Regulation
Fatca's Final Version Eases Deadline, Maintains Data Burdens
The final regulations of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act have relaxed some deadlines and documentation requirements, but the data management challenges remain significant
IRD's Editor on Basel Committee Principles
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua says the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has raised more questions about how data managers should deal with risk data.
LEI Governance Body Established With US Treasury's Reed As Chair
The Regulatory Oversight Committee has chosen Switzerland as the location for the legal entity identifier foundation and taken over responsibility for launching the global identification system
DTCC to Issue Further CICI Guidance for Funds
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation will provide further clarification to the funds industry on using its utility to register for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's interim legal entity identifiers
Basel Committee Principles Raise More Questions
Parameters for effective risk data aggregation and reporting issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision appear to encourage data management improvement, but how that will be done is left unanswered
CFTC's O'Malia Says Tech Training Wheels Are Off
The only way to face the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's challenges is through robust surveillance automation and analytics. Technology is the bike—the commissioner says the regulator needs to learn to ride.
James Rundle: Doubling Up and Doubling Down
As the introduction of SEFs inches closer, some question whether there is even a need for them, given their correlations with designated contract markets. Whatever the future looks like, James says, continuing investment in technology on the sell side…
Michael Shashoua: Muddying Capital Adequacy
Delays and changes to the Basel III rules, including lower minimums for liquidity, are revealing gaps in what was once seemingly watertight regulation. Michael says the architects of the rules are losing the benefit of the doubt.
IFRS 13 Driving Level 3 Coding Work
End users are figuring out how to determine levels for quotes and code accounting data
Information Mosaic Updates Corporate Actions Product For T2S
Version 6.3 of IM Actions includes the ability to identify and track market claims, transformations and buyer protections based on standards published by the T2S corporate actions sub-group
Final Fatca Regulations Published In Federal Register
The final regulations provide clarity about what firms need to do to comply with the US anti-tax evasion regulation
Roots Of Data Management Rationales
Basel III is but one aspect of the direct line going from risk management imperatives driving regulation that affects data management
With White, Better the Outsider?
In her new role as chair of the SEC, Mary Jo White must demonstrate that she's more than a prosecutor, but someone who can also bring stability to the market.
BNP Paribas, Multifonds Examine AIFMD-Related Challenges
In a new case study to be released this week, BNP Paribas discusses how it is preparing itself and its clients for AIFMD compliance.
IRD's Editor on Basel III Liquidity Ratios
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua relates how Basel III liquidity ratio threshold changes are being seen as weakening the rules
Open Source LEI Data Model Launches
Element 22, in collaboration with several industry firms, has launched the Fimod (φmod) Open Source Project, an open-source model for the legal entity identifier intended to help promote LEI adoption
Basel III Trickle-Down
The Basel Committee's change to the liquidity coverage ratio thresholds in its capital adequacy rules will impact data management operations
Mifid II Must Mind Market Microstructure
Regulation took center stage at a panel discussion in London on Tuesday as the nuts and bolts of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive review (Mifid II) went under the microscope.
'Dynamic' Ucits Beget Questions of Internal Data Governance, Administration
Since initial implementation of the fourth iteration of the European Commission's Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities in 2011, and with two further directives, Ucits V and VI, already set to be respectively voted on by the…
Regulators Cite 'Critical Deficiencies' in JPMorgan Monitoring, Reporting, Risk Controls
JPMorgan Chase has been sanctioned by US regulators eight months after an outsized credit default swap led to trading losses of $6.2 billion.
IRD's Editor on Construction of Compliance Utilities
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua discusses management of data through compliance utilities for risk management purposes
The Elephant in the Room
It hasn't been an easy return to work for many on the sell side, so far this month. Outside of new requirements regarding swap transaction reporting and dealer registration to consider, the possibility of enormous fines are hanging over nearly every bank…
Data Opportunities Abound
Compliance initiatives based on improving the foundations for data communication in the financial industry are both a way of strengthening the foundations of data management and chances for the industry to perform better