Data

AFME, compliance, Data, EY

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and Ernst & Young (EY) published a new report considering the role of the compliance function within wholesale investment banks and the…

CPMI releases latest Red Book payments statistics in new interactive format

September 27, 2018

BIS, CPMI, Data

The Committee on Payments and Financial Market Infrastructures (CPMI) today published new data on payments and financial market infrastructures through to end-2017. With this year’s edition, the information is presented…

Thomson Reuters and AI fintech Squirro team up for customer data analysis

September 12, 2018

artificial intelligence, Data, Squirro, Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters has partnered with augmented intelligence solution provider Squirro to use artificial intelligence with customer relationship management (CRM) platforms. The solutions combine Thomson Reuters data and insights including company…

SEC uses data analysis to detect “cherry-picking” by broker

September 12, 2018

News and Notes – Fintech, Uncategorized

Data, fraud, Securities and Exchange Commission

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a New Jersey-based broker with misusing his access to customers’ brokerage accounts to enrich himself and family members at the expense of his customers,…

Market maker Allston picks Corvil for machine-time analytics

September 12, 2018

Allston Trading, Analytics, Corvil, Data, High Frequency Trading

High-speed market maker Allston Trading signed up with Corvil for visibility, analytics, and reporting to optimize its systems and infrastructure and to assure trading performance. As a technology partner, Corvil…

FactSet puts its data in Microsoft Azure’s cloud

July 25, 2018

cloud computing, Data, FactSet, Microsoft

FactSet launched a cloud-based data platform called Exploration. It helps financial professionals evaluate alternative and financial datasets and build investment applications in a Microsoft Azure environment. In addition, clients will…

State Street claims a first with $2.6bn Charles River acquisition

July 20, 2018

News and Notes, News and Notes – Fintech

Charles River Development, Data, State Street

State Street announced an agreement to buy Charles RiverDevelopment in an all cash transaction for $2.6 billion, expected to close in Q4 2018. The acquisition will make available a “large…

DataLend’s latest research surveys beneficial owners on data use

April 11, 2018

News and Notes, News and Notes – Fintech

Beneficial Owners, Data, DataLend, SFTR

DataLend’s research publication, The Purple, features market data, analyses and features on the global securities finance industry. In its fourth issue, topics include: how beneficial owners use market data; SFTR…

IOSCO issues technical guidelines on critical data handling for OTC derivatives

April 9, 2018

CPMI-IOSCO, Data, OTC derivatives

A new report provides technical guidance to authorities on harmonized definitions, formats and usage of a set of critical data elements for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions reported to trade repositories,…

ESMA provides access to MiFID II and MiFIR data

January 8, 2018

Data, MiFID II, MiFIR

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), in cooperation with national competent authorities (NCAs) in the European Economic Area (EEA), has overseen the launch of the Markets in Financial Instruments…

FISL in New York: day 2 highlights

April 4, 2017

Events, Finadium Event, Regulatory, Securities Lending

Asia, Data, Direct repo, Europe, global regulation, peer to peer, Repo, securities finance revenues, Securities Lending, topstory, US

Finadium’s Investors in Securities Lending (FISL) conferences are bringing together a wide spectrum of participants in the securities finance market, and you can follow the major issues discussed at the inaugural NYC launch here…

OFR argues that setting data scope, quality and accessibility reduces regulatory burden

March 16, 2017

Data, OFR

Reducing the Regulatory Reporting Burden March 16, 2017 Remarks of Richard Berner, Director, Office of Financial Research, at the Financial Data Summit hosted by the Data Transparency Coalition: Reducing the…

Finadium: Measuring Bank Profitability in Financing and Derivatives: Challenges and Responses

February 16, 2017

Big Data, Derivatives, Securities Lending

banks, Data, Profitability, topstory

This research report evaluates banking profitability from the fundamentals of measurement to 10 levers for improvement, with an emphasis on financing and derivatives activities in capital markets. We also consider…

Notes from the field: the increased challenge of consensus management at today's financial institutions

October 31, 2016

Richard Stinchfield

Risk Management, Technology

Consulting, Data, Finadium Research, Strategy, topstory

We’ve seen the heightened challenge lately that business managers face in building internal consensus to take on new initiatives in today’s financial institutions. This article presents lessons learned from our recent project…

There’ll be ‘no hiding’ in era of data transparency and collateral optimization (Premium)

February 25, 2016

Collateral Management, Europe, IOSCO

collateral optimization, CSAs, Data, Europe, non-cleared derivatives margin, topstory, uncleared swaps

Collateral management is shifting, shaking up business models and relationships. Next to regulation, the foundation underpinning that change is data, and collateral managers want their data platforms to be as…

The FSB on securities finance data collection and aggregation: a good start but there are some tough points to resolve

November 17, 2014

Collateral Management, Financial Stability Board, Regulatory, Repo, Securities Lending

collateral management, Data, Financial Stability Board, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory

The Financial Stability Board has released a consultative document, “Standards and Processes for Global Securities Financing Data Collection and Aggregation.” Most of this is no surprise and the actual data…

BIS calls for “Intense Review” of data on European deflation

September 25, 2014

Anna Vargo

ECB, Europe, Regulatory

BIS, Data, Draghi, ECB, financial stability, Regulation, topstory

In the opening remarks from a Sept 4th and 5th Bank for International Settlements conference, “Indicators to Support Monetary and Financial Stability Analysis: Data Sources and Statistical Methodologies”, BIS Deputy…

Can governments really master securities lending and repo data collection and analysis? A response to the FSB proposal

November 20, 2012

Collateral Management, Repo, Securities Lending, Shadow Banking

collateral, Data, Financial Stability Board, Repo, Securities Lending

This article analyzes recommendation #1 of this week’s Financial Stability Board publication, “Strengthening Oversight and Regulation of Shadow Banking: A Policy Framework for Addressing Shadow Banking Risks in Securities Lending…

Data management challenges in securities finance

January 5, 2012

Regulatory, Repo, Securities Lending

Data, Federal Reserve, Repo, Securities Lending

This won’t be the first article to comment on data management challenges in securities finance and it won’t be the last, but we wanted to say our piece as regulators…

Score one for Data Explorers

September 26, 2011

Securities Lending

Data, Securities Lending