MKM Research Labs

MKM Research Labs (“MKM”) is a research company that combines AI, Data & Models and Deep Domain Expertise to solve some of the most challenging problems in finance. Founded in 2025 by Johnny Mattimore ("M"), David Kelly ("K") and Fearghal McGoveran ("M"), MKM is dedicated to developing and donating open-source business solutions for finance. MKM's Activities in Open Source for Finance include: [1] Business Problems: Defining business problems that are ideal candidates for open-source solutions. [2] Logical & Technical Solutions: Designing logical and technical solutions, both as components and complete end-to-end workflows. [3] OS Programmes: Developing and maintaining open-source projects and programme plans. [4] OS Life Cycle: Contributing to open-source solution documentation, data models, code writing, testing, and production implementation. [5] OS Adoption: Driving the adoption of open-source solutions through direct work with individual banks and groups of banks to take business problems from the idea stage to the adoption and production stages for daily business use. [6] OS Community: Supporting the wider open-source community through participation in open-source events, from small information sharing events through to large scale annual, global FINOS events in London and New York. [7] OS Ambassadors: Acting as ambassadors to actively promote the adoption and contribution of open-source solutions through the publication of detailed research as well as short, accessible papers and posts for the financial services community. Examples of MKM's Contributions to Open-Source Projects in Finance include: [1] FINOS: OS-Climate project “Physical Risk & Resilience” [2] FINOS: Common Domain Model project “CDM Extension to Property and Physical Hazards" [3] OS-SFT: Regulatory Reporting project: "Open-Source Sustainable Finance Taxonomy"