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RSU Selects GoldenSource Solution to Support Central Market Data Service
RSU Rating Service, a Munich based provider of wholesale credit rating systems and related IT services for the Landesbanken in Germany, has selected GoldenSource’s Market Data Solution to support the ingestion of market data from multiple data suppliers and provision of individual data feeds to many banks. GoldenSource was selected above competitors on the basis…
SmartStream RDU Prepares Equity and Fixed Income Reference Data Services
The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) is building momentum in capital markets, helping users drive down costs and preparing to add equity and fixed income reference data services to the listed derivatives solution it already provides. To find out more about the utility’s plans, solutions and users, we caught up with CEO Peter Moss, who…
How to Hit the General Data Protection Regulation Compliance Deadline of 25 May
With just weeks to go before the compliance deadline of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018, will your organisation make it over the line, what are the toughest challenges of getting GDPR right, and what should you do if you are worried about being compliant in time? To answer these and other…
Majority Stake in NeoXam to be Acquired by Cathay Capital and Bpifrance
Private equity firm Cathay Capital and French public investment bank Bpifrance have signed up to acquire a majority stake in NeoXam. The data management and transaction solutions company has been up for sale for months and its acquisition leaves only Asset Control, which has been up for sale even longer, on the enterprise data management…
A-Team Group Names Winners of RegTech Awards 2018
The winners of A-Team Group’s RegTech Awards 2018 have been revealed, with winning solution and service providers named across categories from best data management solution for regulatory compliance to best reference data for regulatory compliance, best trade repository for regulatory disclosure, best vendor solution for data governance, and best compliance as a service solution. As…
MiFID II Revisited
It is no secret that Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) remains a work in process, despite go live back in January. But what still needs to be done, how easy will it be, and how can firms work towards accruing the benefits of compliance? A recent A-Team Group webinar, MiFID II Revisited,…
Arachnys Hires Steve Mann, Robert Lloyd-Watts and Bill Bennett to Build Sales
Arachnys has made key marketing and sales appointments, naming Steve Mann as chief marketing officer, Robert Lloyd-Watts as regional sales director for EMEA and APAC, and Bill Bennett as regional sales director, North America. The company, a provider of customer risk decisioning solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Extended Due Diligence…
Conning Selects AIM Software GAIN Modules to Support Strategic Growth Plan
AIM Software is building its client base in North America with the selection of its GAIN enterprise data management (EDM) software by Conning, a global investment management firm headquartered in the region. The investment management company is implementing three GAIN modules covering security master, portfolio pricing and corporate actions as part of a drive to…
New Blood for Fenergo
Fenergo pulled off a coup today with the announcement of industry stalwart Conor Coughlan as its new Global Head of Marketing – a strategic poach from Thomson Reuters, where Coughlan has headed the marketing function for the risk division for the last two years. An award-winning B2B financial services marketer, Coughlan is a leading RegTech…
CAT Changes Could Cut Level of Client Data Collection and Shift Reporting Deadline
Changes to the controversial Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) – which will record all equities and options traded in the US – have been put forward in a bid to tackle serious concerns in the industry about the level of sensitive client data the CAT will collect. The CAT Operating Committee approved a different approach to…