The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25th May 2018. By this date, organisations holding personal data for their EU customers and employees must be able to demonstrate compliance with the new regulations. The aim of GDPR is to enable data subjects (the individuals whose data is held) to have more control […]
A large international bank was struggling to keep its global DevOps programme on track and realise the full range of benefits. The bank engaged Brickendon to help speed up the implementation of the programme and to ensure the organisation adopted agile and DevOps practices globally. Brickendon’s experienced DevOps specialists were able to successfully embed DevOps […]
A large global bank needed support to consolidate its regulatory reporting with BCBS 239 (principles for effective risk data aggregation and reporting). Brickendon was called upon to develop a mechanism to support the bank’s attestation to the regulator and provide a robust interpretation of the regulation itself to drive minimum standards of compliance. The Challenges […]
A large global bank was struggling to manage the expectations and requirements of stakeholders involved in a largescale programme. Brickendon was called upon to ensure that everyone involved was confident that the organisation’s money was being spent wisely, that the programme was meeting the organisation’s strategic goals and that the deliverables were clearly articulated, were […]
A large global banking client was seeking to transform the way that data was used within its Investment Bank. The aim was to manage the data more efficiently, consistently and transparently in order to reduce storage and infrastructure costs. The Challenges Lack of standardisation: inconsistent naming convention across the bank Multiple stakeholders: the bank had […]
A Tier 1 investment bank was seeking to improve its testing processes and was keen to implement Brickendon’s specialised approaches. The bank engaged Brickendon to implement the bespoke approaches and to train its own staff to use the Brickendon processes efficiently and effectively. The result was the reduction of a three-week testing cycle to six […]
Under the Dodd Frank Act, UK swap dealing entities are required to report annually to the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the US. The process to support this reporting involves a vast and detailed attestation process, whereby control owners are held accountable for their part in regulatory compliance, providing information on the processes they are […]
An international tier-one bank was implementing a Trade Data Repository (TDR) and required advice, management and expertise across a variety of problem spaces. A large team had been assembled to work on various aspects across the platform and Brickendon was asked to provide expertise to develop solutions across the entire range of activities. The original […]
Approaches have changed as to how counterparty credit risk is measured and reported. Brickendon was engaged by a major US banking corporation to devise and rollout a standardised approach across the business and associated channels, such as QIS and ad-hoc calculators. The aim is to comply with new regulations from the Basel Committee on Banking […]
A large international financial institution was struggling to acquire, maintain and manage multiple classes and hierarchies of data within existing systems and processes. As a result, they faced significant difficulty assigning credit risk and calculating capital requirements and RWA. They also missed out on product sales opportunities, and encountered various deficiencies with several ongoing regulatory reporting […]