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Enhancing Messaging Governance: IPC and LeapXpert’s New Partnership
In a move to bolster messaging governance and compliance within the financial sector, IPC has partnered with LeapXpert to provide improved solutions for regulated financial businesses. As the industry increasingly relies on digital messaging channels alongside traditional telephony, managing effective surveillance and meeting regulatory obligations like data recordkeeping has become a significant challenge. LeapXpert addresses...
Embracing a New Age of Post-trade Transparency
By Anne Plested, MCSI, Senior Product Manager for Regulation, ION Markets. Incentives for change Earlier last year, as part of the UK Wholesale Markets Review (WMR), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its PS23/4 policy statement on Improving Equity Secondary Markets. Promising to remove the most burdensome and unnecessary regulatory requirements, this policy aims to...
Corlytics Enforcement Data Signals Elevated Compliance Risks
Regulators worldwide have ramped up enforcement actions at unprecedented levels in the latter half of this year, with historic fines and new precedents being established across the various sectors. According to the latest enforcement data from RegTech consolidator, Corlytics, the total value of enforcement penalties in the third quarter of 2024 is up by 300%...
SIX Group to Acquire Aquis Exchange in £194 Million Deal
In a deal that will reshape the European equities trading sector, SIX Group AG (SIX) has agreed to acquire Aquis Exchange Plc (Aquis) for a price of 727 pence per share in cash, representing a 120% premium over Aquis’s closing price of 330pps on 8 November 2024 and a 68% premium over the six-month volume-weighted...
Data Quality is Key to Unlocking Consolidated Tape Success for Fixed Income
By Thomas McHugh, Co-Founder and CEO of FINBOURNE, and Vincent Grandjean, Founder of Propellant Digital. The bond market is regarded by many as the bedrock of our global financial system, supporting everything from corporate financing to government spending. But the integrity of the asset class is under serious threat, not from volatility or macroeconomic challenges,...
Options Technology Secures Strategic Investment from Vitruvian Partners and Acquires Packets2Disk
Options Technology has announced a strategic investment from private equity firm Vitruvian Partners, to support the company’s ongoing global expansion and innovation initiatives in the capital markets sector. Known for backing high-growth companies, Vitruvian will provide both financial resources and strategic guidance to help Options accelerate growth in areas including high-performance networking, cloud computing, security,...
Finastra Partners with DXC Luxoft and RightClick Solutions to Enhance Managed Services for Treasury and Capital Markets Clients
Finastra has entered a strategic partnership with DXC Luxoft and RightClick Solutions to enhance managed services for its treasury and capital markets clients. The collaboration aims to improve operational efficiency and reduce risk for users of Finastra’s technology by leveraging combined expertise in service delivery and regional resource specialisation. The partnership will initially focus on...
Bitpanda Partners with Eventus for Enhanced Trade Surveillance Compliance
European cryptocurrency platform Bitpanda has selected the Validus platform from Eventus to enhance its trade surveillance capabilities and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. This strategic move aims to bolster Bitpanda’s defences against market abuse, manipulation, and insider trading through advanced automation. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Bitpanda operates across multiple European locations, including...
Bloomberg Helps Investors Overcome Syndicated Loans Data Visibility Challenge
From the outside, syndicated loans can look like a data black hole. Capital goes into them, but very little information on the performance of those investments comes out. That may be about to change. As investors diversify their portfolios to hedge against volatility amid tense markets, asset classes once considered too exotic for generalists have...
RegTech Summit New York – Where Innovation Meets Compliance
A-Team Group’s RegTech Summit New York is back in Midtown Manhattan for its eighth year, bringing together industry practitioners, innovators and regulators to share insights into the most pressing regulatory changes and trends shaping the future of capital markets. Prepare yourself for a full day of dynamic discussions, insightful presentations, and networking where industry leaders...