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Addressing the Challenges and Realising the Benefits of a ‘Cloud First’ Policy
By Andy Mather, European Financial Services Industry Specialist, Telstra. The move to a ‘cloud first’ policy by financial firms is a tantalising idea. After all, which chief technology officer wouldn’t want to seriously reduce their company’s on-premise compute and storage costs, while at the same time boosting agility and ability to profit from new, innovative,...
HPR Reaches Goal of Delivering a Consolidated View of Real-Time Global Trading Risk with CRM-X
HPR – aka Hyannis Port Research – has reached the goal of a consolidated view of global trading risk across equities markets with CRM-X, the latest version of its Central Risk Manager (CRM), which supports a regional view of trading risk. CRM-X acts as a manager of managers and can be positioned anywhere to parent...
Research Payments Dip in Europe and UK, Finds New Study
Average European research payments lagged North American research payments by over 40% last year, according to data from Integrity Research’s fourth major benchmark study of research pricing. The survey results indicate that MiFID II has had a broad (and not necessarily positive) impact on research pricing since its implementation in January 2018. Average payments for...
big xyt Extends Analytics Platform to Include TCA Functionality
Following consultation with clients, independent data analytics provider big xyt has added Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) to its platform. The company’s aim is to apply analytics to create a consolidated view of a fully automated trading environment that traders can access to assess trends. big xyt solutions specialise in normalising and storing trade data. Using...
PRA110: Now is the time
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority’s new PRA110 liquidity framework comes into effect on 1 July 2019. Compared to other liquidity templates, PRA110 is significantly more granular and requires more frequent reporting. Effective implementation, however, offers financial institutions the opportunity to raise their liquidity standards; improve their access to vital data; and add genuine commercial value....
Liquidnet Adds Ecosystem Pro Multi-Order Execution Solution
Liquidnet has expanded its Execution Ecosystem with the release of Ecosystem Pro, an intelligent workflow and blotter management tool designed to help buy-side traders analyse, monitor and automate execution strategies across multiple symbols simultaneously in the Execution Ecosystem. The ecosystem complements Liquidnet’s institutional liquidity pool by providing customisable trader intelligence tools to manage and course...
Asset Control Puts AC PaSS Managed Services Solution in Oracle Cloud Marketplace
Asset Control has made its managed services solution, AC Platform as a Scalable Service (AC PaSS), available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace having achieved Powered by Oracle Cloud status. The company confirmed its commitment to offer managed services earlier this year and is offering AC PaSS as a means for financial services organisations to achieve cost...
FCA Chief: Shaking Up the Regulatory Rule Book Post-Brexit
Andrew Bailey, the CEO of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), this week laid out his thoughts on the future of financial conduct regulation – outlining a series of bold statements regarding the importance of risk-taking and competition, the benefits of a minimum regulation environment, and the challenges of equivalence with the EU that could...
A Guide to Getting Data Management Right on the Buy-Side
Buy-side firms have developed data management capabilities exponentially over recent years, driven by regulatory requirements, but continually challenged by pressure on budgets, selecting suitable solutions, and sourcing and maintaining good quality data. Naomi Clarke, chief data officer at MSAmlin, and a speaker on a recent A-Team Group webinar sponsored by the SmartStream Reference Data Utility...
Excel in Data Management – Why it Still Has a Role to Play
By: Martijn Groot, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Asset Control. In the world of technology infrastructure, Microsoft Excel is often seen as both a blessing and a curse. That its usage remains so widespread today is testament to the power of the tool, as well as the quality of the marketing and distribution that...