Capital requirements for many financial services firms will be changing because of the forthcoming fundamental review of trading book (FRTB) process, courtesy of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). The capital regulations via the FRTB will serve as the next big step in compliance after the recently delayed push for the Markets in Financial… Read More >>
Q&A: Did Your Firm Miss a FATCA Deadline?
(Editor’s Note: The controversial Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which extends the reach of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) overseas so that it can collect tax revenues from U.S. citizens abroad, has caused major operational, IT management, and reporting woes for financial services firms around the globe. While Republican and Democrat groups have been… Read More >>
Banks Still Store Risk-Related Data in Silos: Study
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 >>
Acadian Asset Management to Overhaul IT Architecture
Boston-based Acadian Asset Management will deploy a managed services enterprise data management (EDM) offering from financial information services and systems vendor Markit as the keystone for an IT architecture overhaul, say officials at the firm. Acadian will be using Markit EDM as “a foundational element of its IT architecture transformation across the front, middle and… 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 >>
GoldenSource Hires Indy Vet for UK/Ireland Post
GoldenSource, a provider of enterprise data management (EDM) solutions for the securities and investment industry, has named Stephen Hulse to be its senior sales manager for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Hulse will be based in London and will report to Massimo Broggi, vice president, EMEA sales and client operations, playing what a company statement… Read More >>
GoldenSource Advances EDM Platform
GoldenSource, an enterprise data management (EDM) software vendor, has upgraded its EDM platform to help securities firms meet regulatory requirements for better data tracking with a single, centralized entity master, according to a company statement. The upgrade is in response to regulators that have increasingly turned their attention to the ability of financial firms to… Read More >>
FTF News Prediction # 2: New EDM Projects Give Firms a Handle on Data
(Editor’s Note: This story is running in our first-ever FTF News Winter/Spring digital issue that features our top five predictions on industry trends that are likely to be the focus for many securities operations and technology professionals throughout 2013. We will be running our prediction stories from the digital issue throughout the Spring.The digital issue… Read More >>
Our Predictions for 2013
To say the least, FTF News is very proud to present our first completely digital magazine. As you flip through the pages (love those sound effects) and admire the look of it, you will see that we are making some major predictions for 2013.To cut to the chase, for our top prediction, we are seeing… Read More >>
