Banks have been keeping risk-related data in silos for decades despite the fact that this has been a well-documented problem. A new study by risk management consultancy, InteDelta, and financial data management solutions provider, Asset Control, shows that in many cases the walls have not been broken down. The survey, which interviewed 13 banks between… Read More >>
Xenomorph Links TimeScape to Open Source Database
Securities trading data and analytics vendor Xenomorph reports that it is integrating its flagship offering TimeScape EDM+, an enterprise-wide data management solution, with MongoDB, the open source, “NoSQL” document database in order to offer cost-effective data scalability. The MongoDB system, whose name is derived from the word humongous, sidesteps “the traditional table-based relational database structure… Read More >>
Q&A: How AML Services Got to the Cloud
It’s significant that cloud computing/software as a service (Saas) technology is now supporting the anti-money laundering (AML) wares of NICE Actimize. The industry has a new trust in cloud-based offerings, and that extends to AML, says Cenk Ipeker, head of the Actimize cloud unit at NICE. Ipeker oversees the offering of traditional products via the… Read More >>
Asset Managers Forced to Wring More Value Out of Data
Asset managers are facing a challenging dynamic in that they have to deal with ever-greater data flows and are under pressure to make the most of that data. Many asset managers say they are not squeezing value out of their data. In a recent survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and sponsored by… Read More >>
GreenKey and Symphony to Test App for Capturing Voice Quotes
Symphony to Integrate Greenkey App into Messaging Startup GreenKey, creator of “an extremely thin web application” for voice-based collaboration among financial services firms, is releasing a pilot version of a “voice quote capture” application. It will be available for enterprise clients of messaging vendor Symphony Communication Services for a pilot test, say officials from both… Read More >>
Broadridge Adds Fourth Senior Manager from Asset Control
Broadridge Hires for Data Management Experience Lake Success, N.Y.-based Broadridge Financial Services reports that it has added four former Asset Control executives, all of whom have extensive experience with data management software. Robert Revesz has been named senior director, with a focus on reference data client services and implementations, Broadridge says, noting that he joins… Read More >>
Politics Can Kill a Move to the Utility Model
Internal political battles at securities firms can prevent them from considering cost-effective utility models for key operations, say officials at financial services consultancy Capco, which just released a global survey of banking executives’ reactions to utilities. Overall, Capco officials say that the survey finds that firms are “failing to take full advantage of the utilities… Read More >>
Massad Makes Pitch for New Swaps Data Gathering System
The CFTC is forging ahead with a second major attempt to make swap data reporting “accurate, consistent and timely” as CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad recently stressed in a speech before the 2016 Office of Financial Research (OFR) and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) annual conference presented by the U.S. Treasury Department. “We have come a… Read More >>
Investors and Regulators Push PE Firms for More Transparency
Private equity firms are feeling the heat for more IT solutions and better data management as an uptick in regulatory audits and exams is causing investors to demand more transparency, according to professional services firm EY’s 2016 global private equity fund and investor survey. The greater demand for transparency is one of the key findings… Read More >>
Basel Committee Eases Risk Capital Rules
Although banks heaved a sigh of relief that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s revised market risk capital framework was less onerous than feared, they will still be facing a hugely expensive undertaking, impacting both infrastructure and certain business lines. The exact costs banks will incur are hard to calculate because it will depend on… Read More >>
