Markit | Genpact KYC Services, the joint venture from Markit Ltd., a provider of financial information services, and Genpact Ltd, a specialist in designing and running business operations, has reported the appointment of former Goldman Sachs executive, Jon May, as CEO. May, who will join Markit | Genpact KYC Services in January 2015 and be… Read More >>
Digital Magazine Summer/Fall 2013 Edition —The New Rules of Operational Data Management
Summer/Fall 2013 FTF News took on the “New Rules of Operational Data Management.” We focused on the data chores for collateral and margining for swaps, the products and services that exploit the legal entity identifier (LEI) standard, the information demands of reconciliation/exception management, the hedge fund reporting chores of Form PF, and the prospect of… Read More >>
The New Rules of Operational Data Management
Banks and securities firms are under regulatory and competitive pressures to get a better grip on the operational data management of key middle- and back-office functions that have been poorly served for decades. The push for ops data efficiencies has resulted in some new ground rules for how firms will take on their complex internal… Read More >>
Form PF Forces the Data Management Issue
Following the passage of Dodd-Frank in 2010, investment advisers face a multitude of new challenges connected with SEC registration and reporting requirements. For many advisers, the extensive demands for a variety of new information add to the headaches involved in compliance.While the new reporting requirements impose costly and complex burdens on hedge fund and private… Read More >>
Time to Download Our New Issue
Well, we’ve done it again. We pooled our vast editorial resources and put together another digital magazine for you. This time, the Summer/Fall 2013 edition takes on information challenges in a new way by focusing on the “New Rules of Operational Data Management.” We want to help you cope with emerging and ongoing data challenges… Read More >>
Q&A: A Common Framework for Ops Data?
FTF News recently spoke with Virginie O’Shea, an analyst with market research firm Aite Group, who covers data management and post-trade technology issues. In this Q&A, O’Shea focuses on the operational data management issues that are heating up as regulators apply pressure and margins tighten. She also references an upcoming Aite Group report on investment… Read More >>
FTF News Endorses Fun & Games at the Sifma Show
All seriousness aside, we at FTF News are doing our part to have fun at next week’s Sifma Tech show, June 18-19, in New York. The good times begin at our Sifma booth, No. 1301, where we have created a customized, five foot, parody of a popular, old school electronic game, something we’re calling the… Read More >>
Getting Ready for Newly Minted SEFs
The CFTC has today published the final rules for swap execution facilities (SEFs) with the Federal Register, giving swaps dealers and other firms two months to register with the CFTC for approval of their venues for cleared and executed over-the-counter transactions.Most of the new rules will become effective August 5, 2013 and the official compliance… Read More >>
Case Study: GoldenTree Builds an ‘Essential’ Data Warehouse
Centralizing operational data in a warehouse “in some shape or form” is essential if a hedge fund or a small asset manager wants to grow and be profitable, argues Bill Christian, chief operating officer for hedge fund GoldenTree Asset Management. This is especially true in the current climate of tight margins, regulatory pressures and increasing… Read More >>
The New Rules of Operational Data Management
Pardon my shameless self-promotion but FTF News is very happy to announce that we will have a booth at the SIFMA Tech 2013, June 18-19, in New York. At booth # 1301, you will see printed editions of our latest magazine, also available in a digital format, that focus on the new rules for what… Read More >>
