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Glue42 and Finsemble Merge to Form Interop Powerhouse interop.io

Finsemble and Glue42, two firms specialising in desktop interoperability and automated workflows, have announced their merger to form a new entity, named interop.io, which positions itself as a key player in the interoperability sphere within capital markets and beyond. This merger combines the acclaimed technologies of both firms, to offer what will be a comprehensive…

Pico Launches Corvil Cloud Analytics Solution for Crypto Trading on AWS

Pico, the technology services, software, data and analytics provider for financial markets, has announced the availability of its Corvil Cloud Analytics solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS), specifically tailored for crypto markets. This crypto-focused launch follows the beta launch of Corvil Cloud Analytics in December 2022, and the general availability launch on AWS in May…

Asset Owners’ Group Extends Access to SDG Assessment Tool

As asset owners take more control of their investments, doing the kind of due diligence and research usually associated with asset managers, one group of participants is providing fellow institutions with a novel way to meet their ESG mandates and obligations. Amsterdam-based Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) has partnered with global index…

ICE Benchmark Administration Provides Update on LIBOR Cessation and Synthetic LIBOR

ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA), the authorised and regulated administrator of LIBOR, has provided an update on LIBOR settings yet to be ceased and synthetic LIBOR methodologies. The UK FCA issued its final messages on LIBOR at the end of May 2023, prior to the end of the US dollar LIBOR panel and reminding market participants…

Fenergo Combines KYC and Transaction Compliance to Provide Real-Time Customer Intelligence

Fenergo has released KYC & Transaction Compliance, an offering for fintechs – and later financial institutions – that combines the company’s KYC and transaction monitoring solutions to provide a single, integrated SaaS solution that continuously monitors customer profiles and detects suspicious transaction activities, including money laundering and terrorist financing, in real time. KYC & Transaction…

Exactpro and Athens Stock Exchange Publish Case Study on Successful Trading System Migration

Exactpro, the software testing company, and the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) have jointly released a new case study entitled “Athens Stock Exchange Trading System FIX Migration – OASIS Upgrade Testing & Coverage Analysis.” The study focuses on the data-driven passive testing and functional test automation approaches used by Exactpro to assist the migration of the…

ICE ESG Chief Marks a Busy 18 Months in Product Development

Larry Lawrence has got off to a running start in his first 18 months as head of sustainable finance at data and market technology giant Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). When ESG Insight spoke to him last year not long into his new job, Lawrence was putting together an expansion plan that he said would harness the disparate strengths of…

How to Make the Most of Market Data

The challenges of sourcing, managing and monitoring market data are well rehearsed, but solutions are emerging as financial institutions zero in on their requirements, and data vendors respond. Short term, cost, coverage, accuracy, user rights and compliance are key concerns. Longer term, new approaches to market data such as pay-as-you-go pricing, packaged data and software…

Regnology Continues Expansion of Solutions Portfolio with Invoke Purchase

Regulatory reporting solutions provider Regnology’s definitive agreement to acquire Invoke, a France-based supplier of financial, regulatory, and tax reporting solutions for supervisory authorities and reporting entities, marks the fifth acquisition in less than a year for the company, which was spun out of BearingPoint in 2021. The aggressive acquisition programme is aimed at offering a…

Webinar Preview: Standards and Taxonomies Pose Multiple Challenges

Taxonomies provide the definitive framework on which ESG regulations, government policies and business strategies are built. They help define what company, product or service is sustainable from an ESG point of view and they provide the language for labelling those elements, such as “green bonds”. But they are only as valuable as they data that…