Data
Money laundering dominates US suspicious activity reports
Figures from the US Financial Crime Enforcement show a near-record level of suspicious transactions, especially around money laundering
Increased legal entity identifier issuance improves reporting
Growing LEI issuance has improved reporting, but what comes next?
Presentation is key to making most of insurance models
Management depends on clear information to harness full value, say specialists
'Dark age' hedge funds have antique fees, says Albourne’s Ruddick
New boss at consultant, John Claisse, to focus on liquid alts research
Managing data still biggest technology challenge for Asia banks
Data has been a problem for the past two decades for firms in the region
Analytics provider of the year: Lacima
Lacima benefits from laser-like focus on energy and commodity analytics
Data provider of the year: StatWeather
StatWeather impresses energy traders with long-range forecasts
Massad says CFTC is willing to hear energy firms’ concerns
Agency open to dissent in areas such as trade reporting, position limits and rule 1.35
National bank supervisors must improve co-operation, says FSB
Peer review flags problems in national regulation of systemically important banks
LEI data should be centralised, reduces risks, say banks
Implementation points to LEI benefits and best practices
Insurers strive to model cyber crime
Firms are battling against a lack of data with which to model policies
Mifid II liquidity data described as 'garbage'
Regulators have rejected requests to share underlying data set, critics claim
Google can help banks fix their risk data problems
Banks need to embrace radical change to satisfy Basel principles
Winton sees problems with big data analytics
Social media and live newsfeeds not so far useful, hedge fund says
Outage outrage: give other vendors a chance
Firms would benefit from using alternatives to Bloomberg
Geek power: market regulators make creative use of technology
Financial policing takes on a touch of Silicon Valley glamour
BoE's Haldane wants to overhaul economic methodology
Central bank eyes big data and psychology
Ownership data key to picking top fund managers, says Novus
Position sizing manager's most important quality, says study
The fines don’t work: UK banks worst-behaved again in 2014
Bank fines hit £1.37 billion in 2014, a fourfold increase on previous year
Cyber insurance targets wayward threat – as best it can
Questions over policy design and coverage blight nascent industry
Regulation makes data top concern for energy traders
Firms worry about integrating data for EU and US trade reporting rules
Big banks expect to miss Basel risk data deadline
Markit study and Basel progress report find industry is lagging