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SteelEye Eyes North American Expansion with Beacon-Led Funding Round
UK-based regulatory data integration specialist SteelEye has secured £5 million of new funding from Boston-based Beacon Equity Partners, a private equity focused on the financial technology space, to finance its expansion into the North American marketplace. The company has already opened an office in Boston and is in the process of adding 22 new staff…
Preparing for IFPR: The Time to Act is Now
By Kwame Frimpong, Regulatory Product Manager at Wolters Kluwer FRR. With the implementation of the new Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR), the FCA is aiming to streamline and simplify the prudential requirements for solo-regulated investment firms in the UK. While key details of the new rules remain to be finalized, panellists joining me on a…
TP ICAP Sets Up Parameta Solutions as New Brand for Data, Analytics and Post-Trade Offerings
TP ICAP has set up a new business, Parameta Solutions, to provide a flagship brand for its data and analytics division. It is due to be opened officially next week. Parameta’s data and analytics offerings will include unbiased OTC content and proprietary data, in-depth insights across price discovery, risk management, benchmarks and indices, and pre…
EOSE Appoints Dan Marcus as Strategic Advisor for Next Stage Development
EOSE, a provider of market data solutions, has appointed Dan Marcus as strategic advisor to help support the company’s next stage of development. He joins EOSE’s advisory board that includes KPMG’s asset management advisory team. EOSE was founded in 2018 by Suzanne Lock to help financial institutions commercialise their market data. Clients already on board…
NeoXam Partners with MDP to Grow Market Data Footprint in DACH Region
Paris-based data management platform provider NeoXam has forged an alliance with MDP – a new market data consultancy founded by former executives of Screen Group, now part of TRG Screen – to extend the reach of its DataHub platform in the DACH region comprising Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The initiative will focus on helping clients…
With First CFTC Limits Deadline Past, FundApps Urges Firms to Plan for Next Wave
Practitioners reported general readiness for last month’s introduction of new CFTC rules around position limits, a decade after the regulator first floated its plans for changing them. Regulated firms are now being urged to prepare for further changes scheduled for next year, which will introduce new exchange rules and federal limits on derivatives contracts not…
SmartStream Adds AI to Reconciliation Platform
SmartStream Technologies has released TLM Aurora Universal Data Control, an AI-enabled platform for managing the complex data underpinning firms’ reconciliation activities. The solution builds on the technology used for SmartStream’s Air next-generation AI solution for reconciliation processing, version 2 of which was officially launched in October last year. Air introduces advanced AI concepts like observational…
How to Make the Most of Migrating Big Data and Analytics to Cloud
Migrating big data and analytics workflows to the cloud promises significant cost savings through efficient use of infrastructure resources and software that scales dynamically based on data volume, query load, or both. These are valuable gains for investment banks, but they can only be fully realised by taking a new approach to architecture and software…
Reformis Adds Matrix IDM and NeoXam to Vendor Partner Programme
Reformis, a buy-side business transformation consultancy, continues to build out its vendor partnership programme with the addition of Matrix IDM’s cloud native data management software, and NeoXam’s Impress reporting solution. These join the company’s list of existing partners and products including IHS Markit’s EDM software, Snowflake’s cloud data platform, and Compliance Solution Strategies’ Accudelta product….
Refinitiv Streamlines Wealth Management Advisory Process with House Views and Market Insights
Refinitiv has released House Views and Market Insights (HVMI), a next generation intelligent content management capability for wealth management firms. The solution supports efficient distribution of investment recommendations and research by connecting product and content manufacturing teams with wealth advisors. Christopher Sparke, head of advisory solutions for wealth at Refinitiv, says: “Advisors are faced with…