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Fenergo Addresses Financial Crime Surge with FinCrime Risk Solution
Know Your Customer (KYC) and client lifecycle management (CLM) specialist Fenergo has introduced FinCrime Risk, a SaaS-based solution for automating risk assessment processes and streamlining anti-money laundering (AML) compliance across all business lines and geographical locations. The SaaS-based solution allows financial institutions to conduct risk assessments for clients and counterparties as they attempt to address...
Exegy Acquires FPGA Specialist Enyx
Front-office trading solutions vendor Exegy has added to its product portfolio by acquiring Paris-based Enyx, a leading developer of FPGA-based, high-performance trading solutions. Operating as Exegy Inc., the combined company will now offer a product suite that leverages low-latency field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology at all stages of the trading lifecycle. This builds on Exegy’s...
RepRisk: SFDR Must Go Beyond Disclosures to Capture Full Impact
European ESG legislation is failing to capture and mitigate the true impact of corporate activities on the environment and society, a leading data provider has said, calling for regulators to go beyond relying on company disclosures. Zurich-based RepRisk has argued that the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) needs to focus on impact, to...
ISS ESG Launches Customisable Tool to Meet Regulatory Requirements
ISS ESG has created a data-rich solution to help fund manufacturers and other asset managers create and manage portfolios that fit their sustainability strategies and comply with evolving global regulations. The Regulatory Sustainable Investment Solution (RSI) enables market participants to establish the proportion of their investments that adhere to customisable sustainability thresholds. The product if...
LedgerEdge Launches Corporate Bond Trading Platform Built on R3’s Corda DLT
Financial technology vendor LedgerEdge has launched a what it believes is the first regulated corporate bond trading platform built using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the technology that underpins blockchain ecosystems and digital markets. By building an ecosystem using DLT, LedgerEdge aims to modernize institutional-grade trading services and protocols in the $41 trillion global corporate bond...
Toward a Modern Data Fabric for Capital Markets
By Gary West, General Manager, EMEA, Yellowbrick. Every financial institution I talk to is re-considering some aspect of their data infrastructure. Renewal is of course an ever-present feature of the financial technology landscape with firms racing to compete. However, current conversations feel different. When it comes to data, the subject turns quickly away from discrete...
Join Us on the Journey to Data Democratisation
Data democratisation is a desirable destination for many capital markets firms – but exactly how do you get there, what will you find on arrival, and what are the hazards along the way? These questions and more will be addressed during an A-Team Group webinar on 7 June, Enabling data democratisation with trusted and well...
ISDA Adds Flagship FX Definitions and Documents to MyLibrary Digital Documentation Platform
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has added its flagship foreign exchange definitions and related annexes, supplements and templates to the ISDA MyLibrary electronic documentation platform. The move streamlines access to these documents for regulated firms, creating significant operational efficiencies, and represents a key step toward automation. The new additions include ISDA’s 1998 FX and Currency...
MarkLogic Revitalises Roadmap with Smartlogic Integration and Entry into ESG Market
MarkLogic has taken significant steps since its October 2020 acquisition by Vector Capital, a private equity firm investing in established technology businesses. Among them are the acquisition and ongoing integration of Smartlogic, provider of a semantic AI platform that contextualises complex information; a move into the ESG market; and a revitalised roadmap. MarkLogic acquired Smartlogic...
Aquis Exchange Teams with BMLL to Provide Liquidity Analytics to Members
Pan-European equity trading exchange operator Aquis Exchange is collaborating with BMLL, a provider of historical Level 3 data and analytics, to deliver liquidity analytics that will provide its members with insights into market structure dynamics. Using BMLL’s granular Level 3 data and analytics, Aquis can now provide its members with third-party, independent verification on the...