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CJC Launches DACS in the Cloud, Prepares for More Offerings
London-based market data consultancy CJC has launched a cloud-based managed service for Refinitiv’s Data Access Control System (DACS) platform, at the same time confirming a new technology partnership with Google Cloud aimed at supporting CJC’s overall cloud strategy. By making DACS in the cloud a viable proposition, CJC hopes to eradicate entitlement management as an…
Skills and Systems Investment Surging in Financial Services, Finds TR Regulatory Intelligence Report
The right talent plays a crucial role in leveraging the benefits of RegTech within financial services firms, according to the fourth edition of Thomson Reuters’ annual regulatory intelligence report, released today. ‘Fintech, Regtech & the Role of Compliance in 2020: The Shifting Regulatory Role’ urges regulators and policymakers to ensure they have the appropriate up-to-date…
DTCC’s SFTR Community Swells to 160 Ahead of 2020 Deadline
A total of 138 clients have signed up to adopt, and more than 30 vendors have partnered with, the Global Trade Repository (GTR) service post-trade market infrastructure provider DTCC, in order to meet their regulatory obligations under the forthcoming European Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). SFTR is expected to take effect for banks and broker-dealers…
Knoema Acquires Alternative Data Aggregator Adaptive Management
New York-based Knoema, which provides an end-to-end data and knowledge management platform, has acquired Adaptive Management, an alternative data aggregator and solutions provider. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition will combine Knoema’s advanced knowledge management platform and global data repository with Adaptive’s catalog of thousands of alternative datasets to deliver a…
Nice Actimize Builds out X-Sight Marketplace with Acuris Addition
Financial crime specialist Nice Actimize has added anti-money laundering and data intelligence capabilities to its financial crime and compliance ecosystem through two new partnerships. Acuris Risk Intelligence and Sayari Labs will provide customised solutions for X-Sight Marketplace, a platform connecting financial services organizations with data, applications, tools and service providers. “Change in financial crime has…
Oil Data Goes Global as ICE Steps into the Market
Exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, is creating a new version of its market data platform ICE Connect to service the global oil markets, as ongoing volatility drives an urgent demand for effective real-time data. The new service, which is expected to launch in the second quarter of…
Onwards and Upwards for Autorek
AutoRek, a global financial controls, regulatory reporting and data management platform headquartered in Glasgow, has big ambitions – seeking to expand into new markets following a big win for its reconciliation business with the addition this month of the Bank of England as its latest client. The firm, which launched back in 1994 as an…
BestEx Research System Offers Continuous TCA Review to Reduce Implicit Costs
Former AQR trading chief Hitesh Mittal’s new BestEx Research Group has launched its multi-asset trading system with a strong emphasis on best execution and lower trading costs. The new platform features a back-testing platform, broker-neutral transaction cost analysis (TCA) and sophisticated execution algorithms, which will be made available to more than 500 fund managers via…
From Wall Street to the Fashion District: Applying Big Data Principles to the Fashion Industry
By Ken Price, Founding Partner, Blake Mill. Having worked within financial technology, risk and data management for the majority of my career, I have found the transition from this sector to fashion ecommerce both fascinating and challenging. Most surprising to me was the applicability of the data quality and analysis disciplines I used in the…
New FX Spot Benchmark Launched by Raidne to Fix Past Challenges
Outsourced trading services specialist Raidne has teamed up with New Change FX to launch a new foreign exchange fixing benchmark aimed at providing an alternative to the WM/Reuters (WMR) benchmark, which has been at the centre of ongoing manipulation allegations. The new Siren benchmark has been designed to reduce the risk of abuse that has…