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Smartkarma Extends Independent Research Platform with Premium Services
Smartkarma has added Premium Services, a suite of value-added services designed to allow asset managers to deepen engagement with research providers, to its independent investment research platform. The services advance the platform beyond content and include analyst calls, corporate access, financial modelling and bespoke research. The Singapore-based company brought its research solution to market in…
Silwood Offers Safyr Metadata Discovery Software to Support GDPR Compliance
Silwood Technology, provider of Safyr metadata discovery software, has turned its attention to how firms running vendor application packages can meet the May 25, 2018 compliance deadline for General Data Protections Regulation (GDPR). The company has researched five large and widely used application packages – SAP, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, Siebel and Oracle…
Temenos in Talks to Acquire Fidessa
Temenos is in advanced discussions with Fidessa about a bid that could see the Swiss-based provider of banking software acquire the UK-listed provider of trading, investment and information solutions to capital markets participants. The proposed terms of the possible offer, an all cash offer for all ordinary shares, value Fidessa at about £1.4 billion. Temenos…
SteelEye Builds Out Cloud-Based Data Consolidation and Intelligent Analytics Platform
SteelEye is building out its cloud-based data consolidation and analytics platform covering best execution, trade reconstruction, transaction reporting and record keeping, with a trade surveillance option due to go live later this year. It is also building up its client list, based on its ability to support regulatory compliance and help firms gain intelligence from…
CFTC and FCA Collaborate on Fintech Development for Regulatory Best Practice
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have agreed to collaborate and support innovative firms through their respective fintech initiatives, LabCFTC and FCA Innovate. The so-called Cooperation Arrangement on Financial Technology Innovation (FinTech Arrangement) supports both regulators’ efforts to facilitate responsible fintech innovation and ensure international collaboration on…
The True Costs and Impacts of Alternative Data Integration
By: Lauren Kline, Vice President of Content and Technology Solutions, FactSet With the rapid adoption of alternative data, the costs to asset managers are not just for the data itself, but also for the cost of implementing the data and hiring the talent to capitalise on it. Financial firms have always relied on a vast…
Linedata Updates Global Hedge Platform
Linedata has updated its Global Hedge platform to enhance front-office user experience, enable Bitcoin trading, and support outsourcing solutions for the middle office. The enhanced user experience covers order generation, pre-trade compliance and middle-office operations. Further front-office improvements include enhancements for trading, streamlined workflows, what-if analysis, pre-trade compliance and mobile processing. Introducing cryptocurrencies, the platform…
Thomson Reuters Adds Holistic Risk Management Solution to Connected Risk
Thomson Reuters has extended its Connected Risk platform to include a commercialised risk management solution designed to help customers develop more holistic, effective risk management programmes aligned with their risk methodology and business strategy. Thomson Reuters Risk Management is the latest solution added to Connected Risk. It assembles diverse types of risk and delivers a…
IHS Markit Expands KY3P Platform with Financial Crimes Screening
IHS Markit has added financial crimes screening to the due diligence tools on its KY3P vendor risk management platform. The screening solution allows users to detect whether their vendors may have breached standards governing anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions and export controls. Financial crimes screening data is sourced through Regulatory Data Corp’s (RDC) Global…
XBRL International Calls for Candidates to Join Board of Directors
In case you missed the call first time around, XBRL International is looking for candidates with a commitment to improving reporting for its volunteer board of directors. XBRL International aims to improve the accountability and transparency of business performance through the provision of open data exchange standards and is recruiting board members to help manage…