A-Team Insight Author: sharon
Two Golden Sources: How Will the New FCA FIRDS System Hold Up Post-Brexit?
At the end of 2020 the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) lost access to the EU’s MiFID database: instead launching its own FIRDS system. It’s a big change, and it could have a significant impact on the way firms are able to manage their transaction reporting requirements. The new FCA FIRDS database was built to...
Q&A: The Future of Regulatory Reporting
Tom Wieczorek, MD of Global Product Management at UnaVista, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, gives us his unique insights into the key challenges and opportunities within today’s rapidly evolving regulatory reporting environment – and what firms should be doing to stay ahead. What are the key functional challenges for those seeking to implement...
Broadridge Names David Ingleson as APAC COO
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed David Ingleson as chief operating officer for APAC. Based in Singapore, Ingleson will oversee regional implementation strategies, direct operations and support of capital markets clients in the region. He will also focus on further investing in Broadridge’s local market expertise and capabilities, and will report to Samir Pandiri, president of...
FactSet Addition of Data-Mapping to Snowflake Links Third-Party, Factset and Proprietary Data in Seconds
FactSet is meeting increasing market demand for rapid content integration, access and control by integrating its data-mapping solution, FactSet Concordance Service, into Snowflake’s cloud data platform. The integration allows investment professionals to quickly link third-party, FactSet, and proprietary content together in the Snowflake platform. The data-mapping solution is scalable and can be used by joint...
MarketDesk Launches Data Mart with NewChangeFX Partnership
MarketDesk has launched a facility for selling and buying financial content using the cloud-based market data distribution platform it has deployed for private financial services clients. First out of the gate is a partnership with NewChangeFX (NCFX), the FCA-authorised FX benchmark data provider, to offer access to NCFX’s content via MarketDesk’s newly enhanced platform, available...
SmartStream Prioritises Microservices, Cloud Native Apps and Open Options Following Lockdown Rethink
SmartStream Technologies headed into 2021 with a new corporate brand identity designed to reflect its innovative approach to advancing technological capabilities and meeting evolving customer and industry needs – and it hasn’t strayed from the brief with plans to build a microservices platform, extend its use of open software, and increase commitment to deploying AI...
HUB Cloud Platform Aims to Transform Asset Management Operating Model
The HUB technology company set up by PIMCO, Man Group, IHS Markit, State Street, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company promises a utility style cloud-based platform designed to transform asset managers’ middle and back office operating processes, and accelerate them towards a digital operating model. This should reduce cost and mitigate risks, and leave asset managers...
DSB Opens First Consultation on UPI Fee Principles
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) opened a first round of industry consultation on fee principles for the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) today. The consultation ends on 5 March 2021 and is the first of two consultations before a final report is published in September 2021. The UPI will come into play in 2022 and will...
BXS Launches Rule 606 Consolidator Tool
BXS, a New York-based compliance reporting and analytics solutions provider, has launched a new Rule 606 Consolidator tool. Available to all existing BXS customers, the new add-on provides a comprehensive view of brokers’ public Rule 606 report filings, allowing market centers to analyze how their clients and prospects are routing order flow and how their...
IHS Markit Expands Reporting Capability with Cappitech Acquisition
As the global demand for regulatory reporting solutions continues to soar amidst a challenging environment, IHS Markit has taken the bull by the horns with its acquisition of Israeli RegTech specialist Cappitech. Financial terms were not disclosed, but it seems as if the deal may have been in the pipeline for a while. Although Cappitech...