provision of intraday evaluated pricing for government and corporate bonds, and the promise of similar evaluated pricing availability for all fixed income instruments either this year or next. The company says the addition of continuous pricing updates throughout the day from Monday to Friday…
A-Team Webinar Discusses the Challenges and Opportunities of Risk Data Management
Risk data management has become a focus for many financial institutions, not only as a means to comply with incoming regulations, but also as the basis of business benefits ranging from reacting quickly to deteriorating situations to optimising capital requirements and cutting operational costs. A recent A-Team Group webinar discussed the growing importance of risk…
Solving the Operational Risk Management Puzzle
Operational risk management has emerged as a major challenge as a slew of regulations affecting financial institutions across the board – from universal banks to insurance companies and their asset servicers – aims to boost transparency in order to mitigate systemic risk. The emerging regulations are emphasizing data governance and requiring firms to ‘show their…