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ECB’s Francis Gross Makes the Case for Data Standardisation and Shared Data Infrastructure
Technology has added complexity to capital markets, shifted the human-machine interface, and will soon provide automation beyond human understanding. It could also go wrong and cause an unplanned and unwanted crisis on a scale far larger and more damaging than the 2008 crisis. Countering this criticality and ‘the data mess that is getting worse all…
Fenergo Integrates Innovative Graph Technology in Rewrite of Hierarchy Manager
Fenergo has innovated its Hierarchy Manager solution to deliver an ultimate beneficial ownership and counterparty hierarchy modelling and visualisation tool designed to make it easier to manage and visualise complex entity data hierarchies and associated entity structures. Rather than updating its existing solution, Fenergo has rewritten the hierarchy manager to include Force-directed graph technology that…
London Stock Exchange Invests in Cryptocurrency Startup Nivaura
Nivaura, a regulated fintech company that has developed a platform to automate primary issuance and administration of financial assets through a blockchain infrastructure, has closed a $20 million funding round from prominent partners including the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The funding will allow Nivaura to expand, complete product development more quickly and meet clients’ increasingly…
Broadridge Sets 2019 Targets to Tackle the Challenges Faced by Asset Managers
Asset management will be characterised throughout 2019 by regulatory scrutiny, an ongoing squeeze on fees, and competition that has never been higher. To find out how asset managers are coping post-MiFID II and what strategies they are pursuing, we talked to Eric Bernstein, head of Broadridge Financial Solutions’ asset management business and a champion of…
TradingScreen Partners BIDS Trading
TradingScreen, and all-asset class OEMS provider, is partnering BIDS Trading, a large block trading ATS by volume in the US and the technology behind Cboe LIS in Europe, to give the buy-side access to BIDS liquidity in the US and Cboe LIS’ liquidity pool in Europe. The partnership will benefit market participants with quicker execution…
Derivatives Service Bureau Conducts User Survey on Fee Model
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), which issues International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs) for OTC derivatives, is conducting a user survey, and establishing an Agreement Forum as part of its 2019 industry consultation milestones. The initiatives have been set up to ensure continued industry…
OpenFin Moves into the Cloud to Offer a Turnkey App Store
OpenFin has moved into the cloud to provide financial services firms with turnkey app stores and workspace management. The move builds on the OpenFin operating system that allows interoperability between desktop apps and is designed to deliver value to users quickly, accelerate time to market and facilitate digital transformation programmes. The company had been considering…
Industry Players React to FCA Concerns Around MiFID II and PRIIPs Disclosure Requirements
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) last week published key findings from a supervisory project to assess the effectiveness of disclosure by asset managers and intermediaries on the back of MiFID II and PRIIPs reforms – warning against non-compliance for asset managers failing to disclose all associated costs and charges. However, the findings have provoked strong…
FCA Chief Predicts Cost Savings of up to £1bn from MiFID II Research Unbundling
In his keynote speech on MiFID II at the European Independent Research Providers Association on February 25, UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) CEO Andrew Bailey praised the impact of the MiFID II research reforms, but stressed that independent research providers could not force asset managers to acquire their services, and warned that the FCA does…
Refinitiv Partners with Liquid Inc for KYC in Japan
Refinitiv has announced a new partnership with Japan’s Liquid, Inc. to streamline the electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) process for the Japanese market. The agreement will combine the screening capabilities of Refinitiv’s World-Check One solution with Liquid Inc’s biometric authentication service, LIQUID eKYC, to help financial services providers improve their customer on-boarding and transaction capabilities. Liquid, Inc. will incorporate the risk screening…