A-Team Insight Author: sharon
EU Taxonomy Posing Data Challenge to Corporates and Financial Firms
Two years since its publication, the European Union’s Taxonomy remains a milestone in sustainable investment standards. Part of the EU’s Green Deal to direct private finance towards the projects that can slow global warming and alleviate its impacts, the Taxonomy is designed to provide benchmarks on what can be considered a green or sustainable economic...
Adaptive Implements New Ultra-Low Latency Trading System for DriveWealth
DriveWealth LLC, a pioneer in fractional investing, has implemented a new ultra-low latency proprietary trading system developed by trading technology specialist Adaptive Financial Consulting. DriveWealth currently provides trading capabilities to over 100 partners globally, with more than 12 million end users accessing the company’s software through third party retail platforms, according to the company. The...
SEI Partners Snowflake to Deliver Data Cloud Offering Real-Time Data and Analytics
SEI, an Oaks, Pennsylvania provider of wealth and asset management solutions, has partnered with Snowflake to release SEI Data Cloud, a platform designed to provide clients with real-time data and analytics. The platform is powered by Snowflake and can be accessed directly through the SEI Wealth Platform (SWP) or as a standalone service. The company...
A-Team Group-Partnered Publication Looks into the FinTech Crystal Ball
Charting the digitalisation of the financial industry is the beating heart of what we do at A-Team Group. And we are delighted and proud to have had the opportunity to take our messaging further, for the first time co-producing a special supplement on the Future of Finance in a major British national newspaper. The “Future...
Universal Key: Unlocking the Potential of Legal Entity Identifiers – What’s Left to Do?
By Eugene Ing, Executive Director, GMEI Product Management, DTCC. The 2008 financial crisis highlighted the significance of counterparty risk to the safety of the global financial system. In particular, it demonstrated the importance of identifying ownership structures of legal entities engaged in financial transactions. To create greater transparency in the global financial system, in 2009,...
Financial Crime is on the Rise – Banks Need Visibility, Predictability, and Control
By Peter Cregg, Product Director, ActiveOps. The Office for National Statistics revealed that in 2021, that there was a 43% increase in fraud and computer misuse crimes compared to 2019, indicating that economic crime – a broad term that covers a range of financial crimes – is on the rise. The pandemic altered the financial...
The Growing Adoption of Time-as-a-Service in Electronic Financial Markets
In electronic financial markets, time plays a critical role. The speed at which market data is processed, orders are generated and routed, and trades are executed, is today measured in milliseconds, microseconds and – in some cases – nanoseconds. This has led to the need for more granular measurement of time, more precision in the...
Regulators and Anti-ESG Forces Put Data Providers Under Spotlight
ESG data providers have every right to feel under attack. On one side are the regulators, who have made it clear they plan to keep companies like MSCI, Sustainalytics and SIX under their gaze amid concern that assets and funds are being greenwashed. More recently, however, anguished cries of foul play have come from conservative...
TCS Tests Model to Fill Gaps in Supply Chain ESG Data
Business IT giant Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) is using digital technologies to assess corporates’ supply-chain sustainability performance. The service is designed to help financial institutions and organisations manage their ESG portfolios, calculate climate and social risks, and meet regulatory obligations. While the initiative is still at the early stages of development, TCS Sustainability Director for...
A-Team Webinar to Review Trends and Technologies in Post-Trade Digitalisation
In financial markets, digitalisation is a hot topic. But until now, much of the work around digital transformation has been focused on front-office workflow and the customer experience, rather than back-office functions. But the back office is arguably where a clear digitalisation strategy can yield some of the most significant benefits, particularly as the industry...