Jefferies Selects TS Imagine to Power Fixed Income Outsourced Trading

Global investment banking firm Jefferies has adopted TS Imagine’s integrated order and execution management platform. This partnership aims to enhance Jefferies’ Fixed Income Outsourced Trading offering by unifying trading, portfolio management, and risk oversight within a single, scalable infrastructure.

The end-to-end solution is designed to streamline complex workflows and improve execution quality across diverse fixed income markets. By consolidating advanced execution tools with robust portfolio and risk analytics, the platform allows for more effective monitoring and real-time connectivity between trading strategies and market intelligence.

By leveraging TS Imagine’s integrated architecture, Jefferies seeks to maximise global trading opportunities and provide sustainable value to its clients through enhanced risk oversight and operational efficiency.

Standard Chartered and LSEG Partner for Enterprise Data and Analytics Consolidation

LSEG has entered into a multi-year agreement with Standard Chartered to provide the bank with enterprise-scale access to multi-asset class data, news, and analytics. The collaboration focuses on delivering a unified data environment with consistent rights management across the organisation’s global footprint.

The agreement is designed to enhance Standard Chartered’s operating model by consolidating market data access into a single framework. By improving data lineage and cataloguing, the bank aims to streamline its governance and entitlement processes. This integrated approach ensures that data usage remains compliant with evolving regulatory requirements while strengthening internal auditability and control.

By implementing these front-to-back workflows, the bank can better support its markets, risk, finance, and wealth divisions. The partnership facilitates more efficient data delivery, enabling the bank to provide faster, data-driven client experiences. This strategic move leverages the global reach of both franchises to improve operational speed and consistency across the bank’s international network.

TNS Enhances Data Usage Optimizer With New Interactive Customer Portal

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has launched an interactive customer portal for its Data Usage Optimizer (DUO) platform, providing buy-side and sell-side firms with on-demand tools to manage market data expenses. This update follows the initial 2024 launch of DUO and aims to simplify the process of identifying unused subscriptions. By converting complex vendor entitlement files into an actionable dashboard, the portal allows financial institutions to pinpoint and eliminate unnecessary costs more efficiently.

The new interface offers a centralised, global view of data expenditure across multiple office locations. Key features include independent file uploading for immediate reporting, advanced filtering by user or feed, and customisable cost modelling that accounts for specific contract pricing and regional fee variations. These tools are designed to turn raw data into an actionable list for immediate cost reduction, moving away from manual, time-consuming analysis.

In one instance, TNS identified monthly savings of $60,000 for a global bank by highlighting redundant data feeds.

FactSet Incorporates Kepler Cheuvreux AMR

FactSet has announced a partnership to integrate Kepler Cheuvreux’s aftermarket research (AMR) into its systems, incorporating equity research covering 1,000 stocks across 34 sectors into the FactSet interface.

The integration includes artificial intelligence tools to summarise and contextualise European equity data for users, the financial digital platform provider said.

Kendra Brown, Senior Vice President at FactSet, stated that the partnership strengthens the platform’s position through the largest independent research footprint in Europe.

The service adds to an existing repository containing reports from 1,800 brokers including Barclays and Deutsche Bank. AMR solutions provide financial professionals with historical and current analysis to assist with investment decision-making.

SimCorp Chosen as AllianceBernstein’s Investment Tech Provider

Investment management firm AllianceBernstein has selected SimCorp as its core investment technology partner in an agreement that will see the implementation of the SimCorp One platform to serve as front-to-back infrastructure for the firm.

This transition aims to provide investment teams with centralised, real-time data and proprietary tools for trading.

The firm’s platforms will be unified on a single investment platform to serve global clients, Karl Sprules, Chief Operating Officer of AllianceBernstein, said.

The multi-year phased rollout of the system is underway, starting with the core investment data platform.

Quest Unveils Data Platform to Automate Multiple Capabilities

Quest Software has launched the Trusted Data Management Platform featuring the Automated Data Product Factory, a software-as-a-service product that unifies data modelling, cataloguing, governance, quality and a data marketplace into a single interface.

The system uses artificial intelligence and natural language prompts to automate the creation of production-ready data assets for corporate use.

