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big xyt Addresses MiFID II Concerns with Liquidity Cockpit Dashboards
Analytics platform provider big xyt has added a set of dashboards to its Liquidity Cockpit that are aimed at discovering high-quality liquidity within the new MiFID II liquidity landscape. The additions take into account the mandatory Systematic Internaliser (SI) regime, introduced on September 1, 2018. Users of the new visualisation dashboards are able to view…
Integral and Moscow Exchange Partner to Provide Better Liquidity
FX technology solutions specialist Integral and the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) have partnered to provide exchange customers with access to better liquidity, higher performance and lower latency. The improvements are based on the use of Integral’s Open Currency Exchange (OCX) and also include better pricing, lower risk and faster acknowledgement. On its part, MOEX will provide…
US Consolidated Audit Trail Swings into Action
The US Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) swung into action last week after long delays and in a limited way, with members of self-regulatory organisations (SROs) within the CAT NMS (National Market System) Plan, except small SRO members, starting to report to the central repository. Early reporting follows the end of October publication by Thesys CAT,…
RegTek Solutions Discusses the Potential of Regtech at Today’s RegTech Summit in NYC
The New York edition of A-Team Group’s highly successful RegTech Summit is today and we caught up with Rob McGowan, Head of Sales for North America, RegTek Solutions to hear his views on how regtech can help support and improve regulatory reporting. What does RegTech mean to you? Combining microservice technology and regulatory expertise to…
LSE Group Names Tom Dunlap as CDO of Information Services Division
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has named Tom Dunlap as chief data officer (CDO) of its Information Services Division, which includes global index provider FTSE Russell. The role is new and gives Dunlap responsibility for developing and leading the division’s global data strategy, overseeing a global team across multiple sites, engaging with key global clients,…
Refinitiv Releases Aggregated Feed Offering Access to Post-MiFID II Fixed Income Trade Data
Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters, has released an aggregated bond service to help clients access fixed income trade data that has become available as a result of MiFID II. The feed provides a single view of fixed income data that can be used by traders to identify trading opportunities and…
Hyannis Port Research Releases Omnibot For High Performance Electronic Trading
HPR (Hyannis Port Research), a provider of capital markets infrastructure technologies, has released Omnibot, a networking device that integrates market access, risk management, data and latency capture functionality into a multi-application switch. Combining FPGA-based risk hardware and a network switch within a single device, HPR describes the result as a ‘net -zero latency solution that…
Adaptable Blotter Takes Top Place in Up and Coming Financial Technology
Adaptable Blotter from start-up Adaptable Tools has been voted top technology innovation in the Dragons Den session at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit held in Amsterdam. The Adaptable Blotter provides out of the box functionality for datagrids, including powerful filtering, searching, editing and auditing tools. It plugs and plays into whichever technologies are used, and…
Adapt or Miss Out: MiFID II Impact Is Still Uncertain but the Opportunity Is Now
By Michael Tegos, Editor, Smartkarma What’s in a name? For finance professionals in the EU and worldwide, MiFID II (and the slightly more unwieldy full name for which it stands) means upheaval and tumult. For others, it means opportunity. Many might even be thinking of the tired and overused word ‘disruption’. What’s certain is that…
Refinitiv Introduces Cloud-Based Quantitative Analytics Platform
Building on its drive towards cloud delivery of its financial data services, Refinitiv – the former Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters, has introduced QA Direct in the Cloud, a quantitative analytics platform delivered through Microsoft Azure. QA Direct in the Cloud builds on the QA Direct platform, which was acquired in 2006 as…