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SimCorp Completes AIM Software Acquisition, Details Data Management Strategy
At the beginning of August, SimCorp completed its acquisition of AIM Software. The integration of AIM’s data management capabilities is a strategic focus for SimCorp as it addresses an investment industry trend towards closer alignment of data management with other technology solutions. AIM’s data management solution, GAIN, will be renamed SimCorp Gain, and SimCorp says…
UK SupTech Firm FNA Wins $5.5m Series A Funding
London-based supervisory technology (‘SupTech’) start-up FNA has closed a $5.5 million Series A investment round led by IQ Capital, with participation from GETTYLAB. Founded in 2013, FNA offers deep technology analytics company via a platform that uses network analytics, AI and machine learning platform to help financial institutions to map and monitor complex financial systems,…
Axioma Partners OpenFin to Optimise User Experience, Workflows and App Deployment
Axioma, a provider of services including multi-asset enterprise risk management, portfolio construction, performance attribution, regulatory reporting and custom index design to portfolio managers, has partnered OpenFin to integrate its axiomaBlue technology layer with the OpenFin operating system for desktop interoperability. The result is designed to be a combined technology stack that provides front and back-end…
Uncleared Margin Rules Extension: Building a Roadmap for the Buy-side
By Vikas Srivastava, Chief Revenue Officer at Integral. On the surface, news that BCBS and IOSCO have granted an extension to the final phase of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) is likely to be welcomed by asset managers currently trading uncleared derivatives with a notional between $8 billion and $50 billion. The extension pushes the…
Regulators Discuss SM&CR and IT Failure at UK Parliamentary Hearings
The UK’s parliament’s treasury committee recently held a series of hearings on IT failures in the financial sector. Over the course of the hearings, at which representatives of the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulatory Authority spoke, the regulators discussed work completed and work in progress around operational resilience in…
FCA Publishes Final Rules on SM&CR
The UK financial services regulator has published the final rules regarding the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) to FCA solo-regulated firms. The changes are due to come into force on December 9, 2019 – the same deadline by which brokers have to comply with the new regulation (which was adopted by…
Collibra Looks to the Future with New Privacy & Risk Product
US-based data intelligence specialist Collibra in July built out its data platform with the launch of Collibra Privacy & Risk, a new enterprise-grade product designed to help organizations manage personal data assets and future-proof against further regulatory developments in today’s changing climate. The new product expands the firm’s regulatory coverage, with modules covering the California…
Refinitiv Shareholders Agree Merger Deal with LSE, David Craig Remains CEO of Refinitiv
Following our review of the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) proposed acquisition of Refinitiv through a transaction valued at $27 billion, Refinitiv today announced that its shareholders have agreed definitive terms with LSEG on the acquisition. The approval of LSEG shareholders will be sought at a general meeting to be held before the end of…
Digging Deeper: FactSet KYC
Earlier this month, financial and software data specialist FactSet expanded its compliance capabilities with FactSet KYC, a cloud-based application aiming to assist clients to streamline their KYC and AML due diligence responsibilities. Combining robotic process automation with deep-dive data analytics, the launch marks a bid by the firm to break into a new customer segment…
Ascendant and ipushpull Partner on Digital Transformation Drive
The playing field on which financial services firms are contending is changing. Past competitive playing fields, such as alpha generation or trading strategies, are becoming less important ways for firms to generate revenue – and instead, in their bread-and-butter businesses, firms are focused on either reducing or optimising costs. And technology is playing a major…