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FactSet Deploys Workstation on OpenFin
FactSet has deployed its workstation on OpenFin, marking a significant step forward for the desktop interoperability operating system as the first major market data and analytics provider to join the OpenFin ecosystem. The deployment allows OpenFin users to leverage FactSet seamlessly and efficiently alongside proprietary, internally developed desktop applications. They can also integrate third-party applications…
AFME Calls for Industry Collaboration to Advance Adoption of Public Cloud Computing in Capital Markets
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has published a paper setting out 14 recommendations to help realise the full potential of public cloud computing across the capital markets industry. The recommendations for banks, cloud providers, regulators, and the industry as a whole aim to increase the transparency and collaboration required to build further…
AFME Proposes 14 Recommendations to Advance Adoption of Public Cloud Computing in Capital Markets
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has published a paper setting out 14 recommendations to help realise the full potential of public cloud computing across the capital markets industry. The recommendations for banks, cloud providers, regulators, and the industry as a whole aim to increase the transparency and collaboration required to build further…
SimCorp Partners deltaconX to Deliver SFTR Reporting Solution
SimCorp is seeking to solve the data management issues of Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) reporting with a cloud-based solution developed in partnership with regulatory compliance specialist deltaconX. The SFTR offering is included in SimCorp’s latest software release and provides transaction reporting through the deltaconX regulatory platform. With the first wave of SFTR reporting requirements…
NeoXam Eases CACEIS Reporting Burden with Regulatory Edition of Impress Digital Reporting Solution
NeoXam has signed up the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole, CACEIS, as the first user of the third edition of its Impress investment reporting solution, Regulatory Edition. The solution supports digital production of quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports. It is based on NeoXam’s buy-side DataHub and uses the functionality of the data repository…
Speeding up the Onboarding Experience, FactSet-Style
This week’s RegTech Summit in New York welcomes an array of leading-edge innovators to discuss the biggest issues, challenges, innovations, and opportunities in the RegTech industry today. One of these is the tricky question of how to digitise the customer experience with KYC and AML technology, and joining us to discuss the issue is Ali…
GAM Implements Indus Valley Partners Solutions to Create Digital-First Data Management Model
GAM, an independent asset manager managing over $136 billion in assets for institutions, financial intermediaries and private investors, has implemented Indus Valley Partners (IVP) solutions to simplify its data architecture through automation and set up a digital-first data management model designed to give the firm enhanced operational flexibility coupled to greater control. The firm selected…
SEC Extends MiFID II Exemption Once Again, FCA Approves for UK Dealings Post-Brexit
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has once again extended its October 26, 2017 no-action letter allowing US banks to sell research directly to European fund managers under MiFID II without registering as investment advisors. Set to expire on July 3, 2020, the letter has been extended for a further three years to July 3,…
Tipping the Balance: The Growing Importance of Consolidated Surveillance
Transaction reporting may have started off as a baby elephant but as regulators increasingly focus on the importance of accurately recorded data, and the regulatory landscape becomes ever more complex, that animal is getting bigger. MiFID II and MiFIR transformed the scope of transaction reporting for financial firms, requiring them not only to guard against…
KYC Focus: Top Tech Tips for 2020 with WorldWatch Plus
The financial markets are a tricky place to be these days, buffeted by winds of change coming from multiple directions. With social, economic, and political pressures piling on top of an already onerous regulatory burden, firms might be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed. The good news is that technology is keeping pace, providing new…