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TMX Group Acquires Verity to Expand Global Investment Data and Analytics Offering
TMX Group has acquired Verity, a provider of buy-side investment research management systems, data, and analytics. The deal strengthens the capabilities of TMX Datalinx, the company’s information services division, by broadening its offering across equities, fixed income, and private assets. Verity’s core products include VerityRMS, a research management system, and VerityData, which delivers datasets and…
Parameta Solutions Launches Enhanced Real-Time OTC Oil Market Data Service
Parameta Solutions, the data and analytics division of TP ICAP Group, has launched an upgraded real-time data service designed to improve transparency in over-the-counter (OTC) oil trading. The service provides live, broker-sourced pricing from TP ICAP subsidiaries PVM and ICAP, with data from TP to be added later in October. Parameta claims that this makes…
What the SEC’s New Treasury Clearing Rule Means for Dealers and Buy-Side Firms
Since December 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been steering the U.S. Treasury market toward a structural shift: mandating central clearing for broad categories of cash and repo trades in U.S. Treasuries. The objective is clear, reducing counterparty risk, improving transparency and operational resilience. But the transition presents several challenges that have yet…
From Batch to Real-Time: LSEG Reinvents AML Screening with World-Check On Demand
As financial institutions accelerate toward real-time payments and digital onboarding, compliance teams face mounting pressure to keep customer screening instant, accurate and demonstrable. In response, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has introduced World-Check On Demand – a new cloud-based service designed to deliver “real-time risk intelligence” through API integration, allowing institutions to embed sanctions…
Crypto’s Cambrian Moment: How Institutional Adoption of Stablecoins Might Just Change the World
By Simon Forster, Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Digital Assets at TP ICAP. Whisper it quietly, but crypto is growing up. Bitcoin has emerged as the best-performing asset of the decade, now even forming part of a US strategic reserve – unthinkable just a year ago. The GENIUS Act, the most significant piece of financial…
Beyond the Blueprint: Integrating Data Fabric and Data Mesh in Capital Markets
The demands placed upon modern trading infrastructures, driven by increasing data volumes, the mandate for real-time processing, and stringent regulatory requirements, are exposing the limitations of historical data architectures. In response, capital markets firms are accelerating the re-evaluation of their data strategies to secure greater agility, scalability, and enhanced governance. A recent webinar hosted by…
Deutsche Börse Taps Chainlink to Bring Market Data On-Chain, Deepening TradFi-DeFi Integration
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has announced a strategic partnership with Chainlink to provide its regulated market data to blockchain applications, a landmark move in connecting traditional financial infrastructure with the burgeoning world of decentralised finance (DeFi). For the first time, real-time data from Deutsche Börse’s key trading venues, including Xetra, Eurex, 360T, and…
From e-Comms to AI Validation: Key Findings from ACA’s IMCT Survey 2025
Artificial intelligence has risen to the top of compliance priorities according to the 2025 Investment Management Compliance Testing (IMCT) Survey by the Investment Advisor Association (IAA), ACA Group and Yuter Compliance Consulting. Based on responses from 577 adviser firms, AI usage ranks as the year’s “hottest” topic (57%), ahead of AML readiness (41%) and cybersecurity…
Behavox’s Case for Explainable AI in Compliance – Trust, not Magic
When compliance teams hear “AI,” enthusiasm is often tempered by unease. The promise of automation is tempered by the reality of black-box models, hallucinations, privacy risks, and the nagging question of whether the technology will meet regulators expectations. Behavox, a Montreal- and London-based RegTech, is seeking to bridge that trust gap with its latest release:…
Nasdaq and AWS Deepen Partnership to Offer Calypso as a Managed Service
Nasdaq and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have expanded their strategic partnership, announcing that Nasdaq’s Calypso platform will now be available as a fully managed service on AWS. The move aims to provide financial institutions with a modernised, resilient, and scalable infrastructure for their capital markets and treasury operations. The offering sees Nasdaq managing the underlying…