Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)
AIFMD: How Independent Are Your Valuations?
In his last column before leaving Inside Reference Data for pastures new, Nicholas Hamilton considers the challenges of complying with the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, which had a compliance deadline this week
Eze Software Adds AIFMD Reporting Component to Regulatory Filings Manager
Eze Software Group can now support Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) filings through its Regulatory Filings Manager offering.
Interactive Data Adds Support for AIFMD Classifications
The pricing and data vendor has added coverage of the data that alternative investment fund managers will need to comply with new classifications mandated as part of the European Union directive
Fédéris Chooses SimCorp for Solvency II, EMIR, AIFMD
Fédéris Gestion d'Actifs, a French asset management firm, will use SimCorp Dimension to provide access to the granular data needed for Solvency II and to execute more of its own regulatory reporting rather than delegating this to external providers
Maitland Gets AIFMD Authorization in Luxembourg
Wealth manager Maitland has been authorized by the Luxembourg regulator CSSF to operate as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) to third-party alternative investment funds (AIFs), and to offer fully compliant AIFMD management company services.
SunGard Launches Risk Reporting Service for Hedge Funds
SunGard's new managed service validates the data it receives from hedge funds against its risk model database and produces standard and customized risk reports overnight
Not the Home Stretch
The data management demands facing the industry continue to expand, and the plans and systems available or being devised to deal with them need to grow at the same rate, as ISITC's chair observed at its recent annual conference.
Fund Managers Gear Up for AIFMD Costs, Compliance
With only six months to go until the July 22 deadline for fund managers to comply with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, Marina Daras looks at how the industry is gearing up in the homestretch.
DataArt Adds AIFMD Reporting to Form PF Solution
The new software enables automated filing for the alternative investment fund managers directive (AIFMD), and can also be fit into customized, back-end data integrations.
BNY Mellon Launches AIFMD Reporting Tool
BNY Mellon has launched a new reporting tool to help its fund-administration clients meet regulatory reporting requirements as stipulated by the Alternative Investment Fund Manager's Directive (AIFMD).
IRD's Editor on Data Management Collaboration
Pricing transparency and regulatory compliance efforts share a common thread: the need for collaboration.
Why Collaboration Is Key
Quality data management—taking on challenges as varied as centralizing data, bridging data gaps, regulatory compliance, establishing identifiers and more—all depends on promoting functional collaboration.
A Transparent View of Pricing
As transparency becomes a key requirement in the pricing and valuations space, financial firms have many questions for their vendors about input data, market color and pricing methodologies, writes Nicholas Hamilton
Pricing: the Meaning and Impact of Transparency -- Webcast
On November 13, 2013, five industry experts took part in an Inside Reference Data webcast exploring how requirements for increased levels of transparency are affecting the pricing and valuations space
Dealing With Data Dichotomies
The gap between what is required by regulations and what can realistically be achieved is becoming apparent
Ungovernable Data?
During a roundtable discussion hosted by Rimes Technologies, senior representatives from asset management firms discussed the data governance challenges facing them. From controlling data and managing regulatory change to securing board-level support,…
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…
Wells Fargo's Johnson Discusses Regulations' Effect on Valuations
Michael Shashoua speaks to Daniel Johnson of Wells Fargo Global Fund Services about the challenges for valuations teams created by AIFMD and IFRS 13
JOBS Act Implications Significant, Just Not for Technology
The JOBS Act could present new opportunities─and challenges─for the hedge fund industry, but Anthony questions whether there's a significant IT angle to be found.
AIFMD's Slow Burn
As one AIFMD-related deadline hits, the industry is still likely a year away from tackling compliance and reporting for this regulatory overhaul. But that doesn't mean firms shouldn't start preparing today.
AIFMD Approaches
Starting Monday, AIFMD has to be written into national law throughout Europe. In this new statute, Anthony says firms can learn something from their neighbors across the pond, who had to begin filing for Form PF last year.
Northern Trust Unveils Online Form PF Solution
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, the fund administrating arm of the Chicago-based bank, has released a new online module that will allow clients to draft, review and finalize their Form PF submissions.
Transparency and Consistency Drive Markit’s Risk Upgrade
Markit has announced the release of two significant new tools for its Portfolio Valuations Service, which deal with scenario analysis and the computation of Value-at-Risk (VaR).
What Lies Beneath: An Examination of Risk on the Buy Side (Part 2)
In part two of his examination of risk on the buy side, Anthony Malakian looks at how the regulatory environment is changing the way risk is managed and reported on, and delves into the buy versus build trade-off for risk-related technology.