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The New World of Trading Technology – a View from the Top
What are the key developments in the financial markets sector today and how are those developments impacting trading technology decisions? Where is innovation occurring and what are the challenges that firms face when deploying new solutions? How are firms tackling such an acute lack of diversity in the workforce that for a recently advertised position,…
Free Digital Toolkit Helps Private Equity Integrate ESG
A free digital tool that helps private equity firms integrate ESG into their investment processes is hoped to boost the sustainability performance of a market to which financial institutions have huge exposure. The Investor ESG Toolkit was created by UK-based sustainability consultancy Sancroft to help PE firms identify how their investment and risk strategies stack…
MSCI ESG Benchmark Tool Bridges Gap Between Corporates and Institutions
MSCI has created a novel ESG benchmarking product for corporates that the data and research giant said will help drive engagement with investors. MSCI Corporate Sustainability Insights (CSI) enables companies to access metrics that will let them track their own ESG- and climate-related performance and compare that with peers. While MSCI’s first dedicated ESG tool…
Man Group Partners with Bloomberg to Develop New DataFrame Database Product
Man Group, the technology-empowered global investment firm, has signed a multi-year open-source technology development and product integration agreement with Bloomberg, the financial information company, to build upon Man’s DataFrame database product, ArcticDB, and to integrate it into BQuant Bloomberg’s open source analytics platform. ArcticDB is a high-performance Python-native database, built in response to the challenges…
Kepler Cheuvreux to Adopt Opensee’s Trade Management and Execution Analytics Solution
Opensee, the data analytics company, is to deploy its new cloud-based trade management and execution analytics solution at Kepler Cheuvreux, the European financial services company. KCx, Kepler Cheuvrex’ execution facility, will adopt the solution for multi-dimensional, real-time access to analytics around trade performance and risk. The platform will allow users to perform unlimited independent analysis…
A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit is Back in London on 30 March 2023 – Don’t Miss It!
A-Team Group’s industry-leading Data Management Summit is back in London for its 13th year on 30 March 2023 at the America Square Conference Centre – and you are invited! The Summit will bring together leading data management practitioners, innovators and providers to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the sector. Topics will include…
Crypto Trade Surveillance: An Essential Tool for Regulatory Compliance
By Greg Tishelman, Director of Crypto Sales, OneMarketData. The growth of the crypto market has brought about new challenges for both regulators and financial institutions alike. Unlike traditional financial markets, most crypto exchanges are decentralized and operate 24/7, making it difficult to efficiently monitor trading activity and detect potential market abuse. The anonymous nature of…
ANNA Implementation of Revised ISO 6166 ISIN Standard Spotlights LEI, CFI and FISN
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) has completed technical implementation of the revised ISO 6166 International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) with a view to bringing further clarity and transparency to the identification and reporting of financial instruments. Following implementation of the technical changes, National Numbering Agencies (NNAs) within ANNA must formally report Legal Entity…
Derivatives Service Bureau Sets Start Date of UPI Service on 29 January 2024
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has set a start date for the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) service following publication of a CFTC designation order confirming the UPI will be required in recordkeeping and swap data reporting in the US from 29 January 2024. The DSB initially planned to go live with the UPI service in…
FINOS Promotes Industry Standards with Release of Common Domain Model
The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) has released a long-awaited Common Domain Model (CDM) designed to drive transparent and inclusive industry standards. The model is a result of cross-industry collaboration between FINOS, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), International Capital Market Association (ICMA), and International Securities Lending Association (ISLA). The CDM is integrated into…