Articles by Joanna Wright
Blockchain Standards' Pivotal Moment
Distributed ledger technology runs the risk of fragmentation as multiple vendors and permissioned ledgers emerge
What Does GDPR Mean for Banks?
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation imposes accountability for protecting customers' and employees' personal data. It's drawing more attention to data privacy protection capabilities
Sapient Global Markets Adds Matching Tool to Reporting Platform
Product works with Sapient platform or as a standalone solution for reporting to trade repositories and ARMs
Russian Depository Tests Blockchain for Voting
Open-source project built to assess automation in corporate actions processing
The Search For Identity
For OTC derivatives transactions, market participants seeing more challenges beyond just regulatory reporting demands
SmartStream Hires Ben Pielow
Solutions provider announces new sales director for UK and Ireland
Hargreaves Lansdown Live with Calastone Settlement Service
Solution automates settlements for fund distributor
Alacra Integrates Companies House API Beta
Platform to integrate more data over next few months
Corporate Actions: Only the Strong Survive
Spending by market participants in this area will increase over the next five years, says new report
Golden Copy: The Blockchain is Just a Database
Banks are looking into use cases where blockchain has little application
ICBC Standard Bank Picks Fenergo for Client Lifecycle Management
South Africa-based bank chooses solution for compliance with global regulations
Thornburg Selects Markit EDM
Vendor to help investment manager with data quality and governance issues
Northern Trust, AltX Team Up to Help Investors
New service aims to 'help clients ask better questions'
Product Governance Rules Require Insight
Financial product makers addressing new obligations under MiFID II
DTCC Elects Three New Board Members
New directors join board of 19
SmartStream Hires Naren Patel
Specialist to head UK account management for Corona business unit
Boost for Future SSI Utility
Omgeo Alert SSI data hits six million instructions
ESMA Shifts Data Project Into Gear
European regulator talks to trading venues before testing, to centralize data reporting and liquidity calculations
MiFID II is Getting Personal
Sensitive personal information about traders and decision-makers must be forwarded to regulators, leaving the industry seeing red
DTCC Fine Seen as Sign European Regulators are Watching
ESMA says repository neglected to provide data on OTC derivatives trades
SIX Gets ESMA Approval For Clearing Operations
x-clear unit of SIX Securities Services to serve as central counterparty
ESMA Fines DTCC for Data Access Failures
Trade repository 'was negligent,' says regulator
CUSIP Moves into Metals
Partnership aims to bring standardization to precious metals markets
Swaps Reporting Deadline Pushed Back
SEC grants swap data repositories a three-month extension