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24-hour Derivatives Trading – Is this Really a Good Idea?
By Paul Cottee, Director, Regulatory Compliance, NICE Actimize. Are we soon to face a market with 24-hour a day derivatives trading? It might well be coming sooner than we think. Currently, the ongoing debate in the US derivative markets has been significantly influenced by the recent proposal issued on April 21 from the Commodity Futures…
Horizon Launches New Smart Order Router to Enhance Execution and Liquidity Access
Horizon Trading Solutions has announced the launch of Horizon Compass, a next-generation Smart Order Router (SOR) designed to help institutional and retail brokers manage execution quality and market complexity more effectively. Targeting both large and regional brokers, the new SOR is engineered to meet evolving market demands, including the increasing fragmentation of liquidity and sustained…
Navigating the Regulatory Data Labyrinth: Foundations, Collaboration, and the Pursuit of Trust
Regulatory reporting remains a significant challenge for financial institutions, driven by ever-evolving requirements and the sheer volume and complexity of data involved. A recent webinar, hosted by A-Team Group and co-sponsored by Nice Actimize and Derivative Service Bureau, brought together industry experts to discuss best practices in data management for regulatory reporting, offering valuable insights…
Trillium Surveyor and Blue Ocean Partner to Extend Trade Surveillance to Overnight Sessions
Trillium Surveyor, provider of trade surveillance and best execution analytics software, has partnered with Blue Ocean Technologies to integrate overnight trading data from Blue Ocean’s Alternative Trading System (ATS) into its trade surveillance platform, marking the first time such coverage is available for non-standard trading hours. The collaboration enables institutional clients to monitor trading activity…
SET and Nasdaq Expand Technology Partnership to Modernise Thai Capital Markets
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Nasdaq have announced an expansion of their strategic technology partnership, aimed at modernising Thailand’s capital markets and enhancing overall market resilience, transparency, and regulatory alignment. As part of the expanded collaboration, SET will promote broader adoption of Nasdaq’s risk and surveillance platforms among its member firms. This follows…
Regulatory Volatility Offers Opportunity to Mine Value from Compliance Data
A new era of regulatory change is presenting institutions with a golden opportunity to prosper from the troves of data they need to comply with reporting obligations. Information required by market overseers has value that goes beyond its obligatory use in disclosures and companies that put it to wider use stand to gain a competitive…
Bloomberg Debuts Real-Time Events Data Feed
Bloomberg has broken new ground with the release of its Real-time Events Data solution, which it says will help financial institutions make better decisions faster, based on the most accurate and timely information. The US financial data and technology behemoth has leveraged its real-time streaming API connectivity to provide subscribing clients with data from earnings…
A Look Ahead to This Year’s AI in Capital Markets Summit London
On 22 May, the AI in Capital Markets Summit returns to London for its second year, bringing together data, technology, and innovation leaders from across the financial services sector for a full day of discussion around AI strategy, deployment, and governance. Held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City, this A-Team Group event will examine…
LDA Technologies Launches Low-Jitter Multicast Distribution System for Fairer Market Data Access
LDA Technologies, provider of ultra-low latency, networking and FPGA technology, has launched a new multicast distribution system designed to address longstanding fairness issues in market data delivery for electronic trading. The system synchronises exchange customer ports to within 50 picoseconds, an improvement of 98% over conventional Layer 1 switches, enabling exchanges to distribute data uniformly…
A First for RegTech: Corlytics Achieves ISO 42001 Certification for AI Governance
Dublin-based Corlytics has become the first RegTech company to achieve ISO/IEC 42001 certification, positioning the firm among a select group of global technology companies certified to stringent international standards for AI governance. ISO 42001 aligns closely with evolving regulatory frameworks such as the EU AI Act and the UK National AI Strategy. The standard includes…