Welcome To the FIMA 2012 Content Center

On this page you will find content relevant to financial data management. It is all part of our efforts to ensure that you keep up with the latest industry developments and benchmark with the most senior data management professionals.


	Whitepaper: Following Basel II Reporting & Bank of Israel’s Directive 313 for Proper Conduct of Banking Business Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s leading financial services group, offers diverse services ranging from basic banking to complex financing of large scale projects. During its 90 years of existence, the Bank has developed a branch network and extensive commercial activity in all areas of banking. The Bank’s international activity is focused on Global Private Banking as well as the corporate sector. This activity includes foreign currency trading through dealing rooms, cooperation in foreign trade and financing of international trade transactions, project finance, clearing arrangements and capital markets services. With this designation, the bank had to implement Directive 313 of the proper conduct of banking regulations by the Bank of Israel, central bank of the State of Israel, and continue compliance with all Basel reporting guidelines.


	Whitepaper: The Benefits of One Single View of Customers in Global Banking A global financial services firm was planning to assess the profitability of their top clients across all areas of business. This “Single View” effort was intended to ensure that top clients are properly served and to gauge the profitability of banking relationships. As a part of this exercise, the lines of business that send revenue summaries for each counterparty, needs to be rolled up to the enterprise level in order to aggregate information. An extensive hierarchy formulation was in place in the existing customer database, including immediate and ultimate parent fields, but at times the Credit Hierarchy (based on ownership/counterparty roles) differed from Customer Relationship Hierarchy.


	Whitepaper: Net Analytics: Reduce Credit, Liquidity & Systematic Risk by Netting Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s leading financial services group, offers diverse services ranging from basic banking to complex financing of large scale projects. The bank uses netting as a tool to reduce credit risk. It allows the bank to calculate exposure with their counterparties on a net basis, thereby reducing a large number of individual positions or obligations to a smaller number of positions or obligations. In order to determine if an individual transaction is eligible for netting, all the legal opinions from each pertinent jurisdiction affected by the transaction must be analyzed. Additionally, individual wording of the master agreement, product type, counterparty’s legal form and the law governing the agreement must be included in this check.


	Malcolm Chisholm Interview: Time for a Refurb? Future-proofing Reference Data Management The full transcript for the interview on Reference Data Management and Data Architecture. In the interview Malcolm looks at The Present and Future of Data Management, regulation and its impact on reference data, and the differences between the US and UK markets and what lessons to learn from this. For the original interview audio, find all three parts to download below.


	Malcolm Chisholm on Architectural Patterns in Reference Data Environments Reference data management is moving from a collection of independent silos to fully architecture environments. During this move-over, architectural patterns are being deliberately imposed across environments and at the level of the applications. Malcolm Chisholm, Principal, AskGet.com, is an expert on reference data environments and their complex architecture, and in this podcast, he shares how to see success and avoid pitfalls. Listen to the podcast to hear him answer: How can architectural patterns have a direct bearing on the success of reference data environments? How can anti-patterns have deleterious effects on reference data environments? How does one manage patterns and govern their implementation in reference data environments? And more...


	Interview with Laura Madison, SVP/Data Management Program Director at Rabobank Listen to our Fima Speaker Interview with Laura Madison, SVP/Data Management Program Director at Rabobank


	Paul Childerhose on "Operational-izing" Data Quality Programs Paul Childerhose on "Operational-izing" Data Quality Programs


	Thomas Llanexa VP Data Governance Operations & Programs, GE Asset Management Thomas Llanexa VP Data Governance Operations & Programs, GE Asset Management


	Malcolm Chisholm Part 1: The Present and Future of Data Management As every good trader knows, data is the backbone of everything. From storage locations to transmission speed, even the type of wiring, can have an impact on your abilities on the trading floor, so getting the right data management and architecture is critical to your success. In this exclusive 3-part FIMA podcast series on data management I had the privilege to chew the fat with Malcolm Chisholm, one of the true luminaries in the field. Malcolm is an independent consultant with over 25 years experience in data management, specializing in areas including data governance, master and reference data management, business rules management/execution and data architecture and design.


	Malcolm Chisholm Part 2: Regulation and Data Management Exclusive 3-part FIMA podcast series on data management with Malcolm Chisholm, one of the true luminaries in the field. This part looks at Regulation and Data Management.


	Malcolm Chisholm Part 3: US vs UK – What can they learn from one another? Exclusive 3-part FIMA podcast series on data management with Malcolm Chisholm, one of the true luminaries in the field. Part three looks at US vs UK – What can they learn from one another?


	Effective Data Standardization Across Financial Services: Utility and other Approaches What will common data standards do for your organization? The only option for absolutely clean data is to have a single, trusted source for all data sets. Our world is far too complex for all data to be treated in such a way. A combination of approaches will stay with us. Francis Gross, Head of External Statistics, European Central Bank


	Extending Your Data Management Strategies Back to basics: Before we can talk about extending the strategy and standards we need to agree on what the strategy and standards might be Principles: What are the key principles that are worth extending and how do you achieve the implementation of these principles? The business landscape: What does the business landscape look like? What are the areas that might benefit for the principles outlined? The tension between producer and consumer: Creating business benefit from the natural tension between consumer and producer

FIMA 2011 Presentations
	The Data Management Regulatory State Of Affairs View the presentation of Mike Atkin, Managing Director, EDM Council where he talks about: • The Current Regulatory Landscape • Data and Systemic Risk • Standards for Reporting • Implications for Financial Institutions (10 things to do)


	Transforming Data Into Valuable Enterprise Business Intelligence Check out the presentation of Timothy Ryan, Vice President and Head of Performance Measurement, Hartford Investment Management Company where he speaks about: • Progression/Regression of Data • Regression Prevention • Pyramid of Wisdom • Suggested Reading/Viewing


	Data Governance – The Next Generation & The Increased Expectations Tom Llaneza, VP Data Governance Operations & Programs, GE Asset Management touches upon: • How much has the data governance industry revloved? • What new challenges does the industry face? • Are data governance teams effectively positioned in the organization? • Are we willing to take on the next challenge and heightened expectations?


	Taking A Risk-Based Approach To Establishing Customer Data Integration Richard Livesley, Head of Governance, Quality and Metadata, BMO Financial Discusses the question: "What is the potential for loss if the information we use is neither a faithful representation of reality?"


	Data Quality Workshop: Operationalizing Your Data Quality Program – Getting To Day One Paul Childerhose, Associate Director, Securities Data Services, RBC Capital Markets and Ryan Koershuis, Partner, Helios Group - Realities of Implementation - What to learn and apply? - Defining the approach - Building a Framework to guide planning and decision making - Visions & Outcomes

Solutions
	Addressing the Growing Need for Trusted and Authoritative Counterparty/Legal Entity Data The need to improve transparency and accuracy in counterparty risk is in great demand following the recent financial crisis. Learn how the Informatica® Counterparty Reference Data Management™ solution addresses the complex yet common challenges of managing counterparty/legal entity data that pose significant threats to the global financial industry and economy.


	Next-Generation Solutions for Securities Instrument Reference Data Management Solution The need for authoritative and trustworthy reference data is more important than ever in today’s global financial markets. Learn how Informatica’s flexible, modular, and configurable reference data solution delivers the trusted information that financial services institutions need to reduce the risk and lower the cost of managing any kind of reference data.






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