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Wolters Kluwer Pushes Forward AI Agenda With New Proof of Concept
In the latest step forward in the field of AI-driven regulatory reporting, Wolters Kluwer has completed a successful Proof of Concept (PoC) showing that a machine can learn how to take over any end-to-end regulatory reporting process for financial institutions and regulators, across every jurisdiction, by using historical source data and its corresponding regulatory submissions….
Canadian Regional Desjardins Group Taps SmartTrade to Automate FX Work Flows
Canadian regional financial services group Desjardins has selected smartTrade’s LiquidityFX foreign exchange trading platform, as the basis for an end-to-end solution to automate its institutional and retail FX workflows across all divisions of the bank. The implementation is characteristic of growing demand smartTrade says it is facing from regional banks, many of which are ‘greenfield’…
Open Source and Cloud – A Potent Combination for Financial Services Firms
By Mark Hermeling, CTO, Asset Control. Open source technologies are increasingly attractive to financial services firms. They are in broader usage across the sector as they are more widely available and are easy to adopt, lowering the barriers for usage in new projects. As well as helping clients reduce software and infrastructure costs, the increasing…
TriOptima Connects triResolve Margin Service with SWIFT Payments to Automate UMR Processes
OTC derivatives post-trade services specialist TriOptima is extending its triResolve Margin collateral management service to support automated Swift payment capabilities. The addition of Swift connectivity means that TriOptima clients who are now in-scope for phases 5 and 6 of the BCBS/IOSCO Uncleared Margin Rules will be able to instruct Swift payments directly via the platform,…
Kepler Cheuvreux Taps Big xyt to Add Value via TCA
Execution-only broker Kepler Cheuvreux’s decision to implement Big xyt’s execution analytics and transaction cost analysis solution is part of a growing tendency for trading firms to view TCA as an opportunity to improve the business rather than as just a compliance box to tick. Big xyt’s independent execution analysis solution supports TCA functions like benchmarking…
VIDEO: How To Determine The True Value of Data, with Rocky Martinez
The A-Team Group Data Management Summit is fast-approaching, and with a spotlight on how to improve operational efficiency and enhance revenue opportunities through data, identifying value is a key topic for 2020. We are delighted to welcome Rocky Martinez, Chief Technology Officer at SmartStream RDU, to give us a sneak peek into his keynote speech…
FCA Launches Wholesale Data Review
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun a review into the use and value of data and advanced analytics in wholesale financial markets, both now and in the future, in a bid to better understand how these services are being accessed and used, the value offered to market participants, and whether they are competitively…
AFME Publishes Recommendations to Improve CSDR Settlement Rates
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has published recommendations for partial settlement in view of the impending Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR), currently due to come into force in September this year but widely expected to be delayed until February 2021. The recommendations aim to encourage greater and more harmonised use of partial…
TRAction Rolls Out New Regulatory Reporting Solution
Regulatory reporting specialist TRAction has launched a new MiFID II reporting solution utilising Refinitiv data to help UK and European investment managers meet Best Execution requirements. With around a fifth of all investment firms in talks with the FCA about errors in their transaction reporting under MiFID II, according to an FOI request carried about…
Libor Transition: Have You Thought About FRTB Yet?
It comes as no surprise that the ongoing Libor transition is posing and will continue to pose massive data management challenges for banks and affected financial institutions – many of which we have already covered in detail in these pages. But one factor that might perhaps have been overlooked is the impact of the LIBOR…