Providers are targeting the increasingly important know your customer (KYC) space in an attempt to ease the “immense” data management burden firms are reportedly experiencing in this area of financial services compliance. Solutions designed to support data management in relation to regulatory issues such as KYC anti-money laundering controls continue to attract users looking for… Read More >>
Avox Receives ISO 27001 Certification
Avox, the DTCC’s wholly owned subsidiary specializing in legal entity reference data, reports that it has received International Standard Organization (ISO) 27001 certification from the British Standards Institution. The ISO 27001information security standard “certifies that Avox has the requisite information security controls in place to protect client data,” Avox says. “The certification is awarded only… Read More >>
GoldenSource EDM Embraces Avox LEI APIs
GoldenSource, a provider of enterprise data management (EDM) solutions for the securities and investment industry, reports the integration of its EDM platform with Avox Ltd.’s Web-based application programming interfaces (APIs). Avox, which provides Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) standard reference data, recently launched a series of Web-based APIs for LEIs, legal names, addresses, industry classifications and… Read More >>
Fenergo Expands Operations to APAC
Fenergo, a Dublin, Ireland-headquartered provider of regulatory onboarding, entity data and client lifecycle management solutions for investment banks and capital market firms, has expanded into the Asia Pacific region, appointing Brett Hodge as regional head of sales and creating a local team based in Sydney, Australia. Hodge’s experience includes seven years as manager of Asia… Read More >>
Q&A: DTCC Enters the KYC Services Race
The DTCC and six major banks are throwing their hats into the race for know your customer (KYC) utility services as they ready the launch of a “centralized client reference data and documentation services utility,” Clarient Global, that will own and operate the Clarient Entity Hub. The KYC services field is filling up with Markit… Read More >>
Omgeo Adds LEI Support as Smarsh, Nasdaq and Protegent Advance Social Media Surveillance
Omgeo Adds LEI Support to Alerts Via Avox Post-trade services provider Omgeo now has support for the global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) initiative via additional entity- and fund-level fields and data as part of its Alerts web-based global database for account and standing settlement instructions (SSI), officials say.The new LEI support comes via Omgeo’s partnership… Read More >>
