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Axiomsl Partners Genpact to Offer Automated Risk Modelling for IFRS 9
AxiomSL has partnered Genpact, a professional services firm providing digital transformation, to automate and execute bespoke models for IFRS 9, the International Financial Reporting Standard that addresses accounting for financial instruments. The solution industrialises the risk modelling process and combines all the building blocks and calculation flows for IFRS 9 in an end-to-end process. The...
Fidessa Delays Temenos Deal as Late Bidders Join the Party
By Lauren McAughtry Fidessa has postponed its shareholder vote on the £1.4 billion cash offer from Temenos after receiving approaches from two separate, as yet undisclosed third parties, who are each considering making an offer for the firm at a premium to the Temenos bid. Under the Temenos offer of February 20th, which had the...
What’s Next for Financial Services and MiFID II
By: Jay Patani, Tech Evangelist at ITRS In Hollywood, with every movie that hits the headlines its sequel is right around the corner. When the credits roll, it no longer marks the end of a film, but the next step in a long and lengthy franchise. The same applies in the world of financial services....
Provectus Offers GDPR Solution Based on Distributed Key Management and Blockchain
Provectus will bring an automated General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance solution to market this month. The solution focuses on data related aspects of the regulation, particularly interactions between individuals and organisations, and is based on distributed key management and blockchain based audit. The solution is designed for start-ups and small to medium sized businesses...
Unlocking the Value of New Data Sources
By: Martijn Groot, Vice President, Product Management, Asset Control A growing range of innovative data sources, from sentiment analysis to satellite imagery, is adding depth to traditional data resources and unlocking opportunities to gain new insights through machine learning, correlation and pattern spotting – insights that can improve time to market and drive down costs....
Options Deploys TradeVision for Real-Time Multicast Gap Detection in Market Data Feeds
Options has integrated Ixia’s TradeVision platform with its managed colocation infrastructure to provide real-time multicast gap detection for market data feeds. The platform will initially be integrated with Options infrastructure across the US, with expansion across European venues during the second half of 2018. Launched in November 2017, TradeVision is a market data monitoring platform...
Speakerbus and Revista Partner to Offer Voice Compliance and Trade Reconstruction
Speakerbus and Revista have partnered to provide cloud-based voice compliance and instant trade reconstruction capabilities. The Revista platform has been integrated with the Speakerbus high-performance trader voice management portfolio to provide a layer of compliance, while Revista captures every single interaction throughout a trade transaction lifecycle to support trade reconstruction. Andy Wodhams, CEO at Speakerbus...
CME Group Acquisition of NEX Group Combines Cash, Futures and OTC Markets
CME Group has reached agreement to acquire London-based interdealer broker NEX Group in a deal valued at £3.8 billion. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2018 and will bring together two trading industry giants with the ambition to deliver better ways to trade and manage risk across futures, cash and...
FlexTrade Integrates Kensho AI Driven Analytics into FlexTRADER EMS
FlexTrade has integrated Kensho Technologies’ pre-trade analytics solution into its FlexTRADER EMS, providing a real-time event feed to help traders make decisions when executing a trade and enhance best execution. Kensho captures events to surface company-specific developments, such as product launches, mergers and acquisitions or corporate announcements. These events come from news outlets and other...
Quant Insight Adds Predata Geopolitical Predictive Risk Signals to Analysis Framework
Quant Insight and Predata have partnered to add Predata’s global geopolitical risk signals from its predictive analytics platform to Quant Insight’s quantitative macro analysis framework and processes. The aim of the partnership is to give institutional investors and traders a better grasp on political, financial and economic factors driving asset prices, and insight to help...