Regulation
Towards Transparent Pricing
Increased transparency is a common goal of regulators who are shaking up the financial industry. When experts in pricing and valuations took part in a panel discussion at the European Financial Information Summit, they explained what these new regulatory…
Allianz Exec: Acquiring pre-LEIs For Funds Poses Challenges
An IT expert at Allianz Global Investors outlined the challenges of acquiring pre-legal entity identifiers for large numbers of funds and said his firm plans to use a combination of proprietary and vendor technology to integrate the identifiers, at the…
Data Governance Challenges on the Buy Side
Steve Cheng, Rimes Technologies, talks to Waters at the Rimes Data Governance Conference in London, about data governance on the buy side.
Bafin 'Mindful' of EMIR Reporting Challenges
A representative of the German regulator said it is aware of the challenges firms face to comply with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, which were highlighted by speakers from the buy- and sell-side at the Frankfurt Financial Information…
Omgeo Pairs with TriOptima, AcadiaSoft for Collateral Management
Industry utility Omgeo announced that it is teaming with TriOptima to beef up its derivative reconciliations capabilities, and with AcadiaSoft for its margin affirmation communication solution.
LEI Progress & What It Means For Data Management -- webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on October 18, 2013 to discuss recent efforts by financial trading firms implementing the global legal entity identifier (LEI), and what these developments mean for managing new…
Evaluating Major Banks’, DTCC’s Client Entity Data Platform
Strapline: Industry Warehouse
Shake To Shuffle
The data management industry may be reshuffling the description of its most prevalent themes, as well as their importance, but a lot of the same basics remain in its infrastructure
ANNA to Create Records with LEI-Instrument Links
The Association of National Numbering Agencies plans to develop new records that include links between legal entity identifiers (LEIs) and the relevant financial instruments and reflect the categories of financial instruments according to ISO…
LEI Committee Considers Translation Issues, Validation Processes
The Committee of Evaluation and Standards is investigating how historical data should be treated when a legal entity identifier record is transferred from one issuing utility to another; contingencies for entities that receive more than one LEI; the…
The Risk Rationale
More careful tracking and management of data, driven by the desire to reduce risk, requires multiple efforts. One of these, the FIBO ontology, is proving to be a key piece of the puzzle
SIX's Raskin on Fatca, Solvency II at WFIC 2013
Barry Raskin, managing director at SIX Financial Information, discusses the challenges of monitoring which assets are in scope for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and offers advice on managing uncertainty surrounding Solvency II…
S&P Capital IQ's Carvalho on LEI Integration at WFIC 2013
Rui Carvalho, managing director at S&P Capital IQ, explains why adoption of the legal entity identifier is leading firms to take an enterprise-wide approach to data management, at the World Financial Information Conference hosted by the Financial…
Oddo Chooses CounterpartyLink for KYC Data
The entity data vendor will provide the French asset management firm with data needed for its know-your-customer processes, including references to supporting documentation from primary sources
IRD's Editor on Centralization
Michael Shashoua points to several areas of data management where centralizing data is becoming prevalent
Javelin Turns to Cinnober for SEF Market Surveillance Tool
Javelin Capital Markets has added a market surveillance system to its swap execution facility (SEF) trading platform as required by the Dodd-Frank Act.
Thomson Reuters SEF Goes Live
Thomson Reuters has announced that its swap execution facility (SEF) has officially started trading today.
Swift's Janssens on CICI Changes: PART 1
Paul Janssens, Swift's legal entity identifier program director, explains the changes that have been made to the pre-local operating unit it manages with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, including the removal of 18,000 codes
Swift's Janssens on CICI Changes: PART 2
Paul Janssens, Swift's legal entity identifier program director, explains how the messaging services provider and its partner, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, are helping users manage recent changes to the CFTC Interim Compliant Identifier…
Three LEI Utilities Endorsed, 3,000 CICIs Sidelined
Pre-legal entity identifier utilities in the US, Germany and France have become the first to be admitted into the official interim LEI system, but 3,000 CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers will not be globally recognized
Turkish Pre-LEI Utility Launched
Takasbank has begun to issue pre-legal entity identifiers and plans to launch an online registration portal before the end of the year
Pre-LEI Issuers Respond to Demand for Consolidated Files
The London Stock Exchange has begun issuing consolidated files of pre-legal entity identifier data from all pre-local operating units and WM Datenservice plans to follow suit, following demand from data users for a single source of pre-LEI data
Irish Stock Exchange Launches Pre-LOU
The Irish Stock Exchange has begun issuing pre-legal entity identifiers, harnessing key capabilities of the Ex-Stream system it uses to service its international listings business