A-Team Insight Author: sharon
Cube Acquires The Hub to Help Clients Automate Compliance Processes
Regulatory data automation specialist Cube has acquired The Hub, a provider of artificial intelligence solutions for capturing and monitoring unstructured regulatory data. Cube plans to integrate The Hub’s technology with its own RegPlatform to allow clients to automate their regulatory compliance processes. The acquisition aims to address what Cube has identified as financial firms’ growing...
CHOM Capital Rolls up its Sleeves to Get the Data that Ratings Don’t
For managers of large-cap assets, obtaining the right ESG data is difficult. For those, like CHOM CAPITAL, that manage European equities with a particular focus on small caps, the hurdles are even greater. The oft-cited gaps in the data records of managers of blue-chips can be gaping chasms for firms whose portfolios are crammed with...
ESMA Recommends Digital Token Identifier for Pilot of Distributed Ledger Technology Regulation
ESMA has recommended use of the ISO standard Digital Token Identifier (DTI) for the pilot of its Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) regulatory regimen. DTIs are issued by the DTI Foundation, a non-profit division of Etrading Software, with a view to bringing standardisation to digital asset and crypto markets. The DLT pilot will apply from 23...
TMX Group Acquires 21% of VettaFi for US$175 Million
Hot on the heels of its recent acquisition of Wall Street Horizon, TMX Group, the Toronto-based market operator and data and analytics provider, has acquired approximately 21% of the common equity of VettaFi Holdings LLC, a US-based, privately owned data, analytics, indexing and digital distribution company, for US$175 million. VettaFi provides a comprehensive suite of...
Cosaic Sells ChartIQ to S&P Global and Spins Off Finsemble
Cosaic, the data visualisation and smart desktop technology vendor, has sold its ChartIQ data visualisation business to S&P Global, the credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics provider. The acquisition, which closed on January 1, 2023, will form part of the S&P Global Market Intelligence division. ChartIQ’s data visualisation capabilities will now be added to the S&P...
S&P Global Market Intelligence Adds ChartIQ to Capital IQ Pro Platform
S&P Global Market Intelligence has acquired ChartIQ, a provider of data visualisation and charting, to enhance its S&P Capital IQ Pro platform, digital investment solutions provider Markit Digital, and other workflow solutions. Prior to the S&P Global Market Intelligence acquisition, ChartIQ was part of Cosaic, a workflow solution provider offering data visualisation and desktop technology...
Despite Downturn, Financial Services Firms Must Hold the Line on Data Management Investments
By Justin Llewellyn-Jones, head of capital markets for North America at Broadridge. As financial services firms craft strategies for what’s shaping up to be a challenging 2023, they must hold strong on one essential point: don’t cut back on investments in data management. Over the past several years, many financial services firms have launched initiatives...
With Intelligence Extends Data Offerings with Acquisition of CAMRADATA
With Intelligence, the investment intelligence data provider, has acquired CAMRADATA, the London-based data and analysis service for institutional investors, from Punter Southall for an undisclosed sum. “Our mission is to help investment managers raise assets and allocate better, and we do that by giving them the data they need,” says Charlie Kerr, CEO of With...
2023 – the Year Liquidity Risk Management Focuses on Collateral Squeeze
Jo Burnham, Risk and Margining SME, OpenGamma. Liquidity Risk Management 2023 is likely to see a real focus on the collateral squeeze. There are many factors that will be making it harder to source the collateral needed to cover margin requirements. The EU pension fund exemption will expire in 2023, meaning they will be subject...
Clarity AI and LSEG Create Compliance Tool for Updated SFDR
Sustainability tech platform Clarity AI is providing the infrastructure and analytics behind a new tool that’s helping LSEG’s financial institution clients comply with European ESG reporting rules that came into effect this week. SFDR Reporting Professional Powered by Clarity AI has been created to enable compliance with the new Level 2 Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation....