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A-Team Webinar (Recorded): The Current State of Risk Data Quality
Click below to watch the webinar (recorded Jan 27, 2011) for free! The marketplace waits with bated breath for firm details of regulatory initiatives which will have significant implications for data management practices within financial institutions. While these details remain in discussion and development, it’s clear that regulators are taking data quality very seriously. In…
Cleansing Entity Data is a Priority for Firms Facing Regulatory and Risk Management Challenges, Says Interactive Data’s Cumberbatch
Bob Cumberbatch, European business lines director at Interactive Data, speaks to A-Team Insight about his views on the developments within the legal entity identification space, including the lessons learned in the wake of the fall of Lehman. In the third of our series of talking heads on the challenges surrounding entity data management in the…
GoldenSource Appoints Stephen Engdahl to Lead Product Strategy
GoldenSource Corporation, the leading enterprise data management solutions provider for the securities and investment industry, has appointed Stephen Engdahl as senior vice president of product strategy. With over 10 years experience in the financial trade and compliance arena, Engdahl will play an integral role in aligning the GoldenSource platform with key business and regulatory drivers…
Omgeo’s Bouchea Discusses Legal Entity Identification and Regulatory Impacts on Data Management
In the second of our series of talking heads on the challenges surrounding entity data management in the current market, ahead of the end of month deadline for feedback to the Office of Financial Research on legal entity identification standards, we speak to Omgeo’s director of product management for its data related business solutions Mark…
DTCC and MarkitSERV Collaborate with AcadiaSoft to Automate Collateral Messaging and Reduce Risk in OTC Derivative Markets
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), MarkitSERV and AcadiaSoft today announced that they are working to deliver a joint solution for improving communication related to setting and maintaining the collateral required between counterparties to over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions. The solution is the first step taken by the three companies to develop a multi-functional collateral…
ESMA Sends Letters to CFTC and SEC Asking for Greater Cooperation Across the Pond on Swaps Data
In light of the recent discussions going on in the US between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) around the introduction of new data repositories and reporting requirements for the swaps market, the European Securities and Markets Authority has sent a letter to both regulators stressing the need…
CFTC Staff to Host Public Roundtable to Discuss Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable on 28 January 2011, from 9am to 5pm to discuss issues related to swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The roundtable will assist the CFTC in the understanding and implementation of Section 728 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection…
Regulatory Tsunami or Just a Washout?
The last two weeks have been a bit of a rollercoaster for US regulatory reform, with President Barack Obama signing an executive order this week that may see the current Dodd Frank requirements scaled back dramatically in order to ensure there is the “right balance” to foster economic growth going forward. On the individual regulator…
ESMA Issues Call For Evidence About Credit Ratings Agency Registration Requirements, Technical Standards Incoming
Following on from its predecessor’s work last year, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is reaching out to credit ratings agencies and the users of ratings to provide feedback on its proposals for endorsement guidelines, which will form the basis for technical standards that will need to be adopted by 7 June this year….
UCITS IV Compliance Requirements are Driving Interest in SunGard’s FastVal Solution, Says Compton
Regulatory change has been kind to the valuations solution vendor community of late, with requirements for increased transparency and independence providing these firms with a perfect ‘in’ to financial institutions’ back offices. Accordingly, SunGard’s FastVal solution has witnessed this uptick in interest as a result of the increased investment in derivatives by the more traditional…