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VoxSmart Launches Markets Segment to Focus on Trading Clients
Following on the heels of its recent partnership with Eventus Systems, and a $7 million Series B investment from NatWest earlier in the year, communications surveillance specialist VoxSmart has created a new Markets division to focus on serving the financial markets segment. The new segment will be dedicated to strengthening VoxSmart’s products and services for…
Citihub Acquired by New York’s Synechron
New York-based financial technology consultant Synechron has acquired UK consulting firm Citihub Digital. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. Between them, the two companies count as clients nine of the top 10 global banks. Synechron’s specialization in digital transformation work will be complemented by Citihub’s capabilities in application modernization, cloud enablement, cybersecurity and operating model transformation….
SteelEye Joins Forces with Refinitiv on RegTech Suite
SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has incorporated Refinitiv market data on its RegTech platform in a bid to help its clients enhance their compliance and analytics capabilities. Refinitiv provides one of the widest ranges of cross-asset data available, with 7.3 million price updates per second for over 84 million instruments and 2.5…
The Next CAT Deadline is Here – And the Error Rate is High
The interfirm linkage for the Equities Phase 2a of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) went live in the US today (October 26), with firms now required to validate transaction linkages between them to ensure orders are routed correctly. One of the most important milestones of the entire CAT journey, the interfirm linkage requirements are nevertheless…
Approaches to Regulatory Trade Reporting: A Fireside Chat
This week, RegTech Insight was delighted to welcome Mark Solomon, Director of Trading & Securities Operations at Brandywine Global Investment Management, who sat down with our very own Chief of Content Andrew Delaney to discuss approaches to regulatory trade reporting and, in particular, the challenges of reporting across multiple jurisdictions for multiple regulations. Brandywine, a…
The Future of Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Antony Phillipson
As the RegTech Summit Virtual 2020 fast approaches, we are so pleased to welcome Antony Phillipson, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America and Consul General in New York on Day Three (November 18) for a special Keynote speech and Q&A to discuss a possible Brexit UK-US FTA and outline the future of transatlantic regulatory…
The Composable Enterprise: Improving the Front-Office User Experience
By Dishang Patel, Fintech & Growth Delivery Partner, Leading Point Financial Markets. The past six months have by no means been a time of status quo. During this period of uncertainty, standards have been questioned and new ‘norms’ have been formed. A standout development has been the intensified focus on cloud-based services. Levels of adoption…
FINOS and Goldman Sachs Release Legend Open Source Data Management Platform
In pursuit of data collaboration and standardisation across capital markets, the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) and Goldman Sachs have released Legend, the bank’s flagship data management and data governance platform. The source code for five of the platform’s modules is available from FINOS. Goldman Sachs contributed its PURE logical modelling language and Alloy platform…
Deadlines and Data Management By-Products of LIBOR Transition
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a global transition roadmap for LIBOR that sets out a timetable of actions financial firms should take to ensure a smooth transition from LIBOR to other risk-free rates by the end of 2021. The data management task of transition remains a huge challenge for many firms, but it…
Xenomorph Moves from Product to Solution Sales, Drops TimeScape Brand But Not Technology
Xenomorph has regrouped and is chasing growth following the appointment of Neil Sheppard to lead the EMEA and APAC business, a reset to solution rather than product sales, and restructured funding. The company has been pretty low-profile in the market over the past few years, particularly since Brian Sentance stepped down from the role of…