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Recorded Webinar: Dealing with Reality – How to Ensure Data Quality in the Changing Entity Identifier Landscape
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. The development of the global legal entity identifier standard has put a focus on entity and customer data. Financial institutions are struggling with a range of quality of issues. The emergence of several so-called pre-LEIs has added complexity to the situation. How are firms…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: IBOR, Therefore I Am
Eighteen months ago, we conducted a survey of 40 or so enterprise architects and data management professionals at Tier 1 and Tier 2 buy- and sell-side firms to try to understand how Big Data could be applied to our marketplace. The answers – you can download the report, sponsored by Platform Computing (now part of…
FATCA – Ask for Directions or Read the Map?
By Nick Jones, Senior Consultant, Citisoft. The approach to handling transaction data for FATCA reporting should build on both ‘male’ and ‘female’ strengths in the organisation. Looking at transactions, we see that FATCA requires the reporting of a) individuals’ account balances (and in due course, income and proceeds) and b) withholding tax. This is detailed…
Recorded Webinar: Practical Applications of the Global LEI – Client On-Boarding and Beyond
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. With the March ‘launch’ of the global legal entity identifier (LEI), the marketplace now officially has a standard it can use for managing entity data. Post-Credit Crunch, the lack of such a standard has forced firms to embark on their own initiatives to create…
Industrialising Investment Banking Technology
What does an industrialised bank look like? We are embarking on a journey already undertaken by many other industries as they matured. Using the automotive industry as an example, we see: Use of technology and lean processes to drive down costs Reduction in end-product complexity Increased regulation for a safer industry Extensive technology cross-licensing and…
Experts Debate the Timeline, Benefits and Challenges of the Global LEI System
The expert panel on this week’s A-Team Hot Topics webinar on global legal entity identifier (LEI) expects the new standard to be fully operational by the end of 2013, as it builds momentum following next month’s official roll-out. With the establishment of a Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) early this year, the creation of a Central…
Recorded Webinar: Preparing For Primetime – How to Benefit from the Global LEI
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. Much has been made of the initiative to create a global standard legal entity identifier (LEI). Its backers have taken great pains to explain how the new identifier will improve transparency and contribute to the ongoing regulatory war against systemic risk. After months of…
Rimes Sets Out Bloomberg Open Symbology Adoption Plan
Rimes has joined the growing group of data service providers offering Bloomberg Open Symbology (BSYM) to help clients streamline workflow and reduce operational risk. The company has gone live with Bloomberg’s global security identifier (BBGID) on the Rimes Benchmark Data Service and is initially providing cover across the 100-plus equity data sources it offers. Later…
Bloomberg Offers Cautious Welcome to European Commission Decision on Thomson Reuters’ RICs
Bloomberg has responded to the European Commission’s decision to accept proposals from Thomson Reuters that open its Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs) to greater market use, by welcoming the change, but warning that compliance is critical if an open market for consolidated real-time data feeds is to be created. The company stated: “In a press release…
Thomson Reuters to Open Up RICs for Consolidated Feeds Under EC Settlement
The European Commission has ended its lengthy enquiry into Thomson Reuters’ licensing policies for Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs), accepting commitments from the company that will create a more fluid market for real-time consolidated data feeds. The deal creates a new environment for Thomson Reuters as it finds itself competing in an increasingly open market. The…