The market for ‘structured products’ is experiencing a revival. Given the current prolonged period of low and in many cases negative-yielding assets (particularly in real terms), structured products offer investors innovative ways to seek an uptick in returns while also potentially limiting their risk.…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) earlier this month published a consultation paper outlining technical standards relating to its Benchmarks Regulation, which governs the way indices and other benchmarks are calculated. The consultation is open until the 9th of May, at which point ESMA will consider feedback and expects to publish a final report by the 1st of October 2020.…
Anyone attending last week’s FISD Technology Forum in London will have been treated to a very enjoyable afternoon. Not only was the event well attended, offering a great networking opportunity (special thanks to the team at FISD and host sponsors JP Morgan); but the content being debated was also first class (particular kudos to David Anderson).…
This article has been updated to reflect the fact that the SEC voted to adopt Rule 18f-4, incorporating changes to the original proposed rules.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has passed a set of rules to limit leverage and use of derivatives by US funds.…
Financial models are pervasive across the industry. But controls over how they are used are not that well evolved. As a consequence I thought I would look at the benefits of applying enterprise data management techniques to control model-derived data and address model risk management challenges.…
At Xenomorph we are always looking to stay one step ahead of our clients’ requirements for data management solutions. To do that we aim to maintain a close understanding not only of their core business operations (across front, middle and back-office functions) but also their regulatory obligations.…
The economic case for cloud services is more complex than first meets the eye. Comparing any in-house supported technology to one delivered as a cloud service is inherently fraught with subjectivity; depending on your point-of-view and assumptions one could argue the business case for either side.…
Modelling Data Dependencies
Across the capital markets universe there are a myriad of complex interdependencies always in play. Whether it’s the relationship between an index and its constituents, an option and its underlying or an ETF and its benchmark – there are very few data points that are not intrinsically linked to at least one other (if not many more).…
This blog was written by Xenomorph consultant JP Carbonnier
Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT), has the potential to disrupt a wide range of business models across the financial services industry. However, the potential application of blockchain to the worlds of market data and reference data has not received that much attention.…
This blog post by Xenomorph CEO Brian Sentance is entitled IFRS 9 Data Management: The Convergence of Finance and Risk and was originally published via Data Management Review.
The siloed delivery of data and technology has evolved quite naturally in most financial institutions.…
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