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The True Costs and Impacts of Alternative Data Integration
By: Lauren Kline, Vice President of Content and Technology Solutions, FactSet With the rapid adoption of alternative data, the costs to asset managers are not just for the data itself, but also for the cost of implementing the data and hiring the talent to capitalise on it. Financial firms have always relied on a vast...
Linedata Updates Global Hedge Platform
Linedata has updated its Global Hedge platform to enhance front-office user experience, enable Bitcoin trading, and support outsourcing solutions for the middle office. The enhanced user experience covers order generation, pre-trade compliance and middle-office operations. Further front-office improvements include enhancements for trading, streamlined workflows, what-if analysis, pre-trade compliance and mobile processing. Introducing cryptocurrencies, the platform...
Thomson Reuters Adds Holistic Risk Management Solution to Connected Risk
Thomson Reuters has extended its Connected Risk platform to include a commercialised risk management solution designed to help customers develop more holistic, effective risk management programmes aligned with their risk methodology and business strategy. Thomson Reuters Risk Management is the latest solution added to Connected Risk. It assembles diverse types of risk and delivers a...
XBRL International Calls for Candidates to Join Board of Directors
In case you missed the call first time around, XBRL International is looking for candidates with a commitment to improving reporting for its volunteer board of directors. XBRL International aims to improve the accountability and transparency of business performance through the provision of open data exchange standards and is recruiting board members to help manage...
IHS Markit Expands KY3P Platform with Financial Crimes Screening
IHS Markit has added financial crimes screening to the due diligence tools on its KY3P vendor risk management platform. The screening solution allows users to detect whether their vendors may have breached standards governing anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions and export controls. Financial crimes screening data is sourced through Regulatory Data Corp’s (RDC) Global...
FCA Highlights Good and Bad Practice Across Five Areas of Algorithmic Trading
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a report on the supervision of algorithmic trading that focuses on five areas of algo trading compliance and highlights good and bad practice observed from cross-firm reviews. The FCA report coincides with publication of a consultation paper by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) on proposed expectations regarding a...
CMO-as-a-Service: Helping Time-Poor FinTechs Get Their Message Heard
By Simon Barnby, Founder, MediaBond In today’s fast paced, cost-conscious world, marketing often gets overlooked–and yet for small and growing firms in particular, it is a vital activity that needs to be done. And needs to be done well. New FinTech firms, for example, are often trying to establish themselves on the global stage and...
Deutsche Bank Releases Waltz Open Source Software
Deutsche Bank continues to fulfil its commitment to open source software with the release of code designed to help organisations gather information about their IT estate from multiple sources. The ultimate use case for the solution, called Waltz, is smarter decisions on technology investment. The Waltz code is accessible via the GitHub platform and can...
Liquidnet and Abel Noser Pilot Portfolio Manager Profiling Solution
Trading network Liquidnet and tools provider Abel Noser are piloting a portfolio manager profiling solution designed to help traders understand the preferences and distinct profile of each portfolio manager they work with. Portfolio Manager Profiling is an analytical model that, when incorporated into Liquidnet’s Virtual High Touch Next Gen algorithm suite, links historical trade and...
Ullink Partners LiquidMetrix to Offer MiFID II Best Execution Reporting
Ullink has extended its partnership with financial data specialist LiquidMetrix to provide Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) best execution reporting for its European sell-side clients. The solution, UL Publisher for Best Execution, addresses MiFID II’s requirement for sell-side firms and private banks to produce best execution reports based on data from their...