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Regulation & standards - Waterstechnology.comhttp://www.waterstechnology.com/Regulation & standardsenTue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:21 GMTTue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:21 GMT30Troves of Trade Informationhttp://feeds.waterstechnology.com/c/32411/f/503103/s/1c780c6b/l/0L0Swaterstechnology0N0Cinside0Ereference0Edata0Cnews0C21441290Ctroves0Etrade0Einformation0DWT0Brss0If0FRegulation0K0J260Kstandards0GWT0Brss0Ia0FTroves0Kof0KTrade0KInformation/story01.htm<p><small>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   Trade repositories are set to become a common feature of the over-the-counter derivatives market globally. But what challenges and benefits do the facilities present for the companies that will operate them and the firms that will report to them, asks Nicholas Hamilton  </p>  <p><img alt="Stewart Macbeth at the DTCC" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/056/194056/stewart-macbeth-dtcc-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p> Strapline: Regulation & Standards   Negotiations and preparations are taking place throughout 2012 as regulators and other stakeholders work to establish Target2-Securities, a major project aimed at unifying securities settlement across Europe. Nicholas Hamilton reports  </p>  <p><img alt="jan" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/088/209088/jan-320x198.JPG" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   GHIB implements Reporter as a replacement for legacy systems.  </p>  <p><img alt="City of London" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/060/144060/city-of-london-2-320x198.jpg" title="Ghana International Bank has selected Reporter for UK regulatory compliance." /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>    </p>  <p><img alt="Map of Europe" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/859/208859/map-of-europe2-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p> Strapline: Regulation & Standards   Fidelity's National Financial Systems and Fidelity ActionsXchange units are working with the ISO 20022 standards corporate actions pilot to add more details to messaging  </p>  <p><img alt="deborah-culhane" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/807/106807/deborah-culhane-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   Legal entity identifiers are being joined by bi-temporal data, Fatca and Target-2 Securities as major issues for firms to address this year and in coming years  </p>  <p><img alt="michael-shashoua-waters" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/317/167317/michael-shashoua-waters-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   BBM taps SunGard to automate its accounting processes.  </p>  <p></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   The announcement of a French financial transaction tax hasn't gone down well, and further muddles the issue for financial services organizations and technology providers.  </p>  <p><img alt="james-rundle" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/765/194765/james-rundle-320x198.jpg" title="James Rundle" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   The announcement of a French financial transaction tax hasn't gone down well, and further muddles the issue for financial services organizations and technology providers.  </p>  <p><img alt="paris-gargoyle" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/194/180194/paris-gargoyle-320x198.jpg" title="President Sarkozy has announced that France will enact a 0.1 percent financial transaction tax from August." /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   A move is made to allow for more efficient collateralization of opposite positions in index and correlated single-name credit default swap instruments.  </p>  <p></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   With Fatca looking very likely, the industry will have to search for ways to handle the processing complexities the regulation will create for corporate actions  </p>  <p><img alt="michael-shashoua-waters" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/317/167317/michael-shashoua-waters-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   New program helps with automation and regulatory reform.  </p>  <p><img alt="Office buildings in the City of London" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/135/202135/city12-320x198.jpg" title="BNP Paribas has offices globally, with a primary base in London." /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p> Strapline: Interview With   Kevin Houstoun, co-chair of the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol Global Technical Committee, tells Nicholas Hamilton why the messaging standard is experiencing growth in the post-trade space, and how collaboration between standards bodies is reaping rewards for the industry  </p>  <p><img alt="kevin-j" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/342/208342/kevin-j-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   The efficacy of risk management and compliance practices across the buy side and sell side, two of the most high-profile business drivers for the foreseeable future, is entirely contingent on the quality and consistency of the data feeding those systems. It is therefore hardly surprising that data issues dominated Waters’ most recent webcast. By Victor Anderson  </p>  <p><img alt="webcast-microphone" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/475/162475/webcast-microphone-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   Package offering encompasses proposed regulatory requirements.  </p>  <p><img alt="usa1" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/184/180184/usa1-320x198.png" title="OpenLink's package is aimed at compliance with Dodd-Frank Act regulatory measures." /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   Company has also backloaded three million trades to the system.  </p>  <p><img alt="new york1" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/846/101846/new-york1-320x198.jpg" title="DTCC operates one of the first trade repositories, as mandated by regulatory reform." /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p> Strapline: Regulation & Standards   A test legal entity identifier (LEI) file based on the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) draft standard will help financial firms prepare for new reporting requirements  </p>  <p><img alt="London's Canary Wharf at night" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/656/195656/canary-wharf-night-london-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p> Strapline: Regulation & Standards   ISITC Europe's LEI working group will pass on members' concerns to regulators about crucial issues such as the scope of the identifier  </p>  <p></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p> Strapline: Regulation & Standards   UBS Global Asset Management (UBSGAM) has paid a $300,000 penalty for not following fair valuation procedures in its pricing of illiquid fixed-income securities during a two-week period in 2008  </p>  <p><img alt="ubs" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/022/168022/ubs-sign-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p> Strapline: Regulation & Standards   VPD has developed a risk reporting package to address the requirements of the Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (Ucits) IV directive  </p>  <p><img alt="jl" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/842/207842/jl2-320x198.png" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   Software will provide cloud-based market abuse monitoring for Otkritie Capital.  </p>  <p><img alt="moscow-red-square" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/433/29433/moscow-red-square-320x198.jpg" title="Otkritie Capital's services are rendered by a subsidiary of Russian prime broker Otkritie Corporation JSC." /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p> Strapline: Interview With   Cusip Global Services is enhancing its Cabre identifier code and CINS numbering database to better serve the changes being driven by the LEI standard. Michael Shashoua speaks with Matthew Bastian about these developments and how they will serve the industry  </p>  <p><img alt="matthew-bastian2" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/902/142902/matthew-bastian2-320x198.jpg" title="" /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   Functionality present for clients using IBM servers.  </p>  <p><img alt="cloudreflection" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/478/201478/cloudreflection-320x198.jpg" title="Bloomberg's solution integrates with the IBM Lotus Domino server. Photograph by Abdulaziz Almansour." /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   Portfolio Manager platform supercedes SEI's AdvisorAlert buy-side compliance offering.  </p>  <p><img alt="dublin-o-donovan-rossa-bridge-and-four-courts-and-river-liffey" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/668/87668/dublin-o-donovan-rossa-bridge-and-four-courts-and-river-liffey-320x198.jpg" title="Dublin-based SEI expands Portfolio Manager for its registered fund clients." /></p>  <a href=http://www.waterstechnology.com/>Waterstechnology.com</a>  </small></p> <p>   Principia's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform will provide Serone Capital with consolidated portfolio management, risk surveillance and operational support across the fund manager's European credit investment business.  </p>  <p><img alt="St Paul's Cathedral in London" src="http://www.waterstechnology.com/IMG/674/202674/cityoflondon22-320x198.jpg" title="Serone Capital Management has signed with Principia for portfolio management, risk surveillance and operational support." /></p> <!-- End Article Title Image><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.waterstechnology.com/c/32411/f/503103/s/1be558ac/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Serone+Capital+Opts+For+Principia+on+Risk+Front&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstechnology.com%2Fbuy-side-technology%2Fnews%2F2139331%2Fserone-capital-opts-principia-risk%3FWT.rss_f%3DRegulation%2B%2526%2Bstandards%26WT.rss_a%3DSerone%2BCapital%2BOpts%2BFor%2BPrincipia%2Bon%2BRisk%2BFront" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Serone+Capital+Opts+For+Principia+on+Risk+Front&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstechnology.com%2Fbuy-side-technology%2Fnews%2F2139331%2Fserone-capital-opts-principia-risk%3FWT.rss_f%3DRegulation%2B%2526%2Bstandards%26WT.rss_a%3DSerone%2BCapital%2BOpts%2BFor%2BPrincipia%2Bon%2BRisk%2BFront" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123995377408/u/0/f/503103/c/32411/s/1be558ac/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123995377408/u/0/f/503103/c/32411/s/1be558ac/a2.img" border="0"/></a>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:33:00 GMThttp://www.waterstechnology.com/buy-side-technology/news/2139331/serone-capital-opts-principia-risk?WT.rss_f=Regulation+%26+standards&WT.rss_a=Serone+Capital+Opts+For+Principia+on+Risk+Front