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SM&CR: The Countdown Begins
This weekend marks just one month to go until SM&CR goes live for all solo-regulated firms, replacing the FCA’s previous Approved Persons Regime (APR) and bringing with it a host of new data management requirements and challenges. A survey published by ACA Compliance in August this year warned that less 2% of firms had completed…
KRM22 Partners with deltaconX, Raises £1m Through Share Issuance
Risk management specialist KRM22 has partnered with deltaconX, a provider of regulatory reporting services, on a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to cover regulatory reporting requirements including EMIR, FinfraG, SFTR, MiFIR and MiFID II, and REMIT. Available through KRM22’s Global Risk Platform, the application simplifies the reporting process through automation and dynamic error handling, “With a…
2020 and Beyond: What Does the Future Look Like for Model Risk Management?
By Henry Umney, CEO of ClusterSeven. Model risk management is at the very heart of the financial industry, with models providing the quantitative data required to make informed decisions every single day. In today’s increasingly digital world, institutions are beginning to rely more heavily on models than ever before. The uses of these models are…
EU Benchmarks Regulation: An Opportunity in Disguise?
The switch from Libor to new benchmarks under the EU’s Benchmarks Regulation has been heralded as one of the most significant changes to the financial markets in recent years. With wide-ranging implications for multiple functions across financial institutions, the reform poses substantial compliance challenges – but could also create new opportunities, specifically around the necessary…
LSEG Technology Makes First Deployment of Millennium Exchange in the Cloud
London Stock Exchange Group’s technology solutions provider, LSEG Technology, has achieved a couple of ‘firsts’, with its Millennium Exchange matching engine being deployed in the cloud and for a digital asset exchange for the first time. The deployment, at 24/7 digital asset exchange AAX, also extends Millennium Exchange’s asset class coverage to crypto currency pairs…
Nasdaq Adds AI and Transfer Learning to Enhance Market Surveillance
Nasdaq has enhanced market surveillance of its US stock exchange following the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) and transfer learning to improve detection of malicious activity. Transfer learning is a machine learning method where a model developed for a task is reused as the starting point for a model on a second task. The company…
Crux Hits 1,000 Data Sets as it Broadens Coverage Beyond Alternative Data
Crux Informatics has traversed the 1,000 mark in terms of data sets available through its distribution platform, illustrating the company’s embrace of traditional as well as alternative data. Having attracted over $45 million of funding since its inception in 2017 the company has moved to establish itself as a data delivery and management platform for…
SEC Contracts MayStreet to Provide Market Data for MIDAS
MayStreet, provider of a capital markets platform delivering low-latency connectivity and high-precision market data, has assumed the role of market data provider to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Market Information Data Analytics System (MIDAS) following its acquisition of the Thesys Technologies business that previously supported the system. The MIDAS platform combines technology and…
Options Deploys Latest Arista Switches to Offer Ultra-low Latency at Sub-5 Nanoseconds
Options, a provider of colocation services for capital markets, is meeting client demand for ultra-low latency switching capability with the deployment of Arista 7130 series ultra-low latency switches in 20 colocation environments globally. The company selected the switches after a successful deploying of Arista 7150 switches and plans to have 12 fully managed 7130 switches…
If Automated Data Lineage is the End Game, What is the Best Way to Get There?
Data lineage is key to regulatory compliance and business development, yet it remains a significant challenge for many firms as they lack an understanding of their data. Other barriers to implementation include having too much data – a problem that can, ironically, be solved by data lineage, internal culture, lack of management buy-in, and budget…