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Vendor Strategy: Datactics Gives Context to ESG Data
One of the chief challenges to successful deployment of ESG data by financial institutions is putting that information into context; it’s almost an unwritten maxim that sustainability data is useless if it can’t be used in conjunction with other data. Often the difficulty is one of matching ESG data and metrics to the entities with...
A Holistic Approach to Buy-Side Data Management
There is a lot riding on buy-side data management as firms look to tame growing data volumes and increasing complexity to deliver improved decision making, and ultimately, increased revenue and profit. With manual processes and data siloes no longer fit for purpose, buy-side data management has reached an inflection point. Next week’s A-Team Group webinar,...
OptionsDesk Adopts ION’s XTP Front-to-Back Suite for Exchange-Traded Derivatives
OptionsDesk, the UK options broker that provides advisory and brokerage services for retail investors, corporations, and financial institutions, has signed a long-term strategic partnership with ION, the trading, analytics, treasury and risk management solutions vendor. The deal will enable OptionsDesk to expand its exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs) capabilities by utilising ION’s XTP Front-to-Back Suite for both...
The Top 10 Low Latency Data Feed Providers in 2023
Low latency data feeds have become a crucial component of today’s electronic financial markets. Not just for high-frequency trading firms, but across the industry. Buy side and sell side firms rely on fast, accurate market data to make informed decisions in real-time for a wide variety of use cases – from improving trading performance to...
Snowflake Plans Acquisition of SnowConvert to Speed Up Migration of Databases to Data Cloud
Snowflake has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SnowConvert from Mobilize.net. SnowConvert provides tools to support efficient migration of databases and apps to Snowflake’s Data Cloud. A key challenge of platform migration is the code conversion required to ensure all legacy database functionality can be moved to the cloud with minimal time and effort. The...
FINBOURNE Technology Plans Growth on Back of £30 Million Debt Facility
FINBOURNE Technology plans to extend the reach of its SaaS-native data management platforms, and build out global capacity and capability, following a partnership with Kreos Capital to secure a debt facility of up to £30 million. The funding is an extension of FINBOURNE’s Series A round in April 2021. Headquartered in London, FINBOURNE was founded...
Are You Ready for the Tide to Change for Compliant Communications?
By Jennie Clarke, Senior Manager at Global Relay, the electronic communications compliance specialists. Regulatory obligation and guidance surrounding the capture, monitoring and surveillance of digital communication channels is far-reaching and increasingly robust. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Handbook SYSC 10A, for example, requires firms to “take all reasonable steps to record telephone conversations, and keep...
Corlytics Buys SparQ from ING in €5 million Deal
Dublin-based Corlytics has acquired ING SparQ, which helps financial institutions identify and implement external regulation more efficiently, in a transaction valued at €5 million. Corlytics will SparQ with its own capabilities to create a unified ‘monitoring to policy’ platform that automates the regulatory change lifecycle and allows firms to update and enforce internal policies and...
Data Challenges Limit Muni Growth in ESG Portfolios, Says PRI
US municipal bonds have the potential for greater inclusion in ESG-themed portfolios but an absence of data on the impact investors have on the debt’s sustainability outcomes may be hindering their increased use. A report by the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI) stated that many so-called munis are ideally suited to investors’ ESG-themed...
DTCC Sets Out Four Hypotheses on Future Use of Data and Data Management
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has detailed four hypotheses that will drive how data is used in financial markets in the future – data will be more accessible and secure, interconnected data ecosystems will emerge, there will be more capacity to focus on data insights, and open source data standards will become ubiquitous....