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TNS Launches New York Upgrade for Ultra-low Latency Offering
US data communications provider TNS (Transaction Network Services) has upgraded its network in three New York Area data centres with the TNSXpress Layer 1 solution to speed up delivery of market data from NYSE, CBOE, and Nasdaq. The TNSXpress Layer 1, a single hop architecture that is up to 10 times faster than traditional Layer 3…
Can the FX Industry Achieve ‘Business as Usual’ at these Most Unusual of Times
By Vikas Srivastava, Chief Revenue Officer at Integral. As novel COVID-19 has swept the globe, financial institutions can still remain focussed on trying to operate ‘business as usual’ and serve their clients. But this continuity can be achieved largely in part with access to the right technology. We are facing the biggest black swan event…
Arria NLG Collaborates with BNY Mellon on Natural Language Technology
Arria NLG, a New York-based provider of Natural Language Generation (NLG) technology, has entered into a collaboration with BNY Mellon to help asset managers and asset owners transform their data into actionable analytics. Arria’s NLG capability, a form of artificial intelligence, is based on advanced computational linguistics and algorithms, which can automatically and instantly turn…
NatWest Markets Chooses Dataiku’s Data Science and Machine Learning Platform
Dataiku, an enterprise AI and machine learning platform headquartered in New York, has entered into a partnership with NatWest Markets, the investment banking arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Under the agreement, Dataiku will provide NatWest Markets with self-service analytics and automated machine learning. NatWest Markets has already developed digital self-service applications covering…
Corlytics Calls for Input on COVID-19 Compliance Survey
Regulatory risk intelligence firm Corlytics has taken the bull by the horns when it comes to COVID-19 coverage, launching a range of targeted tracking solutions designed to assist firms to stay on top of the constantly-shifting regulatory requirements and evolving market climate as the pandemic revolutionises the way the world operates; along with a new survey designed…
COVID-19: Regulator Round-up (5 May)
In these days of unprecedented economic pressure and accompanying financial volatility, regulators around the world are realigning their priorities and rapidly shifting their strategies to support institutions through the ongoing crisis. In this regular weekly feature, we keep you up to date on the latest regulatory news, responses and approaches – from deadline delays to…
The Symbiotic Relationship Between Data and Technology: The Path to Building the Perfect Solution
By Charlie Heidlage, CLEAR Corporate Investigative Sales Partnership Manager, Thomson Reuters. The link between data and technology within Risk departments is an ever growing and evolving relationship. As data becomes deeper, wider and more complex, so must the technology solutions to handle and capitalize on this complexity. Our “Big Data” world not only allows for…
DASH Enters the Cloud with Regulatory Compliance Suite
DASH Regulatory Technologies – the RegTech-focused affiliate of capital markets technology and execution services provider DASH Financial Technologies – has expanded its cloud offering with the launch of DASH 360R, the next generation of its LDB platform for US regulatory capital calculation and reporting compliance. In the US, broker-dealers are required by the SEC and FINRA to maintain specified…
Relief Over SFTR Alignment Following Treasury Statement
The UK Treasury released a statement last week confirming plans to align post-Brexit legislation with the EU’s Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), the first phase reporting requirements of which are due to come into force in July, 2020 (delayed from the original 13 April deadline to to COVID-19 pressures). The regulation requires firms to report…
LIBOR Transition and COVID-19: Could a Delay be on the Cards?
By Navin Rauniar, Partner in charge of LIBOR Transition, TCS. Back in March, RegTech Insight explored the relation of FRTB and the LIBOR Transition. There is a strong relationship between both initiatives, and we now find COVID-19 adding further complexity to this relation, especially between the recent delays to the regulatory landscape and the impact…