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Opus Offers Clarity KYC to Accelerate Client Onboarding
Opus, the compliance and risk management product provider that acquired Alacra in September 2015, has introduced Clarity KYC, a Know Your Customer (KYC) workflow automation and risk intelligence solution. The solution is aimed at financial services firms and is a software-as-a service (SaaS) platform designed to reduce the time and cost of client onboarding and…
NICE Actimize Releases Next-Generation Integrated Fraud Management Platform
NICE Actimize has advanced its autonomous financial crime management strategy with the introduction of IFM-X, a next-generation integrated fraud management (IFM) platform that allows financial institutions to integrate limitless data into fraud detection systems, develop and run agile analytics, and optimise the efficiency of fraud operations. The platform uses augmented intelligence that combines machine learning…
TNS Extends Managed Hosting and Low-Latency Services Following R2G Acquisition
Transaction Network Services (TNS) will accelerate its deployment of managed hosting services following the acquisition of Chicago-based market data, connectivity and hosting specialist R2G Services. The acquisition also allows TNS to respond to customer interest in working with a full-service managed infrastructure provider and gives R2G the opportunity to offer its customers TNS networking and…
Fenergo Introduces Self-Service Client Configuration for CLM Platform
Client lifecycle management (CLM) specialist Fenergo has taken a step towards reducing the complexity and labour intensity of solutions servicing with the introduction of its Digital Configuration Studio, a low to no-code administration suite that allows financial institutions to easily configure Fenergo’s CLM solution to suit their needs. With the ability to oversee routine CLM…
Equities Trading Solutions: to Buy or Build?
Why you need a mix of third-party and in-house technology, and how to get it right By: Steve Grob, CMO, ION Capital Markets, Fidessa Since the global financial crisis, top-tier equities trading businesses have been contending with a mounting series of challenges. Volumes have flattened. Commissions have fallen. Regulation has tightened. Meanwhile, the rise of…
Packaging and Deployment: There is Another Way
By: Stephen Wood, Global Head of Enterprise Deployment at OpenFin Let’s say you’re running IT for a bank. You will own software. You could build software and, of course, you’ve got a choice of software-as-a-Service (SaaS) options from third-party vendors. But those vendors have to be vetted. Do they meet your firm’s security requirements? Will…
IHS Markit and AcadiaSoft Offer Compliance with Incoming Initial Margin Rules
IHS Markit and AcadiaSoft have responded to ongoing extension of initial margin rules for non-cleared derivatives through an alliance that brings together the former’s information and analytics capabilities, and the latter’s specialism in margin automation solutions. The initial margin requirement for non-cleared derivatives was introduced in 2016, with increasing numbers of entities required to meet…
CubeLogic Adds CubeWatch Sentiment Analysis for Risk Management
CubeLogic has added CubeWatch sentiment analysis to its portfolio of business intelligence driven risk management, workflow and reporting solutions. CubeWatch monitors social media and other data sources, and automatically organises, filters, translates, scores and weights data collected to provide risk management practitioners with insight into market, geographical and climate related events in real time. The…
Neueda Jumps into Product Space with Scrutiny Test Automation Tool
Belfast-based trading technology specialists Neueda has launched Scrutiny, a front-office applications test automation platform that allows trading firms to reduce time to market and cost of ownership. The release marks a significant step by the services-led provider into a more product-led strategy with a pipeline of additional capabilities for future release. Neueda specialises in helping…
Tradeweb and Bloomberg Pitch Camp in Amsterdam Ahead of Brexit
Amsterdam is becoming a location of choice for capital markets participants preparing for Brexit. Despite huge uncertainties around how Britain’s exit from the EU will, or won’t, pan out on March 29, 2019, the latest arrivals in Amsterdam include Tradeweb and Bloomberg. Tradeweb has gained authorisation from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)…