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Dash Launches New Options Order Management System
Dash Financial Technologies, the options trading technology vendor acquired last year by ION, has launched Dash OMS, a redesigned order management system (OMS) built specifically for traders with options-centric workflows. Dash OMS, designed to replace the company’s Blaze product, includes integrated volatility trading functionality, and provides access to all DASH’s routing and algorithmic execution tools,...
Bitbuy, Canada’s First Regulated Crypto Marketplace, Implements Eventus Validus for Surveillance
Last week, Bitbuy Technologies, Canada’s first cryptocurrency trading platform to be regulated as a marketplace, announced that it has implemented the Eventus Validus platform to meet all of its trade surveillance needs. Bitbuy’s compliance department is now using Validus to help ensure its market operates with integrity, by monitoring client trading behaviour and identifying any...
Video: Adaptive CEO’s View on what’s to Come in Trading Technology
Matt Barrett, CEO & Co-Founder of Adaptive Financial Consulting discusses what’s to come in trading technology, how the pandemic has “created a once in a generation rapid acceleration of change in the way people interact in capital markets”, and why he’s looking forward to speaking at TradingTech Summit London on 22 February. If you’d like...
Regulatory Change Management – What Does the Future Hold?
The ability of financial institutions to respond successfully to regulatory change is essential to ensure the integrity of the financial services industry. Yet operating the requisite change management programmes can often prove costly and onerous. On a recent A-Team Group webinar, a group of industry experts shared their unique thoughts on how to approach an...
Diginex-SGS Alliance May Offer Comfort to ESG-Worried Auditors
With nascent regulations stressing the need for ESG disclosures to be included in corporate financial reports, the role of auditors in the process is coming under scrutiny. That was recognised this week with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in the US praising a declaration by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) that recognised...
ESG Data Uses Broaden as Flow of Information Increases
ESG data and scores are growing in importance as companies put it to wider use within their enterprises, beyond regulatory requirements. As well as being the cornerstone of meeting reporting regulations and guiding investors on capital allocation decisions, the data is increasingly being used in risk management and in setting business strategies, according to S&P...
Brexit One Year On: How has the Trading Infrastructure Landscape Changed?
A year on from the UK’s exit from the EU, financial markets across UK and Europe have remained relatively healthy, and trading has continued across all asset classes without any major disruptions. Back in April last year, we reported on how firms were navigating the post-Brexit trading landscape, focusing on the preparations that trading venues...
GLEIF CEO Stephan Wolf Discusses Progress of the LEI and Plans to Increase its Growth
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) crossed the 2 million mark of identifiers issued, experienced organic growth of 15% despite no major regulatory implementations, and held a steady 65% renewal rate through 2021. Moving into 2022, projects set up by the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) to expand LEI issuance are expected to take off, and the...
SmartStream Air Version 6 Takes Automation and Exceptions Management to the Next Level
SmartStream Technologies has released Version 6 of its SmartStream Air cloud-native AI data reconciliations solution. The release includes two new features: enhanced exceptions management capabilities; and attribute-by-attribute matching. The exceptions management enhancement increases automation, while the solution’s AI capabilities manage discrepancies during the reconciliations process by creating exception cases. Users can track the status of...
DTCC and Broadridge Team Up to Automate Voluntary Corporate Action Instructions
DTCC subsidiary The Depository Trust Company (DTC) has enhanced its Reorganizations service to offer an automated process for submitting instructions for voluntary corporate actions in ISO 20022 format. The service is designed to replace manual submission processes and is expected to reduce risk associated with human error and provide cost savings for clients. Broadridge Financial...