The platform is designed to deliver simplicity through automation by unifying multiple capabilities in a converged offering, chief executive Tim Page said.

Users can reduce the time required to create data products from weeks to days, potentially lowering delivery costs by 40 per cent, the company said.

ITRS and BSE Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance Trading Infrastructure Monitoring

ITRS, the real-time IT observability solutions provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with BSE (formerly the Bombay Stock Exchange), Asia’s oldest stock exchange. BSE will deploy the ITRS Geneos solution to provide comprehensive monitoring across its entire trading infrastructure. This collaboration is a key component of BSE’s broader modernisation strategy, designed to bolster operational resilience as infrastructure demands scale.

The implementation of ITRS Geneos, supported by the ITRS Analytics platform, will provide BSE with end-to-end visibility across its critical trading components. This technical integration aims to improve uptime Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and ensure business continuity through faster identification and resolution of potential system issues. By adopting this proactive monitoring framework, BSE is establishing a modernised command centre approach to its daily operations.

Furthermore, the partnership ensures that BSE remains aligned with the operational resilience guidelines set by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). By moving away from legacy monitoring methods, the exchange is better positioned to meet evolving regulatory requirements and the rigorous performance standards of the modern financial markets.

Eurex Enhances Market Access Following German Legislative Reform

The German Financial Centre Promotion Act has introduced a refined regulatory framework intended to simplify how non-EU firms participate in the European derivatives market. Effective immediately, third-country Regulatory Market-Makers (RMMs) are no longer required to establish a physical entity in Germany or seek individual exemptions to provide liquidity. This legislative shift removes a primary operational and financial hurdle, streamlining the onboarding process for international firms.

By reducing bureaucracy and lowering entry barriers, the reform aims to boost international participation and increase liquidity on German-regulated exchanges like Eurex. The change aligns Germany with other major European jurisdictions, ensuring a level playing field for global participants. Eurex, part of the Deutsche Börse Group, is now actively engaging with firms across the UK, Switzerland, North America, and Asia to facilitate their transition under this new framework.

This enhancement forms part of a broader strategy to strengthen Germany’s status as a global financial hub. It complements Eurex’s existing initiatives, such as its Sponsored Access model and liquidity provider programmes, to foster a more efficient and competitive trading environment.

Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo Platform Records $7.3 Trillion in Monthly Volume

Broadridge Financial Solutions has reported a significant surge in activity on its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform, processing a daily average of $365 billion in transactions throughout January 2026. Total monthly volumes reached $7.3 trillion, representing a 508% year-over-year increase compared to January 2025. This growth highlights the accelerating institutional adoption of tokenised real-asset settlement and the platform’s ability to sustain large-scale momentum.

The platform is expanding beyond foundational workflows into more complex institutional applications, such as sponsored and intraday repo. These advancements facilitate the efficient movement of high-quality collateral and allow for greater precision in liquidity management. By providing these tools, the platform helps firms reduce financing costs and improve overall liquidity within the securities lending market.

In 2026, Broadridge intends to further scale the DLR platform by focusing on intraday funding and enhanced collateral mobility across a broader range of tokenised asset classes. The firm aims to bridge the gap between traditional and digital financial ecosystems while ensuring the interoperability and resilience necessary for global capital markets.

LSEG to Launch Digital Securities Depository for On-Chain Settlement

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced plans to develop the LSEG Digital Securities Depository (DSD), an on-chain settlement capability designed for institutional market participants. Scheduled for a 2026 launch subject to regulatory approval, the DSD will function as a fully interoperable infrastructure. It aims to bridge traditional and digital markets by supporting multiple blockchains and ensuring seamless interaction between existing settlement platforms and new digital frameworks.

The DSD will build upon LSEG’s existing Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), a Microsoft Azure-powered platform currently used for fund tokenisation. The new capability is intended to enhance collateral management and improve liquidity access across various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, and private markets. This move aligns with LSEG’s long-term vision of a financial ecosystem where the majority of securities are tokenised to increase transparency and operational efficiency.

To support the transition, LSEG is establishing a strategic partner group to integrate market feedback into the development process. This collaboration seeks to scale the infrastructure and facilitate the trading and settlement of both digitally native assets and digital representations of traditional securities. Members of this partnership group will be confirmed at a later date.