BNP Paribas
EFIS Live: CDOs on Oversight
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua reported live via Twitter on the CDO end user panel from the European Financial Information Summit in London on September 16.
EMIR-Go-Round
Last month's second deadline under the European regulation, following a February scramble, found the industry better prepared with better command of data reporting requirements, Joanna Wright reports
ECB: Eurosystem Ready for User Testing on T2S Platform
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that the Eurosystem is ready to begin user testing on the Target2–Securities (T2S) platform, the pan-European project aimed at providing a single system for settling central bank securities transactions.
New Approaches to Corporate Actions
In a July 8 webcast, four industry experts analyzed the approaches firms should take to capture and process the data they need about corporate action events and fully understand the impact of these events
New Approaches to Sourcing, Managing Corporate Actions Data -- Webcast
On July 8, Inside Reference Data hosted a webcast about how financial firms can make the sourcing and processing of corporate actions data more efficient and effective by adopting new approaches, such as the use of a data utility
BNP Paribas Opens Reporting Tool to Agency Lending Clients
BNP Paribas Securities Services has announced that its agency lending clients can now access its interactive reporting solution, Data Navigation Analysis (DNA), and gain better oversight and control over their lending activities.
Innovation Suffering in Back Office Tech, Says Panel
Innovation in financial service technology is dead. So said Joseph Lodato, chief compliance officer at Guggenheim Securities, at a TSAM panel discussion last week.
A Collateral Opportunity?
Since the failure of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, the spotlight has settled on buy-side and sell-side firms’ collateral management disciplines. Risk mitigation, protection of assets, measuring counterparty exposure, and secured funding are some of…
BNP Paribas Survey: Strategic Outsourcing the New Norm
As banks and brokers are more and more willing to outsource their middle and back-office functionality to focus on core activities, a recent survey by YouGov and sponsored by BNP Paribas Securities Services has found that one in five respondents are…
BNP Paribas Co-COO to Retire
BNP Paribas has announced today that one of its top executives, co-COO Georges Chodron de Courcel, will officially stand down from the role at the end of June, and retire on September 30th.
BNP Paribas Connects to The Order Machine
BNP Paribas has connected to The Order Machine (TOM) to access shares, derivatives and exchange-traded funds transacted on the Dutch multilateral trading facility (MTF).
Euroclear, BNP Paribas Extend Collateral Highway Partnership
International central securities depository (ICSD) Euroclear has announced that its Collateral Highway network partnership with BNP Paribas Securities Services has been extended to four more countries.
BNP Paribas Securities Services Tackles Big Data Issue with NeoLink
BNP Paribas Securities Services’ CEO Patrick Colle says big data offers both opportunities and challenges.
Taxed By Collection
Fatca regulation tax withholding is almost here, and industry experts outlined the burden firms are preparing to bear in a recent SIX Financial Information-sponsored discussion. Michael Shashoua reports on the data considerations and methods raised
For Fatca Compliance, Banks Work to Create Internal Data Hubs
At a conference hosted by Waters' sibling publication OpRisk, panelists discussed the technological pain points that surround compliance with new Fatca guidelines. The key hurdle is clear: integrating disparate systems in order to more efficiently share…
Bank of the West Hires Goldberg
David Goldberg, a veteran of data management roles at Santander USA, BNY Mellon and JPMorgan Chase, has relocated to San Francisco from New York, to become chief data governance officer at the firm
Standard Chartered Hires Nelson in Hong Kong
Barnaby Nelson, previously an executive at BNP Paribas who worked on messaging standards issues, has joined Standard Chartered in a managing director role
AQX Selects BNP Paribas for Settlement
AQX Securities has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services as its central settlement partner for all trades, both firms announced today.
ICSDs, Custodians Develop Asset-Servicing Model for T2S
A group of international central securities depositories (ICSDs) and custodian banks have announced the joint development of a common model for asset servicing under the Target2-Securities (T2S) project.
BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley Join Eurex OTC Clear
BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley have joined Eurex Clearing's central counterparty service for OTC derivatives, Eurex OTC Clear, for interest rate swaps (IRS).
BNP Taps TraderMade for FX Technical Analysis, Commentary
BNP Paribas is to roll out technical analysis to its foreign exchange strategy team and to provide commentary services within its Global Markets and Cortex FX trading platforms from London-based technical currency charting provider TraderMade.
REDI Now Independent of Goldman
Goldman Sachs has sold REDI, with its REDIPlus execution management system (EMS), to a consortium of investors, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citadel and Lightyear Capital. Even with the sale, Goldman will still…
BNP Paribas Selects Swift VAN for T2S Connectivity
BNP Paribas Securities Services has chosen Swift's value-added network (VAN) to meet its connectivity needs to the proposed Target2-Securities platform (T2S).