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BNY Mellon Launches New Data and Analytics Solutions to Drive Higher Alpha and Cheaper Beta
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has adopted three new Data and Analytics Solutions offerings designed to help investment managers better manage their data, improve the success of US-listed fund launches and support the integration of ESG factors into investment portfolios. Data Vault is a cloud-based data and analytics platform that supports the rapid…
GLEIF Deploys Workiva Platform, Expands into North America
The GLEIF Foundation partnered with XBRL International and Workiva in June 2020 to publish its annual report in both human and machine-readable Inline XBRL and HTML format, with GLEIF’s LEI embedded into the financial information. It constitutes only the second official business report globally to automatically link the filing entity to its verified LEI reference…
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Partners with Cabinet Office on Fraud Detection
Global data and analytics provider LexisNexis Risk Solutions has partnered with anti-fraud data management company Synectics Solutions to work with the Cabinet Office on the UK’s National Fraud Initiative (NFI). The NFI is a government-led exercise first launched in 1996 that matches data within and between public and private sector bodies to prevent and detect…
Volker’s Rules: What’s the Current Deal with Exchange Data Fees?
By Volker Lainer, VP Product Management, GoldenSource. Last week, the SEC and the US Justice department dotted the i’s and cross the t’s on an agreement that will lead to greater scrutiny of the fees charged by stock exchanges for market data. The move represents the latest attempt to try and resolve a long running…
SmartStream RDU Launches API to Get Firms Over the SFTR Finish Line
Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist SmartStream has extended its Reference Data Utility (RDU) SFTR service to include a new API targeting firms who need fast access to the technology and data needed need to meet ESMA’s delayed SFTR reporting deadline of July 13. The API gives access to new tools to validate reference data content during…
ITRS Group to Save Firms 35% on Cloud Spend with ‘Right-Sizing’ Solution
While Covid-19 is forcing many firms to make massive cutbacks to staff and resources, the majority are unknowingly wasting around 35% of cloud spend at any one time thanks to a lack of oversight over their increasingly complex cloud estates. This equates to $80 billion of total global cloud spend down the drain every year…
SIX Extends ANNA Contract, Announces Cloud Upgrade
SIX has renewed its contract with the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to serve as a co-operator of the ANNA Service Bureau (ASB) through to December 2024, along with CUSIP Global Services. SIX and CUSIP Global Services will jointly facilitate an extensive enhancement to ASB’s existing Portal Tech Infrastructure, resulting in improved communication and…
Index Data Figures Highly in EU Probe of LSE’s Refinitiv Acquisition
The European Commission has launched an investigation into Refinitiv’s proposed acquisition by the London Stock Exchange under the EU Merger Regulation. High among the EU’s main preliminary concerns are fears that Refinitiv’s strengths in providing data feeds and other inputs into index providers’ calculations could put competitors at a disadvantage have emerged as a key…
Santander Selects ThetaRay’s AML Solution to Boost Data Lineage Capabilities
Banco Santander has joined forces with ThetaRay, a provider of AI-based big data analytics, to utilise its AML solution for correspondent banking. The rules-free solution uses machine learning algorithms to identify anomalies in SWIFT and KYC data that point to money laundering, enabling early resolution. The system will analyse the bank’s SWIFT traffic, risk indicators…
Fenergo Launches New Client Lifecycle Management Solution
Digital transformation specialist Fenergo has streamlined its existing client lifecycle management (CLM) solution to make it more accessible for mid-tier and boutique businesses. Fen-Xcelerate, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a lower cost, cloud-based version of the firm’s flagship CLM product. Integrated with partners including Salesforce, Refinitiv’s World-Check One, RDC, and DocuSign, the solution also supports integration with…