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StanChart to Join Thomson Reuters African KYC Service
Standard Chartered is the fourth bank operating in South Africa to sign up for Thomson Reuters' regional KYC service, which the vendor launched last year.
Silverfinch Adds Module to Address MiFID II
The new module will make it easier for firms to collect and aggregate the datasets required for MiFID II compliance.
Oppenheimer Expands GoldenSource Deal to Hosted Services for KYC, AML
New York-based investment bank and fund manager Oppenheimer & Co has begun using hosted data management services from enterprise data management platform provider GoldenSource in conjunction with its existing in-house deployed installation of the vendor…
Opus Debuts Resolve KYC, Entity Data Management API
The Resolve API will make it easier for users to search for and validate company information from a range of data sources.
Wolters Kluwer Adds Finance, Risk Market Manager in APAC
Officials say Ahmed's experience in addressing IFRS 9 will support the vendor's growing business in the region.
HSBC Taps Fenergo for Client Compliance Management
The platform will allow the bank to ensure compliance, improve onboarding times, and improve efficiency, while integrating with KYC and AML utilities.
Bloomberg Gets GLEIF LOU Nod
To avoid falling foul of MiFID II's 'No LEI, No Trade' rule, Bloomberg will make LEIs available to clients via three mechanisms.
Asset Control Begins Data Loader Expansion to Enhance MiFID II Reporting Features
Asset Control updates Thomson Reuters AC Plus platform data loaders, plans further loader investments
AxiomSL Taps Data, Tech Vet Tierney in Asia
Tierney brings 25 years of experience in the financial technology and data industries to AxiomSL, including senior roles at DTCC, NYSE Technologies, BT Radianz and Omgeo.
Rimes Hires LGIM’s O’Donovan as COO
O'Donovan joins Rimes after a career in data management at the asset management arms of Legal & General, UBS and JP Morgan.
Opus Opens Singapore Office to Meet Asia RegTech Needs
The vendor says regulators in Asia, such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore, are encouraging companies to enhance their risk management and compliance programs.
SWIFT Improves Bankers World Online Navigation, Search
Officials say the redesign will help SWIFT better understand and respond to industry challenges by building more features into its tools in future.
NSD On Track for LEI LOU Designation
The NSD is the first organization in Russie to reach accredited Candidate LOU status, officials say.
Capital Group Taps Bloomberg for Muni Evaluations
Bloomberg's BVAL service, which prices almost a million municipal bonds daily, will support pricing of Capital Group's more than $1.4 trillion in assets under management.
TradeData Adds Reference Data to TR DataScope Plus Feed
The integration extends an existing reference data content partnership between the vendors to include more frequent intraday updates.
ICE Adds Reference Data on ICE Contracts to Apex Platform
The new reference data encompasses all ICE's listed financial, index, single-stock, oil and power, agricultural, currency and metals contracts, among others.
SIX Launches Tax Compliance Data Service for CRS/AEoI
Officials say SIX's solution will ease firms' compliance burden and provide a single source of audit-ready tax data.
iMeta Taps JWG for Regulation Rule Sets
By integrating JWG's RegDelta platform, iMeta will be able to offer more details and interpretations of regulations to support client compliance and risk functions.
VidaCaixa Taps SimCorp for Data Management, Compliance, Risk Management
The Spanish firm is rolling out SimCorp Dimension to cover a range of functions, after signing up to use the platform in December.
Xceptor Hires Former AIM, Interactive Data Sales Exec Sablone
The data management sales veteran's hire follows Xceptor's establishment of a New York office in March.
Jupiter AM Goes Live on Milestone pControl Oversight for Fund Data Automation
Jupiter Asset Management implements oversight solution to automate collection of fund valuation data, daily NAV prices verification.
Derivatives Service Bureau Begins ISINs-for-OTC-Derivatives Testing
The Derivatives Service Bureau will continue to roll out instruments onto the testing platform over the next month.
Intesa Sanpaolo Taps Bloomberg for IFRS 9 SPPI Compliance Data
The Bloomberg data will reduce manual work associated with determining how a security should be classified and valued under the upcoming IFRS 9 rules.
Opus Debuts Preconfigured KYC Service
With no client-site IT requirement, officials say the entry-level platform will suit banks with less complex KYC needs for whom speed and ease of deployment is more important.