A-Team Insight Author: sharon
DORA Deadline Looms: Only 20% of Firms Ready with Stressed Exit Plans, Says Report
With less than five months before the EU’s Digital Operations Resilience Act (DORA) comes into full effect, a mere 20% of financial professionals report having adequate stressed exit plans in place for their critical Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) vendor agreements. The stark revelation comes from the Supplier Stability in Operational Resilience report, commissioned by...
SteelEye Sets Its Sights on Cross-Product Market Manipulation
Integrated surveillance provider SteelEye has launched a new feature designed to protect financial institutions against the emerging threat of cross-product market manipulation, also referred to as cross-market spoofing. The new feature, Cross-Product Detection, helps surveillance teams identify and address manipulative practices across multiple asset classes and platforms. Cross-market spoofing is an increasingly sophisticated and challenging...
The Nuts and Bolts of a Modern Data Management System According to Arcesium
The past 12 months have been busy ones for data management and technology provider Arcesium. Winning the award for Most Innovative North American Data Management Provider in A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards USA 2023 and opening a new office in Portugal were among the highlights of a year that also saw the New York-headquartered company expand...
Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets: The Path to Critical Mass
Over the past decade, institutional adoption of digital assets has undergone a transformation. The emergence of tokenisation, stablecoins, and decentralised finance (DeFi) has unveiled new opportunities, attracting asset managers, banks, and funds, propelling digital assets closer to mainstream acceptance. As blockchain technology matures and regulatory frameworks take shape, institutions are expanding their focus beyond cryptocurrencies,...
Connamara’s EP3 Platform Powers the Launch of New Predictions Exchange, ForecastEx
ForecastEx, the new exchange focused on predictions markets for US economic indicators and global climate events, has successfully launched, utilising Connamara Technologies’ EP3 exchange and clearing platform. The exchange allows trading on a range of US economic metrics, such as Unemployment Claims, Consumer Price Index, Retail Sales, Fed Funds rates, and Housing Starts. Additionally, global...
Devexperts Expands DXtrade Platform to Support Futures Trading for Prop Firms
Devexperts has enhanced its white-label trading platform, DXtrade XT, to cater to the growing demand among proprietary trading firms for futures trading technology. The platform, designed for brokers and now expanded for prop trading environments, will enable firms to offer US futures trading to clients globally. DXtrade XT can be deployed either as an off-the-shelf...
TurinTech Deploys GenAI to Accelerate Financial Software
The costs associated with poor quality software coding are startling. In dollar terms alone, companies in the US incurred a US$2.4 trillion hit from the direct impacts and cost of correcting poor coding, according to a 2022 survey by the Consortium for Information and Software Quality (CISQ). That’s before indirect costs such as reputational and...
Rich Talent Pool Lures Arcesium to Portugal
Portugal’s combination of high-quality expertise in technology and finance was the key driver behind Arcesium’s decision to locate its first continental European office in Lisbon, the data management provider has revealed. The Atlantic coastal city of 3 million people came out as the top pick from a list of 50 European cities considered by the...
Asset Managers Can Learn Lessons from New Government’s Cost Pressures
By Thomas McHugh, CEO and Co-founder of FINBOURNE Technology. Any new government brings the inevitable “change” message, but one thing never changes regardless of who has the keys to the treasury – seeking out departmental cost savings wherever humanly possible. With unprotected departments facing cuts of up to 2.9% according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies,...
FinCrime Enforcement Actions Up 31%, H1/2024 – Fenergo Study
Recently released findings from client lifecycle management (CLM), know your customer (KYC) and transaction monitoring specialist Fenergo indicate a 31% increase in the global value of penalties for anti-money laundering (AML) violations, compared to the same period in 2023. The findings underscore a significant rise in enforcement actions, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, where penalties...