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Derivatives Service Bureau Sets Start Date of UPI Service on 29 January 2024
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has set a start date for the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) service following publication of a CFTC designation order confirming the UPI will be required in recordkeeping and swap data reporting in the US from 29 January 2024. The DSB initially planned to go live with the UPI service in...
FINOS Promotes Industry Standards with Release of Common Domain Model
The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) has released a long-awaited Common Domain Model (CDM) designed to drive transparent and inclusive industry standards. The model is a result of cross-industry collaboration between FINOS, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), International Capital Market Association (ICMA), and International Securities Lending Association (ISLA). The CDM is integrated into...
Data Poses Challenges for UK Pension Funds’ Climate Compliance
A year after pension funds in the UK were required to begin compiling sustainability reports on their portfolios, a survey has shown that data challenges are making the task difficult. A shortage of emissions data, inconsistencies in reporting and a reliance on estimates are making it almost impossible for funds that hold about £2.2 trillion...
Fitch Consideration of ESG Metric in Credit Ratings a ‘Logical Step’
Fitch Ratings’ announcement that it is considering the inclusion of climate transition risks in its credit scores has been welcomed as “a logical step” as the firm seeks to bring greater transparency to a maligned part of the ESG data and metrics space. The London- and Paris-headquartered ratings company published a “discussion paper” last week,...
Sikoia Secures $6 Million Funding to Accelerate Growth of Client Onboarding Platform
Sikoia, provider of a unified data platform for client onboarding and counterparty evaluation, has secured $6 million in seed funding, bringing total capital raised to over $8.3 million. The London-based company will use the funding to accelerate international expansion, extend the platform’s data coverage and workflow automation, and develop unique technology to help its clients...
Market Abuse Regulation and How Not to Fall Foul of the Rules
The messy collapse of once revered construction and professional services multinational Carillion in 2018 not only shook the City of London, but also offered powerful insight into authorities’ determination to stamp out market abuse. While the £845 million hole Carillion reported in its accounts was stunning, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) response was just as...
Trading Technologies Partners with Eurex to Offer EnLight RFQs via TT Platform
Trading software, infrastructure, and data solutions provider Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), has formed a commercial partnership with Eurex Frankfurt AG, the European derivatives exchange, which will allow TT’s global distribution network to access Eurex EnLight, a selective request-for-quote (RFQ) solution, directly from within the TT platform. The partnership will enable buy-side institutions, banks, and...
Vendor Strategy: How SpaceTime is Distilling Complex Markets into Actionable Insights
With regulators placing an ever-greater focus on best execution, firms across the buy and sell side are making increasing use of transaction cost analysis (TCA) to demonstrate to customers how their execution performance measures up against various benchmarks. But TCA is not just a regulatory tool. Real-time TCA can also be an incredibly useful resource...
DSB Calls for OTC Derivatives Experts to Join Product Committee
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), source of reference data for Over the Counter (OTC) derivatives, is inviting industry experts to join its product committee. The deadline for applications is Monday, 13 March 2023, and there will certainly be plenty to talk about. The committee’s charter was revised in 2021 to include the DSB’s work as...
Capitalising on Data Digitalisation in The Cloud
By Chris Brook, Head of Platform Engineering and Architecture, and Co-Founder of FINBOURNE Technology. Global capital markets are entering a rapidly shifting phase, with disruption par for the course. Heightened volatility, inflation uncertainty, and geopolitical disruption are dominating our headlines. As a result, organisations across investment management, banking and market infrastructure are balancing on a...