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eflow Global Plans Range of New Products Post £7 Million Funding Round
RegTech solutions provider eflow Global has raised £7 million in capital through a Series A funding round. The company plans to invest the funds in R&D for new products and to accelerate growth with a particular emphasis on North America and Asia-Pacific. Founded in 2004, eflow provides financial firms with software solutions to help them...
The Journey to T+1 Settlement: An Inside Look with Xceptor
With now less than ten months to go until the proposed live date for the transition to T+1 settlement in North America, most firms are deeply embedded in projects that will enable them to achieve that deadline, with major firms beginning their first phase of testing this month (August). However, multiple challenges still exist. In...
India’s NJ Asset Management Selects Bloomberg Solutions for Enterprise-wide Digital Strategy
NJ Asset Management, one of India’s newest asset management companies, has adopted Bloomberg AIM and Bloomberg Vault to enable its enterprise-wide digital strategy across the investment workflow. The company is data driven and follows a rule-based fund management style to reduce human bias. Bloomberg AIM, an order and investment management solution, will be used with...
ACA Partners LeapXpert to Extend Surveillance of Off-Channel Communications
CGRC specialist ACA Group has partnered LeapXpert to deliver greater capabilities for off-channel communications monitoring. The partnership provides enhancements to archival, workflow, and surveillance features across WhatsApp, iMessage, SMS, WeChat, Telegram, LINE and Signal, and comes at a time when regulators are looking more closely at how financial firms are communicating internally, as well as...
It’s Time to Control FX Credit
By Andrew Coyne, Founder, CobaltFX. The Global Forex Exchange Division (GFXD), the industry body which focuses on improving FX industry infrastructure, has published a paper highlighting the need for Dynamic Credit management and allocation tools in the FX market. In my view, the over-allocation of static credit limits has been an issue for far too...
The Future for Trading in the Cloud
By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition. If the picture of cloud adoption by trading firms and market services providers is a little grey today, is the outlook brighter tomorrow? A survey of 20 capital markets organisations commissioned by Rapid Addition and conducted by A-Team Group suggests the mixed appetite for public cloud could change if...
Trade Finance Innovation Opens Window for Supply Chain ESG Data
Capturing supply-chain sustainability data is elusively difficult but nevertheless is necessary to manage and mitigate ESG risk and also required as new regulations oblige companies – and their investors – to declare the impact their logistics services are having on the environment. The challenge has its root in the huge multitude of companies that comprise even a single supply chain. Mostly...
Archax Unveils 24×7 Crypto Exchange Tailored for Institutional Investors
In the wake of its $28.5m Series A funding round of November last year, Archax, the regulated digital asset exchange, broker, and custodian, has formally launched its 24×7 crypto exchange designed specifically for institutional investors. The move is further evidence of Archax’s role as a pioneer in bridging the gap between the DeFi crypto community...
big xyt and JSE Establish Joint Venture to Market New Data Analytics Platform
big xyt, the independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions, and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa’s largest stock exchange, have established a joint venture, big xyt ecosystems. The new company will make the Trade Explorer data analytics platform, initially launched in South Africa, available to other trading venues and financial centres worldwide. The...
Auditing Body Proposes ESG Data Standards to Match Those for Financial Reports
Data assurance services are forecast to be in huge demand as ESG reporting regulations expand and overseers seek to strengthen confidence in the information used by financial institutions and other stakeholders. Big accounting firms and smaller assurance providers alike are girding for new rules that will require companies to have their regulatory data audited in...