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FINRA CAT: What’s Next?
By Andrew Pheifer, CFA, CAIA, Director, EMS Product Management, SS&C Eze. The long-awaited Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) is now live, ingesting billions of equity transactions daily from U.S. broker-dealers (Industry Members). The go-live has largely been considered a success, with more than 1,000 broker-dealers reporting into the CAT. The CAT’s origins date back to 2012…
Quant House Partners with Italy’s EliData
Italian trading software developer EliData has integrated real-time market data sourced from QuantHouse’s QuantFeed API into its smart order router (SOR), arbitrage and best execution capabilities. The collaboration has already resulted in an implementation at a ‘major financial institution’ in Spain, and will be marketed jointly across Europe. Using QuantFeed, EliData is able to provide…
Equiduct Commits to Exactpro in Long-Term Software Testing Deal
Pan-European trading platform Equiduct has extended its master services agreement with Exactpro following a successful proof of concept (POC). Under the arrangement, Exactpro will provide functional testing of Equiduct’s trading software, including its Apex best execution solution for retail brokers. Established as one of the first multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) under the original MiFID regulation,…
ASG Technologies Pushes into Australia with Ascention Partnership
Systems management provider ASG Technologies has partnered with Sydney-based data analytics and enterprise performance management specialist Ascention to develop data governance and data lineage solutions for the Australian market. A recent survey of IT professionals by ASG found that two of the top barriers to realizing the full value of data in the enterprise are finding and…
The Crucial Role of the LEI in the EC’s AML-CTF Legislative Reforms
By Clare Rowley, Head of Business Operations at the Global LEI Foundation. In May 2020, the European Commission put forward a series of measures designed to strengthen the EU’s fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, including an Action Plan for legislative reform of the EU’s AML-CTF framework in early 2021 (see related links below)….
Asset Control Wins with New Managed Services Contracts
Venerable Annuity, the legacy annuity business of Voya Financial (created by an investor group led by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC, Crestview Partners and Reverence Capital Partners) has confirmed the migration of its data management systems to AC PaSS, the cloud-based managed service solution from Asset Control. The ACPaSS solution will provide Venerable with…
Broadridge Announces Record New Signings as SRD II Deadline Approaches
In response to the upcoming September 3, 2020 deadline for the European Commission (EC)’s updated Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II), Broadridge Financial Solutions this week confirmed a record number of new signings for its SRD II solution. “We are witnessing strong demand, and we are market-ready with our end-to-end solution across the shareholder communications chain,” says…
Verint and Cloud9 Partner on Voice Compliance Solution
Verint has teamed up with cloud-based communications specialist Cloud9 Technologies to launch a new compliant, cloud-enabled communications solution supporting traders both on the trading floor and remotely. Designed to provide increased flexibility as the industry continues to move to cloud-based platforms and work-from-home environments during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, the offering combines Cloud9’s C9…
Evidology Integrates with MS Teams
Evidology Systems, provider of the principles-based QED platform, is now fully integrated with Microsoft Teams, enabling sustained management of regulatory compliance from within the application for the first time. Building on QED’s integration with Microsoft Office 365 back in April, compliance with regulations such as FRTB, SMCR, PSD2, and GDPR can now be tracked and…
COVID-19 Effects on NSFR Reporting: Financial Institutions Must Set Sail Strategically Amid Choppy Seas
By AxiomSL. Concerns that effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a global liquidity crisis have caused a surge in regulatory requirements for liquidity monitoring and reporting that have hugely strained financial institutions. Meeting the net stable funding ratio (NSFR) lies at the heart of this operational and strategic challenge. New Standards On The…