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IPC and GreenKey Collaborate to Convert Real-Time Voice into Useable Data
IPC and GreenKey Technologies are collaborating to bring an artificial intelligence (AI) based speech recognition solution that converts real-time voice into useable data to market. IPC, a provider of compliant communication and networking solutions, and GreenKey Technologies, a creator of voice software with integrated speech recognition designed for financial markets, have been working together since…
Don’t Put All Your Compliance Eggs in the MiFID II Basket
By: Roy Kirby, Senior Product Manager at SIX When major regulatory deadlines loom large, there’s an inevitable tendency for the financial industry to scramble for minimum viable compliance. In layman’s terms, this means doing whatever it takes, regardless of the expense, just to keep the prying eye of the regulator away. Ring any recent bells?…
The CAT is Out of the Bag and it Looks Aggressive
In an era of regulation, traders may not love compliance, but they have learned to live with it. That said, the looming US Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) has stirred up infighting between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the individual broker-dealer firms and exchanges affected. There have been complaints of an ‘incredibly aggressive’ timeframe,…
Options Adds Colocation Service at Nasdaq Stockholm, Plans More Venues
Options, a provider of global market data and colocation services, has made its high-performance managed colocation service available at Nasdaq Stockholm, the primary securities exchange of the Nordic countries. The service gives colocated clients low latency connectivity to the exchange’s Nordic feeds and is part of a global expansion plan that will extend Options’ colocation…
QuantHouse adds Jane Street Financial’s SI to API Ecosystem
QuantHouse continues to build out its qh API Ecosystem with the addition of Jane Street Financial’s systematic internaliser (SI). Through its SI, Jane Street offers liquidity for more than 2,000 single stocks from the Cboe Europe universe, with a focus on small and mid-cap names. Jane Street adds to SIs already connected into the qh…
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…