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Bloomberg Uses Native Connectivity to Make Data License and B-PIPE Content Accessible to Microsoft Azure Clients
Bloomberg has released a service providing high-performance data to Bloomberg Enterprise Data customers using Microsoft Azure. The service offers access to both real-time trading data and reference, pricing, regulatory and point in time historical datasets via native connectivity to the Azure Virtual Network (VNet). The service includes content from B-PIPE, which was initially made available…
Single Rulebook Teams with Linklaters for UK/EU Regulation Comparison Service
Single Rulebook has partnered with global law firm Linklaters to launch Law Compare, an online tool that helps lawyers compare and annotate UK versions of financial services legislation alongside the equivalent EU rules to manage the divergence of once-harmonised regulation. Law Compare has been developed by Single Rulebook for Linklaters in order to support in-house…
NICE Actimize Launches AI-Based AML Transaction Monitoring Platform
NICE Actimize has launched its Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM-10) solution, which uses AI techniques to apply multi-layered analytics to the AML transaction monitoring process. NICE Actimize reckons the approach is able to detect more suspicious activity while reducing false positives. SAM-10 is an upgrade to NICE Actimize’s existing AML solution, and forms part of NICE Actimize’s Anti-Money…
TNS Bolsters Global Presence with Acquisition of BornTec’s Managed Hosting and Colocation Services
Transaction Network Services (TNS), provider of mission-critical infrastructure, connectivity, market data and analytic services for the Financial Markets community, has announced the acquisition of the managed hosting and colocation business of BornTec, a real-time data analytics provider. The deal further expands TNS’s global connectivity footprint and builds on previous strategic acquisitions, including R2G and NetExpress….
Risks and Concerns with Generative AI – What Financial Institutions Need to Consider
By Jennifer Clarke, Head of Content, Global Relay. With use cases for AI becoming more commonplace, many compliance teams have begun to employ AI-driven tools to assist with ordinary tasks including regulatory change management and surveillance. However, as with most new technologies, as innovation around generative AI increases, various new risks and challenges emerge. Potential…
Kaizen Acquires Red Deer to Add Surveillance to Compliance Platform
Kaizen Reporting has acquired Red Deer, a provider of integrated compliance solutions for surveillance and research workflows. Red Deer’s surveillance and research tools will be available via the Kaizen Hub, a web-based platform for accessing a range of compliance tools. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The Red Deer platform aims to help middle office…
Scope 3 Data Remains Weak Spot for ESG Disclosure
International Earth Day, which will be marked on Saturday, comes around as the ESG disclosure space becomes increasingly preoccupied with solving one of its thorniest problems: gathering quality Scope 3 emissions data. The subject has gathered pace as regulators around the world, and in particular the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), grapple with ways…
Bloomberg Updates Tool to Navigate SFDR Moving Target
The perils of building tools to help investors navigate fast-changing regulations were highlighted last week as Bloomberg unveiled enhancements to its product for assessing companies in accordance with the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). No sooner had the updated data-packed technology been made available to the company’s clients than the EU’s leadership body, the European…
Florent Fabre Promoted to CEO at NeoXam, Delpla Becomes Non-Executive Chairman
NeoXam has made a senior leadership promotion with Florent Fabre, formerly group managing director, moving to the role of CEO. Outgoing CEO and NeoXam founder Serge Delpla takes the position of non-executive chairman. Fabre’s promotion coincides with a recent €100 million investment agreement between NeoXam and Paris headquartered private equity company Eurazeo, which became the…
GLEIF Extends LEI Mapping to OpenCorporates Global Database of Legal Entity Data
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has linked LEIs to corresponding records in the OpenCorporates global database of legal entity data, one of the largest open databases of companies in the world. With LEIs natively available in the OpenCorporates database, cross-referencing between the datasets will facilitate a range of compliance, surveillance, and due diligence…