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Financial Institutions Delusional on Quality of Regulatory Reports, ACA Study Finds
Despite finding that 87% of firms are confident in the quality of their MiFIR and/or EMIR reports, research commissioned by ACA Group has discovered that 97% of reports submitted to regulators via Approved Reporting Mechanisms (ARMs) and Trade Repositories contain inaccuracies. The research found reporting data quality to be poor, with each report containing an...
Rethinking Access to ESG Data
By Rebecca Healey, Co-Chair EMEA Regional Committee and Co-Chair EMEA Regulatory Subcommittee, FIX Trading Community. The growing requirement for asset managers to evidence how ESG risks are factored into investment decisions has compounded the amount of non-financial data that now needs to be taken into consideration. A few years ago, an overall ESG score may...
Gedik Investment Selects Horizon as Algo Trading in MENA Region Grows
Gedik Investment, a leading brokerage house in Turkey, has chosen Horizon Software as its platform for algorithmic execution of equities on the Borsa Istanbul exchange. Gedik has implemented both the TWAP and POV trading strategies offered by Horizon, allowing the Gedik team to time trades efficiently and instantly benefit from significant changes in price. “The...
S&P Global Market Intelligence and Oliver Wyman Collaborate on Climate Credit Analytics
S&P Global Market Intelligence and management consultancy Oliver Wyman have collaborated to deliver Climate Credit Analytics, a sustainability solution designed to help financial institutions and corporations assess how transition to a low-carbon economy will impact the creditworthiness of their counterparties and investments. UBS will be the first European-headquartered bank to use Climate Credit Analytics for...
Alveo and AquaQ Partner to Integrate Alveo Prime with AquaQ kdb+
Alveo and AquaQ Analytics have partnered to offer advanced data management and analytics for financial services firms. An early deliverable is the integration of Alveo’s Prime data mastering and data quality management solution with AquaQ’s kdb+ data capture solution. The bi-directional integration allows users to take mastered pricing and reference data from Prime into kdb+...
Editor’s Recognition Award for Best Trading Technology Practitioner
Vijay Bhandari, Technology Principal, Strategy and Innovation Network, Deutsche Bank. Following the announcement of A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight Awards – USA 2021, we talked to Vijay Bhandari about the award, his work at Deutsche Bank, and how he expects his role to evolve over the next year. A-Team: Vijay, what does this award mean to...
AI and Data: How Emerging Technologies Can Provide Value to Financial Firms and their Data Analysts
By Martijn Groot, Vice President, Strategy, Alveo Technology. In previous decades, people could be forgiven for primarily associating terms such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) with blockbuster films such as The Terminator and The Matrix, but it was, in fact, as long ago as 2017 when Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos described the technology...
Lexis-Nexis Financial Crime Report Urges Multi-Layered Approach to Compliance, ID Proofing
Adopting a multi-layered approach to financial crime compliance and identity proofing is an essential best practice for financial institutions seeking to protect themselves from fraud and other criminal activities. That’s among the key findings of this year’s edition of LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ annual True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Global Report. The report – based on...
The Great and the Good Gather for A-Team’s RegTech Virtual Event This Week
The global RegTech community gathers virtually this week for A-Team’s RegTech Summit Virtual, which kicks off on Wednesday. Over its two-day programme of must-attend sessions, the conference will offer an assessment of the global RegTech landscape, plus discussions ranging from the ongoing regulatory reporting challenge, the emerging conduct compliance requirement, addressing financial crime and other...
Glue42 and Deephaven Collaborate to Deliver Pre-Trade Risk Management at Top 10 Hedge Fund
Desktop integration specialist Glue42 has partnered with Deephaven Data Labs, a next-generation data platform, to build a unified portfolio management platform for a top 10 global hedge fund, delivering a pre-trade risk and regulatory compliance module as an initial use case. The hedge fund had four specific goals in mind, says Reena Raichura, Head of...