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Gresham Enhances Investment Management Reconciliation Platform with New Web Interface and API
Gresham Technologies, a global provider of enterprise data automation solutions for the financial services sector, has announced a significant update to its reconciliation platform, Control for Investment Management, which introduces a streamlined web-based interface aimed at improving daily oversight of critical data, while preserving the platform’s core reconciliation capabilities. New functionality includes an API designed…
LSEG Strengthens AWS Partnership to Accelerate Cloud Transformation Across Key Divisions
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has extended its strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), naming AWS as its preferred cloud provider for the Markets, Risk Intelligence, and FTSE Russell divisions. The move deepens an existing relationship that forms a central part of LSEG’s broader digital transformation strategy. The latest agreement will see LSEG…
ACA Insights from FCA 2024 STORS Report (Insider Dealing Dominates)
In March, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its annual breakdown of suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs) filed during 2024. The headline figure – 4,528 STORs received – reflects continued vigilance in monitoring for potential market abuse. While the volume remains largely consistent with previous years, the detailed breakdown offers valuable insights for…
Nasdaq and AWS Launch Global Market Modernisation Blueprint
Nasdaq and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have unveiled a new suite of solutions aimed at supporting market operators in modernising their infrastructure while maintaining high standards of resilience, security and performance. The initiative builds on the firms’ ongoing partnership and Nasdaq’s own modernisation journey using AWS technologies. The resulting blueprint is designed to support capital…
Iress Sells QuantHouse to BAHA in Strategic Refocus
Iress has agreed to sell its European market data business QuantHouse to Vienna-based BAHA Tech Holding AG for €17.5 million, marking the latest move in the company’s strategy to streamline operations around its core Wealth and Trading & Market Data offerings. Founded in 2005, QuantHouse built its reputation as a pioneer in low-latency market data…
A (Free) Practical AI Handbook for Capital Markets Professionals
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has swiftly transitioned from a promising concept into an operational reality across the capital markets. Senior executives, compliance leaders, and technology specialists are already well-acquainted with the potential of AI to streamline processes, enhance decision-making, and open new competitive opportunities. Yet, the current challenge isn’t about grasping AI’s transformative potential – it’s…
Bloomberg Launches Strategy Optimizer to Streamline ETF Trading Workflow
Bloomberg has launched a new tool, Strategy Optimizer, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading workflows while reducing execution costs. The solution is accessible via RFQe, Bloomberg’s ETF Request for Quote service, and is fully integrated with EMSX, the firm’s equities-focused execution management system. Strategy Optimizer allows portfolio managers and traders to…
FIX Engine Technologies to Consider
FIX engines, the workhorses of financial messaging, are quietly undergoing a continuous transformation. First developed in the early 1990s by Fidelity Investments and Salomon Brothers to standardise electronic equity trading, the FIX (Financial Information eXchange) Protocol quickly became the global standard for order and trade messaging across asset classes. Rather than commoditised infrastructure, today’s FIX…
T+1 Settlement – Driving Behavioural and Technological Change in Post-Trade Operations
With the capital markets industry facing constant pressure to streamline operations and reduce costs, the shift towards a T+1 settlement cycle in Europe, including the UK and Switzerland, represents both a formidable challenge and a critical inflection point for post-trade processes. So what are the biggest risks facing firms ahead of this shift? How will…
Rethinking the Foundations: The Evolution of OMS and EMS in Capital Markets
What’s in a label? Has the industry’s fixation on traditional terms like OMS and EMS become a barrier to progress? How should firms balance the need for innovation with the demand for reliability in order and execution management systems? And what does a next-generation O/EMS infrastructure really look like in an environment where adaptability and…