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Deutsche Bank Releases Waltz Open Source Software

Deutsche Bank continues to fulfil its commitment to open source software with the release of code designed to help organisations gather information about their IT estate from multiple sources. The ultimate use case for the solution, called Waltz, is smarter decisions on technology investment. The Waltz code is accessible via the GitHub platform and can…

CMO-as-a-Service: Helping Time-Poor FinTechs Get Their Message Heard

By Simon Barnby, Founder, MediaBond In today’s fast paced, cost-conscious world, marketing often gets overlooked–and yet for small and growing firms in particular, it is a vital activity that needs to be done. And needs to be done well. New FinTech firms, for example, are often trying to establish themselves on the global stage and…

FCA Highlights Good and Bad Practice Across Five Areas of Algorithmic Trading

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a report on the supervision of algorithmic trading that focuses on five areas of algo trading compliance and highlights good and bad practice observed from cross-firm reviews. The FCA report coincides with publication of a consultation paper by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) on proposed expectations regarding a…

Swift and GLEIF Fulfil Plans to Deliver BIC-to-LEI Relationship File

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has published the first monthly relationship file that matches a Business Identifier Code (BIC) assigned to an organisation against its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). The file allows market participants to link and cross-reference these key entity identifiers free of charge, streamlining entity verification processes and reducing data management…

FactSet Partners CG Blockchain to Deliver Blockchain Based OEMS

FactSet has partnered blockchain apps provider CG Blockchain to give users of FactSet’s order and execution management system (OEMS) a real-time, secure means of recording transactions using blockchain technology. The firms have integrated FactSet OEMS, a central platform for executing trading strategies across asset classes, with CG’s BCT Fundstore suite of compliance-based blockchain apps. This…

Ullink Partners LiquidMetrix to Offer MiFID II Best Execution Reporting

Ullink has extended its partnership with financial data specialist LiquidMetrix to provide Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) best execution reporting for its European sell-side clients. The solution, UL Publisher for Best Execution, addresses MiFID II’s requirement for sell-side firms and private banks to produce best execution reports based on data from their…

Liquidnet and Abel Noser Pilot Portfolio Manager Profiling Solution

Trading network Liquidnet and tools provider Abel Noser are piloting a portfolio manager profiling solution designed to help traders understand the preferences and distinct profile of each portfolio manager they work with. Portfolio Manager Profiling is an analytical model that, when incorporated into Liquidnet’s Virtual High Touch Next Gen algorithm suite, links historical trade and…

Siren Offers Semantic Data Investigation Platform to Financial Markets

Siren is moving its semantic data investigation platform into the fintech sector following a €3 million round of seed funding led by Atlantic Bridge University Fund. John Randles, CEO at Siren, says the semantic platform fills white space between business intelligence solutions and coding of deep analytic tools by providing a product that enables investigation…

Imagine Software Adds Panopticon Dashboards to Portfolio Management

Imagine Software has partnered Datawatch to resell the latter’s Panopticon visual analytics platform with its portfolio risk and compliance management solutions. The Panopticon visual analysis software enables easier monitoring and analysis of risk and profitability in real time, while the company’s business intelligence dashboards help organise data portfolios that risk managers have to navigate, reducing…

QB Offers Algo Trading and Trade Simulator Apps on Bloomberg Terminal

Quantitative Brokers (QB), a provider of algorithms and data-driven analytics for futures and US cash treasury markets, has introduced two apps for traders using the Bloomberg Terminal. The new solutions are available through the Bloomberg App Portal. The first is an enhanced version of QB’s algorithmic trading app, which enables futures and fixed income investors…