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Broadridge and Lombard Risk Forge Alliance on Collateral Management
Broadridge Financial Solutions and Lombard Risk Management will outline details of their global alliance to develop and deliver collateral management solutions late next month or early May, when the companies plan to announce products and rollout schedules. The alliance has been established to take Broadridge into the collateral management market by combining Lombard Risk’s Colline…
Tech Matters with Pete Harris: Kaazing’s Living Web For Everything-as-a-Service
Founded in Silicon Valley back in 2007 as a better way to deliver interactive web apps, Kaazing is getting a new lease of life with the emergence of what it calls the Living Web – its marketing spin on what’s more often called the Internet of Things (IoT), where distributed applications of all kinds communicate…
LEI Adoption Will Raise Standards, Governance & Transparency, says Webinar Panel – Even if It Isn’t Obvious Yet
The turmoil and confusion caused by the adoption of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI’s) for EMIR reporting last month will be worth it in the end, was the overriding conclusion of our expert webinar panel last week, who expect to eventually see meaningful improvements to industry standards, governance and transparency as a result. The panel comprising…
NanoSpeed Adds Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity to Eurex T7 Using FPGA Technology
NanoSpeed, a provider of ultra-fast field programmable gate array (FPGA) connectivity solutions, has added the Deutsche Börse Group’s Eurex T7 platform to the 30-plus exchanges it offers access to using the Nano-TG trading gateway. As well as access to the Eurex T7 platform, NanoSpeed is offering connectivity to the eight Eurex T7 derivatives partner exchanges…
Deutsche Börse Extends AlphaFlash with Alerts of Upcoming Economic Events
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has added AlphaFlash Risk Signal to its AlphaFlash brand of automated news feeds. The service alerts users to upcoming economic releases, giving them the opportunity to adjust trading and risk management systems ahead of releases. The service has been developed in response to customer interest in accounting for economic…
Opinion: Data Management – Taking the Bus Without a Map?
Nick Jones, Senior Consultant, Citisoft PLC. The first maps were probably scratched with sticks on the ground for people from the same locality who knew the surrounding area. Now when travelling we use satellite navigation. But when navigating data it feels as if we are still scratching around. We use electronic documents, not sticks, but…
Thomson Reuters Benchmark Services Unit to Echo RTSL
Thomson Reuters’ decision to set up a subsidiary to provide financial benchmark services reflects not only the company’s strength in this area – it has grown its portfolio of benchmarks to 160 over the past 25 years – but also the wider industry’s desire to distance itself from benchmark scandals and rebuild trust as it…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Peter Farley: The Show Moves On
With our inaugural Intelligent Trading Summit behind us a couple of weeks ago, the show moves on to New York where, on May 13, we will kick off another packed agenda with a keynote and panel discussion examining the key attributes of what is required from an Intelligent Trading architecture. Although some experts now say…
Thomson Reuters Eases the Burden of KYC Compliance with Accelus Org ID Managed Service
Thomson Reuters has set up a managed service designed to help financial institutions and their clients comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. Called Accelus Org ID, the service aims to increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of compliance by providing accurate, up to date identity data and avoiding the need to repeat the…
CounterpartyLink Adds Risk Screening to Legal Entity Information Service
CounterpartyLink has augmented its legal entity and counterparty intelligence service through a partnership with RDC, a provider of risk and compliance data for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance, Politically Exposed Persons protection, corruption, fraud and crime protection, vendor screening and monitoring, and credit risk monitoring. The partnership is a response to…