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2024: Why FX Liquidity Provision Analysis (LPA) will Come Into its Own
By Daniel Chambers, Head of Data & Analytics at BidFX (an SGX company). As we usher in 2024, the world of market infrastructure is abuzz with anticipation, particularly in the foreign exchange (FX) markets where investors hang on every word uttered by central banks around monetary policy. Looking ahead, the New Year promises an increased...
2023 in Review: Nature Finds a Way
The publication of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ (TNFD) reporting framework in September cemented biodiversity as a sustainability cause just as important as climate change. In a 152-page document detailing its recommended approach to disclosing the impact on nature of financial institutions’ activities, the TNFD codified a way to channel capital into reviving lost...
Ground-Breaking Standard Setter TCFD Given Warm Send-off
The king is dead; long live the king. At the end of this year the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will cease to exist but its operations will be continued by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The standard setter’s dissolution eight years after its creation has prompted a wave of reflection within the...
DSB Forms Governance Advisory Committee for ISIN and UPI Services
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has formed a Governance Advisory Committee (GAC) to provide additional industry guidance for both the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) and the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) services. A call for participation in the committee will be made on 17 January 2024, along with publication of the GAC Charter. The GAC...
SimCorp and Alloy Partnership Enables Institutional Investors to Manage Digital Assets on SimCorp Platform
SimCorp, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group and provider of investment management solutions for the buy-side, and Alloy, a provider of institutional infrastructure and technology for digital assets, have formed a strategic partnership that will allow SimCorp clients to manage digital asset investments. The partnership will enable mutual clients to holistically manage digital assets, including...
Tech Trends in Trading: Industry Experts Review 2023 and Look Ahead to 2024
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time to look back at some of the more interesting trends that have emerged in the trading technology space over the last twelve months, and to take a look ahead at what 2024 might have in store. With this in mind, TradingTech Insight reached out to a group...
Pzena Up and Running with Portfolio Optimisation on Rimes Matrix Platform
Pzena Investment Management, an investment manager based in New York City with a focus on long-term classic value investing, is in production on Rimes’ Matrix investment management platform with the aim of supporting efforts to streamline operations, mitigate risk, and enhance portfolio optimisation capabilities. Rimes engaged with Pzena in February 2023 and the solution went...
Banks’ PRIIPS Headache Set to Intensify as Capital Markets Union Regulation Ramps Up
By Kifaya Belkaaloul, head of regulatory at NeoXam. Over the past decade, the European Union has rolled out a host of new regulations aimed at fostering more competitive capital markets and mobilising private investment towards critical goals including the digital transition and climate emergency. One of the EU’s core levers for enacting change has been...
Confluence Partners Manaos to Provide SFDR Reporting Solution
Confluence Technologies, a solutions provider helping investment managers solve complex data challenges, has partnered Manaos, the investment data management platform designed and incubated by the securities services business of BNP Paribas, to provide a reporting solution for Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR). The partnership allows Confluence to provide an end-to-end SFDR solution to asset managers...
UK Regulators Consult on Proposals to Strengthen Resilience of Services Provided by Critical Third Parties
The Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are consulting on proposals to oversee and strengthen the resilience of services provided by critical third parties (CTPs) to UK regulated financial services firms and financial market infrastructure entities. The proposals set out in the consultation paper follow Parliament’s adoption of the...