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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…
How to Turn Data Management Challenges of Benchmark Reform into Opportunities for New Analytics
The switch from Libor to new benchmarks under the EU’s Benchmarks Regulation presents a huge data management challenge, but also an opportunity to digitise contracts and analyse client relationships. The regulation was passed in December 2015 in the wake of the Libor scandal, and its deadline is December 31, 2021, when Libor will cease to…
Simcorp Go Live with SFTR Cloud Solution
Danish investment management solutions provider Simcorp has gone live with its new SFTR cloud solution, in partnership with regulatory compliance specialist deltaconX. Forming part of Simcorp’s latest software release, the solution offers SFTR transaction reporting through the deltaconX regulatory platform. With the first wave of SFTR reporting requirements coming into force in April next year,…
DASH Adds Dark Liquidity Aggregation Algo
DASH Financial Technologies continues to innovate with SENSOR Dark, a next-generation dark liquidity aggregation algorithm designed to provide traders with optimal levels of transparency, performance and control as they attempt to minimise footprints when seeking dark liquidity in a fragmented market. The algo sources dark liquidity from significant venues across the US equity market, including…
Clausematch Partners with Aberdeen Standard for Compliance Solution
Clausematch, a software-as-a-service provider for smart document management, has teamed up with Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) in Singapore to develop a buy-side solution for the asset management industry under a Digital Accelerator Program run by the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS). The AI and machine-learning-enabled platform developed by Clausematch enabled ASI to test a…
Blockchain in the Fund management and Audit Industries: Could it Restore Trust?
By Nish Kotecha, Chairman and Co-founder of Finboot, and Bryan Foss, Independent Director and Visiting Professor at Bristol Business School. Not too long ago, Neil Woodford was still regularly heralded as a “superstar” manager and the “Oracle of Oxford”. How different the story is today. In mid-October, Neil Woodford announced that his Woodford Investment Management…
New ISIN/LEI Data Connection from GoldenSource
Enterprise data management specialist GoldenSource has today revealed a new data connection to support the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) initiative to link International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs). The combined ANNA/GLEIF initiative was created to increase the transparency of trading exposure by…