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A-Team RegTech Summit New York Emphasises the Importance of Innovation as a Foundation for Firm Data Practices
A-Team Group’s second annual RegTech Summit arrived in a snowy New York City on November 15, 2018 to cram a crowded day with expert speakers, controversial topics, deep-diving discussions and problem-solving solutions. An impressive attendee line-up of over 200 delegates comprising industry leaders, financial institutions and senior decision-makers added to the atmosphere, while our pioneering…
Simulation Technology Specialist Acquires Datawatch for $176 Million
Troy, Michigan-based simulation technologies provider Altair has acquired data intelligence specialist Datawatch – along with its Panopticon visualization platform – for $176 million in cash. The move is aimed at bolstering Altair’s offerings in the generic data science and analytics segment, where Datawatch has strong offerings in data prep, data prediction, and real-time high-volume data…
RavenPack, CloudQuant Team Up for Modelling Initiative
Machine-readable news platform provider RavenPack has granted access to its historical data to crowd researchers seeking alpha signals on CloudQuant’s online Python and JupyterLab-based tools. The initiative aims to support data scientists designing tools to improve financial modelling. Both RavenPack and CloudQuant have noted a need among crowd researchers for access to Wall Street quality…
Office of Financial Research Promotes Data Standards
The Office of Financial Research (OFR) has released its 2018 Annual Report, stating that risks to US financial stability remain in the medium range and noting data initiatives including work to improve financial data standards and proposals to collect data on cleared bilateral repurchase agreements (repos) to improve regulators’ ability to monitor risks to financial…
Fenergo Adds Client Lifecycle Management App to Salesforce AppExchange
Fenergo has added a client lifecycle management application to the Salesforce AppExchange platform, a first joint venture from a partnership long in the making. The app allows financial firms deploying Salesforce to streamline client onboarding and lifecycle management processes (CLM). It also allows end users to configure Salesforce with Fenergo’s mandatory and optional fields for…
big xyt Addresses MiFID II Concerns with Liquidity Cockpit Dashboards
Analytics platform provider big xyt has added a set of dashboards to its Liquidity Cockpit that are aimed at discovering high-quality liquidity within the new MiFID II liquidity landscape. The additions take into account the mandatory Systematic Internaliser (SI) regime, introduced on September 1, 2018. Users of the new visualisation dashboards are able to view…
Integral and Moscow Exchange Partner to Provide Better Liquidity
FX technology solutions specialist Integral and the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) have partnered to provide exchange customers with access to better liquidity, higher performance and lower latency. The improvements are based on the use of Integral’s Open Currency Exchange (OCX) and also include better pricing, lower risk and faster acknowledgement. On its part, MOEX will provide…
US Consolidated Audit Trail Swings into Action
The US Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) swung into action last week after long delays and in a limited way, with members of self-regulatory organisations (SROs) within the CAT NMS (National Market System) Plan, except small SRO members, starting to report to the central repository. Early reporting follows the end of October publication by Thesys CAT,…
FSB Publishes 2018 List of Global Systemically Important Banks
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has added one bank, Groupe BPCE, and dropped two, Nordea and Royal Bank of Scotland, from the 2018 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). Decisions on which banks should be on the 2018 list was based on end-2017 data and a Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) assessment methodology….
Broadridge Integrates Tableau with Investment Management Data Warehouse
Broadridge Financial Solutions has partnered Tableau Software to deliver enhanced analytics and visualisation capabilities to its investment management clients. The partnership integrates the Broadridge investment management data warehouse and Tableau to provide self-service access to individualised analytics, customisable digital reports and interactive dashboards. Eric Bernstein, head of asset management solutions at Broadridge, says: “Actionable data…