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Tokenisation Transforms Markets Giving Investors a Means to Take Control of Their Finances
By Joe Jowett, CEO and co-founder of StrikeX. ‘Take back control’ may have been the mantra of politicians in recent years, but in the world of financial planning it runs deeper. It represents how many people are taking greater control of their investments and financial affairs to boost their income or build up their savings....
A Global Turning Point for Sanctions and Compliance
By Mike Castiglione, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets, Eventus. The digital assets community is rallying around Ukraine in its moment of need. The humanitarian crisis there is personal and direct given Ukraine is a global leader in blockchain engineering talent. During a digital assets conference I attended last month in San Francisco, many entrepreneurs...
The 16 Best Conduct Risk Solution Providers in 2022
Following many well publicised misconduct issues within financial services, there is now a regulatory spotlight on the issue of conduct risk (in addition to all the fines) in an effort to help rebuild trust and support future growth. The FCA broadly defines conduct risk as ‘any action of a regulated firm or individual that leads...
SIX Financial Information Sets Out Expansion Plans
SIX Financial Information will focus on expanding its sanctions, regulatory compliance, Environment, Social and Governance (ESG), exchange traded funds (ETFs), and digital assets capabilities over the coming year, the whole based on the company’s foundation of reference, pricing, corporate actions and index data. To find out more about the company’s plans, Data Management Insight caught...
Challenges and Opportunities of Data Sharing and Monetisation
In this video, Jake McBride, product manager at Ticksmith, and Jay Bhankharia, senior director of partnerships at Databricks, discuss why financial institutions are embracing the concept of data sharing, the steps organisations need to take to ensure they get full leverage from their data, and how to prepare internally for effective data sharing. With the...
IPC Launches Connexus Alpha for Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity
Connectivity solutions provider IPC has expanded its electronic trading portfolio with the launch of Connexus Alpha, which will enable financial markets participants to connect to key global liquidity venues through ultra-low latency optimised point-to-point optical fibre connections. Connexus Alpha, which IPC claims will offer a speed advantage in executing complex trading strategies while reducing the...
Data Firms See Benefits From ISSB, GRI Coordination
Data vendors and managers have welcomed a recent tie-up between two major global ESG standards setters, saying the move would bring clarity to the opaque sustainability reporting space. Leading companies in the ESG data space said the memorandum of understanding signed between the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) would lead...
Many Firms Are Not Data-Ready for SFDR Level 2
Many financial institutions have yet to grasp the data implications of the European Union’s ESG reporting regulations, while others are scrambling to put in place processes to comply with the developing set of disclosure rules. That’s the observation of professional consultancy ACA Group, whose ESG Regulatory and Governance Lead Dani Williams said the company is...
MarketAxess Selects DataBP to Automate Data Licensing and Post-Sales Processes
MarketAxess, operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed income securities and provider of market data and post-trade services for global fixed income markets, is working with DataBP, a data licensing and commercial management platform, to support and automate its data licensing and post-sales processes. DataBP says that as data consumption methods in financial services...
Biodiversity: The Next Hurdle in the ESG Data Marathon
By Thomas McHugh, CEO, FINBOURNE Technology. With ESG firmly on the global investment agenda, investors are increasingly expecting asset managers to generate sustainable returns across multi-asset portfolios. In developed markets, many are expecting not just a portion of these investments, but a majority of their portfolio, to positively impact on the community and the environment....