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Capital.com Establishes New Subsidiary in UAE as Launchpad for Further Growth Across MENA and Asia

Capital.com, the global trading platform, has announced its expansion into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through the establishment of a new subsidiary, Capital Com MENA Securities Trading LLC (Capital Com MENA), located in Dubai’s Emirates Tower. This strategic move follows the company’s receipt of full regulatory approval from the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA),…

Institutions Look to Cloud to Meet New Asset Management Data Challenges: Arcesium

Institutional asset managers are looking to cloud solutions as they seek to find economies and streamline their asset management processes. Taking advantage of new digital technology that can help them meet changing client demands in an evolving financial landscape, these firms have been prompted to look to the cloud as creaking legacy infrastructure limits their…

Saifr Addresses Need for Continuous Due Diligence in Marcomms Content Compliance

Ensuring financial services’ firms marketing messages accurately reflect what’s really on offer has long been a challenge for compliance professionals. And with other areas of the business attracting substantial and highly public penalties from regulators, the danger was that this function didn’t get the attention it deserved.  But regulators are starting to pay more attention,…

Alveo Reviews Costs and Use Cases of AI in Financial Data Management

Adoption of AI across financial services is causing a cost shift from operations to technology and data, with 63% of decision makers expecting AI to result in an increase in the cost of data within their organisation. The cost of hardware and software licences is also likely to rise in response to AI, and 50%…

Regulations to be put Under Microscope at ESG Data and Tech Summit

Regulatory rollouts over the next 12 months are likely to be pivotal in setting the scene for the next stage of the ESG data and technology space as political attitudes towards sustainability diverge from the demands of investors. Pushback against sustainability markets has already seen several regulatory codes, both implemented and proposed, watered down. At…

GRESB Launches Real Estate Tool to Benchmark Individual Buildings

A new suite of tools has been launched to help investors and fund managers assess the sustainability of real estate assets in their portfolios. REAL Benchmarks, one of several new services created by real estate ESG-data provider GRESB, enables the identification of individual buildings with poor performance compared with peers to encourage owners to begin…

ESG Data Keeps on Evolving, but are Financial Institutions Keeping Pace?

By Yann Bloch, head of product and pre-sales Americas at NeoXam. Earlier this month, Bloomberg published their much-anticipated annual European ESG Data Trends Survey report, carrying with it some fascinating findings on the current state of the market. The survey, taken by respondents from London, Stockholm, Geneva, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, and Milan throughout 2023, posed questions about…

SIX Extends Provision of Fixed Income Data with Acquisition of Majority Share in FactEntry

SIX has acquired a majority stake in FactEntry, a global provider of fixed income reference data, analytics and solutions for financial market participants. The acquisition enhances SIX’s data offering and meets customer demand for the company to expand its global fixed income footprint. FactEntry’s fixed income data sets, including reference data and corporate actions, will…

Snowflake Combines Data Collaboration and Privacy in Cross-Cloud Data Clean Rooms

Snowflake has announced general availability of Snowflake Data Clean Rooms that allow enterprises to securely share data and collaborate while preserving data privacy. The solution is designed to help firms achieve business value in the Snowflake Data Cloud and is the result of Snowflake’s acquisition of data clean room technology provider Samooha, which is now…

Strategies for Mastering Benchmark Data Management

Benchmark data is fundamental to the functioning of capital markets. Yet, despite its use over many decades, it remains costly to source, complex to manage and difficult to integrate with existing systems, leaving many firms unable to derive full value from the data. It is also perceived by many capital markets participants to be the…