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Governor Extends Compliance Capabilities with Two New Partnerships
Governor Software, a provider of risk and oversight solutions for financial executives, has had a busy week this week: with the expansion of its live version of the FCA Handbook to include real-time regulatory news from intelligence firm Corlytics, and a new partnership with risk solutions provider Castlehill to offer enhanced integration of legacy governance,…
RapidLEI Adds API to LEI Registration Service that Issues Identifiers in 99 Seconds
Ubisecure, a Helsinki based issuer of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) accredited by the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) and provider of the automated RapidLEI registration service that is capable of issuing an LEI in 99 seconds, is extending its capability with the addition of an application programming interface (API). Banks using LEIs in applications and business…
RegTech Insight Awards 2019 – Shortlist Announced!
The nominations for the 2019 RegTech Insight Awards are now closed, and we are delighted to announce this year’s shortlist. Well done to everybody that entered, and sincere thanks to our advisory board for taking such painstaking care in evaluating the record number of entries we received this year. Now in their third year, The…
MiFID II: The True Cost of Research Unbundling – Part Two
Last week we explored the impact of MiFID II research unbundling on the sell side, as providers struggle to carve out their own space in a new and unfamiliar environment. This week, we take a look at the situation from the other side of the coin – how are purchasers handling the change, and how…
kACE Streams FX Options Prices to Additional End Points
kACE is enabling clients to stream FX Options prices to internal and external clients, single dealer platforms, execution venues and third-party platforms using its latest release of kACE Pro. The kACE Pro platform offers technology to support the lifecycle of FX options and metal options, including pricing, distribution, structuring and trading, portfolio management, straight through…
TickSmith Releases Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) Tool
Montreal-based TickSmith has made available its Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) solution offering, providing clients with a library of industry standard transaction cost analytics. Deployed as a turnkey solution with all the flexibility of a custom application, TickSmith’s TCA offering can be calibrated to suit unique client requirements. The TCA add-on to the TickSmith analytics platform…
ICE Clear Europe Set to Weather a No-Deal Brexit
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has been recognised as a third-country central counterparty in accordance with European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), which means that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, ICE Clear Europe can continue to service all its clearing members and customers, including those based in the EU. In the absence of a withdrawal agreement…
SPiCE VC Invests in Forthcoming Digital Securities Exchange Archax
SPiCE VC, a fully tokenised venture capital fund, is investing in Archax, a forthcoming London-based institutional digital securities exchange. With plans to launch in 2019, Archax is primed to provide a venue for institutions and professional investors to trade in all types of security tokens globally. As part of SPiCE’s investment, Ami Ben-David will be…
ESMA 2019 Supervision Work Programme Calls for Better Data Quality at Trade Repositories
Data, Brexit and cybersecurity top the agenda of ESMA’s 2019 Supervision Work Programme, with priorities for trade repositories including data quality and access by authorities, IT process and system reliability, business continuity planning, and registrations for Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) and Securitisation Regulation (SR). Priorities for credit rating agencies include portfolio risk and quality…
FCA Highlights Key Concerns over MAR Compliance
Effective compliance with the Market Abuse Regime (MAR) is “a state of mind” that requires a series of complex situational judgements – and time pressures could cause potential problems, warned Julia Hoggett, Director of Market Oversight at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This raises a number of key concerns around compliance which demand urgent…