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RegTek Solutions Discusses the Potential of Regtech at Today’s RegTech Summit in NYC
The New York edition of A-Team Group’s highly successful RegTech Summit is today and we caught up with Rob McGowan, Head of Sales for North America, RegTek Solutions to hear his views on how regtech can help support and improve regulatory reporting. What does RegTech mean to you? Combining microservice technology and regulatory expertise to…
LSE Group Names Tom Dunlap as CDO of Information Services Division
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has named Tom Dunlap as chief data officer (CDO) of its Information Services Division, which includes global index provider FTSE Russell. The role is new and gives Dunlap responsibility for developing and leading the division’s global data strategy, overseeing a global team across multiple sites, engaging with key global clients,…
Refinitiv Releases Aggregated Feed Offering Access to Post-MiFID II Fixed Income Trade Data
Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters, has released an aggregated bond service to help clients access fixed income trade data that has become available as a result of MiFID II. The feed provides a single view of fixed income data that can be used by traders to identify trading opportunities and…
Hyannis Port Research Releases Omnibot For High Performance Electronic Trading
HPR (Hyannis Port Research), a provider of capital markets infrastructure technologies, has released Omnibot, a networking device that integrates market access, risk management, data and latency capture functionality into a multi-application switch. Combining FPGA-based risk hardware and a network switch within a single device, HPR describes the result as a ‘net -zero latency solution that…
Adaptable Blotter Takes Top Place in Up and Coming Financial Technology
Adaptable Blotter from start-up Adaptable Tools has been voted top technology innovation in the Dragons Den session at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit held in Amsterdam. The Adaptable Blotter provides out of the box functionality for datagrids, including powerful filtering, searching, editing and auditing tools. It plugs and plays into whichever technologies are used, and…
Adapt or Miss Out: MiFID II Impact Is Still Uncertain but the Opportunity Is Now
By Michael Tegos, Editor, Smartkarma What’s in a name? For finance professionals in the EU and worldwide, MiFID II (and the slightly more unwieldy full name for which it stands) means upheaval and tumult. For others, it means opportunity. Many might even be thinking of the tired and overused word ‘disruption’. What’s certain is that…
Refinitiv Introduces Cloud-Based Quantitative Analytics Platform
Building on its drive towards cloud delivery of its financial data services, Refinitiv – the former Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters, has introduced QA Direct in the Cloud, a quantitative analytics platform delivered through Microsoft Azure. QA Direct in the Cloud builds on the QA Direct platform, which was acquired in 2006 as…
Coleman Research Connects Providers and Consumers with Exchange Platform
Coleman Research has introduced Coleman Exchange, a cloud-based software platform that helps research providers and buy-side research consumers manage key aspects of the research workflow. Research firms can use the platform for scheduling, managing subscriptions, and invoicing for analyst access and meetings. The platform also provides entitlements management, producing real-time reports that capture the consumption…
Corlytics Adds Free App to Risk Software
Corlytics, a provider of regulatory risk data and analytics, has added to its RiskFusion software solution with the launch of a new Regulatory Event Data (RED) app providing a free, centralised feed of regulatory notices from financial regulators around the world: including notices, communications, change edicts, consultations, enforcements and penalties. The new app filters real-time…
Horizon Software Names Keith Todd as a Member of its Advisory Board
Horizon Software has named Keith Todd CBE as a member of its advisory board. The addition of Todd to the Horizon team follows a management buy-out of the company with private equity firm Capzanine in June 2018 and a period of sustained growth. Todd brings over 40 years of global technology business experience to institutions…