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DORA – A Step in the Right Direction but it’s not a Home Run
By Monica Oravcova, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Naoris Protocol. Cryptocurrency and digital assets such as NFT’s will most definitely be strong contenders for the defining innovation of this decade. Social platforms and connected media have facilitated an exponential growth in the speed at which new technology and ideas are adopted. Growing in tandem with...
Harvard Report Underlines Broadening Importance of ESG
ESG is now of such importance to financial institutions that getting the data and technology aspect of the topic right has become crucial to the smooth running of their broader operations. A report published by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance is the latest high-profile examination of the growth of sustainable markets to...
Widening ESG Data Demands Place New Pressures on Integration
A mushrooming of the ESG data market, growing demand for sustainability investment insights and increasing regulation is making the task of data integration harder for financial institutions. The sheer volume of available ESG data, the increasing variety of formats in which it’s disclosed and the growing number of vendors selling it is forcing financial firms...
Alveo Integrates MSCI ESG Research Content into DaaS Data Management Solution
Alveo has integrated MSCI ESG Research content into its Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) data management solution, giving clients access to both firms’ data and cloud data management capabilities, and providing solutions that integrate MSCI’s content into client workflows and help business users self-serve. Integrated MSCI content includes MSCI ESG Ratings, ESG Controversies and ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics,...
Reviewing Developments in the Global Regulatory Landscape and the Impact on Technology Change
If there’s one thing that we can be sure of with the world’s financial markets, it’s that the regulatory landscape never stands still. And right now, we’re going through a particularly dynamic phase. Divergence between UK and EU regulation post-Brexit is high on the agenda, with the EU conducting its ongoing review of MiFID II...
TS Imagine Launches Real-Time Risk Platform, RiskSmart X
TS Imagine, the provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions formed following the merger of Trading Screen and Imagine Software in 2021, has launched RiskSmart X, a new cross-asset class, real-time risk platform designed for prime brokerage firms. Offered as a SaaS solution, RiskSmart X’s configurable platform allows prime brokerage and risk management teams...
Snowflake and AWS Expand Partnership, Pour Millions of Dollars into Customer-Focused Innovation
Snowflake and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have made a multi-year expansion to their partnership, with Snowflake growing its AWS spend and both companies jointly contributing millions of dollars to support go-to-market efforts, explore new frontiers, and drive customer-focused innovation. On the agenda are more industry-specific solutions built jointly and already including financial services, media and...
Talend Drives Efficiency and Modernisation with Winter ’23 Release of Data Fabric Platform
Talend has released a Winter ‘23 update of its data fabric platform that is based on low-code data solutions and provides data discovery, transformation, governance, and sharing. The release adds capabilities and enhancements to simplify and automate cloud migration and data management, expand data connectivity, and improve data visibility, quality, control, and access. In terms...
FCA Publishes Trade Data Review and Launches Wholesale Data Market Study
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new report suggesting that the market for trade data in the UK – both pre-trade and post-trade – currently does not work as effectively as it could. The report is the outcome of a review conducted by the FCA that combined qualitative information on the business...
Droit Raises $23 Million Funding to Further Develop Consensus-Driven Regulatory Compliance
Droit, provider of the Adept platform that offers consensus-driven regulatory compliance and decision making in real-time as to which interactions are legally permissible across the globe, has closed a $23 million Series B investment in its latest funding round. The investment will be used to expand into wealth management through the development of new products...