Articles by Nicholas Hamilton
Swift Launches BIC to LEI Directory
The messaging vendor believes providing a directory that cross-references Bank Identifier Codes and legal entity identifiers will facilitate adoption and integration of the latter
Swift App To Help Firms Confirm Trades Electronically
The Affirmations app allows users to view the details of their trades on a single screen, where they can confirm them electronically, as recommended by the European Market Infrastructure Regulation
Rimes Opens Singapore Office
Thomas Gooding has been chosen to head the new office, established to help the managed data services provider build stronger relationships with Asian buy-side firms
Interactive Data Explores Demand for Country of Risk Information
The data vendor is investigating whether it has access to the data needed to produce country of risk information, after the challenges associated with this category of risk were highlighted during its inaugural Reference Data Advisory Group meeting
Basel Committee Recommends Reporting Improvements
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision says enhanced disclosures by banks, including granular data on asset class mixes, may be needed to improve understanding of risk-weighted assets
Advent, Advise Collaborate to Automate Form PF, Form CPO-PQR Reporting
The software vendors have integrated their portfolio management and regulatory reporting products to help private fund advisers and commodity pool operators comply with regulatory reporting requirements
Fatca Registration Portal Launched
The online portal firms must use to register their details, as part of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, is now operational
IRD's Senior Reporter on LEI Opportunities for Vendors
While the public sector continues its work on establishing the legal entity identifier, vendors are deciding how they can use the identifier to create new products and services
Applications Open for LEI Foundation Directors, New Pre-LOUs Announced
The Regulatory Oversight Committee of the legal entity identifier system has asked candidates for the board of directors of the LEI foundation to submit their applications before September 4, and has revealed that Chinese and Argentine organizations have…
Identifying LEI Opportunities
While many people take a much-needed vacation this month, regulators and vendors continue to make important decisions about the legal entity identifier
Rimes Adds Data Sets to Reference Data Service, Plans to Include LEI
The managed data services vendor has added new data sets to its Rimes Reference Data Service and Rimes Benchmark Data Service, and plans to also include legal entity identifier data in the next two months
Omgeo Sees 47% Increase in Japanese Trade Volumes
The vendor of post-trade services has acquired 18 new clients in Japan over the past year as demand to automate the processing of equity and fixed-income transactions increases
O'Donovan Joins Legal and General IM as CDO
Diarmuid O'Donovan has joined Legal and General Investment Management as chief data officer, where he will be responsible for building a data management office
ROC Rule Changes Force Purge Of CICIs
The Regulatory Oversight Committee's pre-LOU guidance spurs Swift and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation to remove 18,000 CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers that do not meet requirements
LSE Goes Live with Pre-LOU
The London Stock Exchange has become the fourth organization to launch a pre-Local Operating Unit that will allocate pre-Legal Entity Identifiers and include a process of entity validation, duplication prevention and entity eligibility checks
Stepping Up to SEPA
The Single Euro Payments Area project is standardizing the identifiers and messaging formats used for transactions throughout the eurozone. With six months left to comply, some firms have a lot of data mapping work to do, writes Nicholas Hamilton
Europe's Build-Up to Basel III
The European Union’s Capital Requirements Directive IV will implement Basel III proposals across the continent when it comes into force at the beginning of next year. With firms likely to do much of their risk-modeling internally, the demands on data…
GoldenSource Appoints Head of Sales for Americas
Bret Bange has rejoined the enterprise data management software vendor to take responsibility for its sales in the Americas, after spending more than two years at First Derivatives
Stay On The Ball
HSBC Securities Services’ Chris Johnson has won the respect of his peers for his close analysis of how regulatory change will impact data management. Johnson tells Nicholas Hamilton why EMIR, Dodd Frank and Fatca need the most urgent attention and warns…
DTCC To Integrate Services From Full Ownership Of Omgeo
Post-trade processing services provider DTCC says buying out Thomson Reuters' half ownership stake in Omgeo will promote DTCC's expansion, through Omgeo's 6,500 clients and 80 technology partners in 52 countries
Volante Hires Senior Sales Staff and Engineers
The vendor of data integration technology has hired a new director of North American sales, a commercial director for Latin America and a new member of its London sales team, as well as 20 new engineers
GoldenSource Appoints Sales Manager for Germanic and Nordic Countries
Bettina Engelen has taken responsibility for increasing the enterprise data management software vendor's sales in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Nordic countries
Wolters Kluwer to Expand Austrian Offering with Acquisition of Reporting Specialist
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is to acquire Svenson, an Austrian vendor of regulatory reporting software, from its current parent company, SmartStream
OFR's Reed Outlines Work on LEI Interim System and Foundation
The chair of the Regulatory Oversight Committee says the interim system will mean pre-legal entity identifiers from any pre-local operating unit will be accepted by regulators around the world and reveals that "all material decisions" about the LEI…