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FSB Suggests Reducing Cost of LEIs in Response to Review Finding LEI Coverage too Low
The Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) latest review of the Legal Entity Identifier, a Thematic Review on Implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), offers an ‘I said so’ to the sceptics, but also recommendations that should benefit firms using the LEI and encourage further take-up that will drive data standards, quality and accuracy across the…
Neueda Unveils Open Source Connectivity Solution for European Equities
Trading technology consultants Neueda has launched an open-source version of its markets connectivity software. The move seeks to address firms’ growing appetite for trading system components they can build around, rather than build high-performance infrastructures from scratch. The company’s Front Office SDK – available free of charge via GitHub at https://github.com/blu-corner/fosdk – allows trading firms…
Refinitiv Deploys Trulioo Digital Identity Verification Technology to Strengthen Fight Against Financial Crime
Refinitiv and Trulioo, a provider of digital identity verification technology, have partnered to offer access to digital identity solutions that could strengthen the fight against financial crime and foster financial inclusion. The partnership plans to deliver innovative solutions that will help financial institutions reduce fraud and financial crime by verifying billions of customers online while…
FRTB 2022 Deadline Proves Tricky for Firms and Regulators
Global regulatory implementation of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (BCBS) Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) may be unevenly paced, creating challenges for financial institutions and regulators alike. FRTB was introduced to fix problems that both regulators and the industry perceived with so-called ‘Basel 2.5’ market risk changes, which were put in place…
Barclays, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan select DTCC for SFTR compliance
As the deadline for the European Union’s Securities Financial Transactions Regulation (SFTR) approaches, Barclays, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan have signed up to use DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) service to meet their obligations under the regulation, which is due to take effect in April 2020. Other banks already signed up to the service as…
Iress Targets Europe with QuantHouse Purchase
Australian EMS/OMS platform provider Iress is expanding its European footprint with the acquisition of market data and connectivity provider QuantHouse. The move continues the ongoing consolidation in the trading systems space, and comes less than two years after QuantHouse bought itself out of an earlier, unhappy acquisition by S&P Global Markets. Iress, publicly listed on…
Why You Need to Take Tech Seriously When It Comes to KYC
By Wayne Johnson, CEO & co-founder, encompass corporation. At the heart of any strong Know Your Customer (KYC) or Anti-Money Laundering (AML) programme is data. The ability to access and analyse information in a methodical way that ensures customer records are complete, accurate and, crucially when it comes to AML, compliant with the latest requirements,…
Chronicle Software Releases Market Data, Stripped Back Messaging Microservices
Chronicle Software, which provides Java-based microservices for the capital markets space, has expanded its line of native C++ libraries and microservices to include a market data distributor and a stripped-back version of its Chronicle Queue persisted messaging solution. The two new capabilities – one at the application level and the other at the framework level…
The Race is on – Corvil’s Next-Generation Trade Execution Analytics Offer Competitive Advantage
Trade execution analytics are taking a leap forward with the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to machine-time data. Ultimate results could include the ability to understand, evidentially, the relationship between trading systems performance and trade outcomes. Corvil has been working for about two years to develop machine learning algos that can identify…
Fenergo Offers Client Onboarding Efficiencies with API-based Digital Client Orchestration
Fenergo continues to innovate with Digital Client Orchestration, a suite of customer lifecycle management (CLM) tools the company claims can enable efficiencies of up to 82% in client onboarding. The solution uses APIs to allow Fenergo functionality to be plugged into any front, middle or back office system including customer relationship management applications, such as…