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TS Imagine Launches Real-Time Risk Platform, RiskSmart X
TS Imagine, the provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions formed following the merger of Trading Screen and Imagine Software in 2021, has launched RiskSmart X, a new cross-asset class, real-time risk platform designed for prime brokerage firms. Offered as a SaaS solution, RiskSmart X’s configurable platform allows prime brokerage and risk management teams…
Snowflake and AWS Expand Partnership, Pour Millions of Dollars into Customer-Focused Innovation
Snowflake and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have made a multi-year expansion to their partnership, with Snowflake growing its AWS spend and both companies jointly contributing millions of dollars to support go-to-market efforts, explore new frontiers, and drive customer-focused innovation. On the agenda are more industry-specific solutions built jointly and already including financial services, media and…
Talend Drives Efficiency and Modernisation with Winter ’23 Release of Data Fabric Platform
Talend has released a Winter ‘23 update of its data fabric platform that is based on low-code data solutions and provides data discovery, transformation, governance, and sharing. The release adds capabilities and enhancements to simplify and automate cloud migration and data management, expand data connectivity, and improve data visibility, quality, control, and access. In terms…
FCA Publishes Trade Data Review and Launches Wholesale Data Market Study
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new report suggesting that the market for trade data in the UK – both pre-trade and post-trade – currently does not work as effectively as it could. The report is the outcome of a review conducted by the FCA that combined qualitative information on the business…
Droit Raises $23 Million Funding to Further Develop Consensus-Driven Regulatory Compliance
Droit, provider of the Adept platform that offers consensus-driven regulatory compliance and decision making in real-time as to which interactions are legally permissible across the globe, has closed a $23 million Series B investment in its latest funding round. The investment will be used to expand into wealth management through the development of new products…
Why Data Is at The Heart of Navigating Global Regulatory Divergence
Volker Lainer, VP, Product Management and Regulatory Affairs at GoldenSource. The role of data in financial markets is constantly evolving to fit with trading trends and constant advancements in technology. Back in 2022, we saw new requirements come into force under MiFID II for banks and investment firms to integrate sustainability into their suitability assessments…
A-Team-Sponsored Crostyx Girls U12s Team Leads the Way at In2Hockey County Championships
Crostyx Hockey Club’s Girls Under 12 team succeeded in defending their Essex Champions title last month, coming top of their qualifying table in the In2Hockey County Championships and securing a place at the Regional Championships in Norfolk later this month. A-Team Group is a keen sponsor of Crostyx’s Junior Section, which also saw its Boys…
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…