Governance, Risk & Compliance Reference Architecture: Data Architecture &...
GRC – Governance, Risk, & Compliance. Whether you use this specific acronym or not the fact is your organization does GRC. There is not a single executive that will tell you that they lack...
View ArticleThe Definitive Brazilian Private Equity Guide: Part I
With all of the media surrounding the opportunities found in Brazil, TriCap Partners have created the a condensed guide, “Everything You Need to Know About Brazilian Private Equity” Part I. Register...
View ArticleIndustry Briefing & Survey: Harnessing Data for Better Valuations – November...
A new industry briefing and survey report from A-Team Group and GoldenSource A-Team Group, a publishing and research company specialising in financial information technology, was commissioned by...
View Article10 Common Myths About ETF Investing
Boasting competitive cost structures, enhanced tax efficiencies, and improved liquidity features, ETFs have quickly become one of the most popular tools for all types of investors. But despite the...
View ArticleManaged Market Data Services: Performance and Efficiency – A-TEAM & NYSE...
Market infrastructure is evolving at a pace that even the most technology-savvy financial institutions find challenging. New execution venues are popping up everywhere fragmenting liquidity and...
View ArticleETF Securities: Commodity ETC Assets Triple Over Past 12 Months To $17bn As...
Record breaking year for commodity ETCs, with assets up over $11bn to $17bn ETCs tracking agriculture and industrial metals show highest buy/sell ratio Physically-backed precious metal holdings – gold,...
View ArticleETF: BlackRock ETF Landscape Industry Review November 2009
BlackRock has just published the November 2009 edition of its monthly ETF Landscape Industry Review. This report is a review of the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs)...
View ArticleData Management 2010: The Ins and Outs
Effective data management will become critical in 2010, as regulators on both sides of the Atlantic scrutinize, identify and try to limit systemic risk. This means firms will have to keep a closer tab...
View ArticleChina Latin America: The decade of the Panda?
Before China can deliver on its promise of massive investments in Latin America, Chinese companies need to overcome their fear of Latin American volatility and political risk. And Latin America needs...
View ArticleManaging Corporate Actions Risk – January 2010 – IRD – Insight Reference Data
Despite industry efforts to reduce financial losses typically associated with corporate actions processing, managing risk remains one of the major challenges for the corporate actions industry. On...
View ArticleETF panorama: Aspectos Destacados del 1er Quartal 2011 BlackRock
La industria global de los ETFs mantiene la trayectoria ascendente con la que inició el año, si se comparan los 2,605 ETFs con activos por USD$1,399.4 millones al cierre del primer trimestre de 2011,...
View ArticleFT Special Report: Investing in Mexico
Read the FT Special Report at Investing in Mexico FT Special Report June 2011 Boom times despite safety fears There has been a rise in violent crime in some areas, but the country is still a good...
View ArticleTop 10 Root Causes of Data Quality : The Basics – Part 1
We all know data quality problems when we see them. They can undermine your organization’s ability to work efficiently, comply with government regulations and make revenue. The specific technical...
View ArticleTop 10 Root Causes of Data Quality : Renegades and Corporate Pirates – Part 2
In part two, we examine IT renegades and corporate pirates as two of the root causes for data quality problems. Root Cause Number (3) Three: Renegade IT and Spreadmarts A renegade is a person who...
View ArticleTop 10 Root Causes of Data Quality : Secret Code & Corporate Evolution – Part 3
In part three, we examine secret code and corporate evolution as two of the root causes for data quality problems. Root Cause Number (5) Five: Corporate Evolution Change is good… except for data...
View ArticleTop 10 Root Causes of Data Quality : Data Flow – Part 4
In part four, we examine some of the areas involving the pervasive nature of data and how it flows to and fro within an organization. Root Cause Number (7) Seven: Transaction Transition More and more...
View ArticleTop 10 Root Causes of Data Quality : People Issues – Part 5
In the 5th and last part we look at how companies rely on data to make significant decisions that can affect customer service, regulatory compliance, supply chain and many other areas. As you collect...
View ArticleLatin America Fund and Investment News Aug-Oct 2011 – Alternative Latin Investor
American Business Practices in Brazil: A Contrarian’s View Premium Article OCT, 2011 U.S. companies have been investing heavily in Brazilian private equity in recent years, capitalizing on the...
View ArticleWhite Paper: Big Data Solutions in Capital Markets – A Reality Check
Big Data has emerged in recent months as a potential technology solution to the issue of dealing with vast amounts of data within the enterprise. As in other industries, financial services firms of all...
View ArticleWhite Paper: LEI Readiness – Instant Integration
White Paper: LEI Readiness – Instant Integration with Alacra Concordance The idea of an LEI pre-dates the 2008 financial crisis by several decades. The ISO (International Organization for...
View ArticleLEI : FSB recommends 3-Tier System for Issuing Global Identifiers
The Financial Stability Board will recommend to the G-20 industrial nations that a three-tier structure involving local registration authorities be established for registering and issuing 20-character...
View ArticleOutsourcing Reference Data Management: Cost Reduction and New Revenue...
The past 12 months has seen the emergence of new players offering Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services for Reference Data Management. These new arrivals expand the range of options available to...
View ArticleLEI-Dealing with Reality – How to Ensure Data Quality in the Changing Entity...
“The Global LEI will be a marathon, not a sprint” is a phrase heard more than once during our series of Hot Topic webinars that’s charted the emergence of a standard identifier for entity data....
View ArticleData Management – a Finance, Risk and Regulatory Perspective- White Paper
Download this white paper – Data Management – a Finance, Risk and Regulatory Perspective – about the challenges facing financial institutions operating across borders with respect to ensuring data...
View ArticleValuations – Toward On-Demand Evaluated Pricing
Risk and regulatory imperatives are demanding access to the latest portfolio information, placing new pressures on the pricing and valuation function. And the front office increasingly wants up-to-date...
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