A-Team Insight Brief
Trading Technologies Partners with Borsa Istanbul
All derivative products listed on Borsa Istanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) are now available for trading through Trading Technologies’ trading platform, according to an announcement this week. This gives clients the ability to trade the exchange’s derivatives, including foreign exchange, commodities, indices, and interest rate futures and options on futures, whilst utilising the suite of tools provided by Trading Technologies. “This represents an exciting opportunity for Trading Technologies, as this connection to Borsa Istanbul brings us into a new region,” says Steve Stewart, Managing Director, Sales EMEA.
REGIS-TR Joins with GLMX on SFTR Delegated Reporting services
The European trade repository REGIS-TR will collaborate with GLMX, provider of pre- and post-trade technology solutions for repurchase agreements and secured lending, to provide an interoperable, full-service reporting solution for SFTR requirements. Together, they will offer a hosted solution that leverages existing industry data workflows to lower cost and operational burden of SFTR. GLMX has been testing with REGIS-TR and market participants to design a straight-through processing reporting solution, and clients will be able to use GLMX’s pre- and post-trade platform services and then delegate their reporting to GLMX to report their securities finance transactions to REGIS-TR under SFTR.
Euromoney TRADEDATA and iPushPull Release New Reference Data App
Euromoney TRADEDAta has launched the second deliverable from its strategic partnership with data sharing and workflow platform ipushpull. The Symphony App is the first reference data application that can be deployed into the firm’s Symphony secure team collaboration environment, and will provide licensed Symphony users with on demand access to Euromoney TRADEDATA’s reference data sets, enabling secure data transfer between internal and external counterparties, to resolve trade-processing, including incorrect or missing trade data, pre-trade risk, clearing, settlement and regulatory reporting issues.
CJC Deploys Push’s Diffusion to Stream Real-Time Market Data
Push Technology, a provider of real-time intelligent data streaming and messaging solutions, has announced that CJC, an independent market data technology consulting and services firm, has chosen Diffusion, Push Technology’s Real-Time API Management platform, to help them address customer cloud market data challenges. By deploying Diffusion as part of its Cloud Tools, CJC is now able to reliably stream full tick market data from the cloud in real-time.
PRA Appoints PwC to Investigate Goldman Sachs’ Regulatory Reporting
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is believed to have appointed PwC to undertake a “skilled person’s report” on Goldman Sachs to scrutinise the quality of its regulatory reporting out of its London offices. The move comes in response to concerns around its lack of oversight, and the quality of information being supplied to the PRA. Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch are also being assessed, while Citi was fined a record £44 million recently for inadequate internal controls and governance arrangements relating to regulatory reporting obligations.
Nationwide Selects AutoRek for Reconciliation and Data Management
Nationwide Building Society has selected AutoRek, a software solutions provider for financial controls, data management and regulatory reporting, to provide a cloud-based financial controls and data management platform for an initial period of three years, with the option of a two-year extension. The project, a landmark deal for Autorek, will be implemented in a multi-phase approach and will include mortgages, ATMs, payments, cards and substantiation. “After a thorough tender process, we were impressed with the quality of the AutoRek tool, it’s speed, adaptability and robustness. We noted that with its cloud functionality that we could face into future with confidence on scale and volume,” says Ian Williams, Director of Financial Control & Operations at Nationwide.
Genesis Names Oliveira to Head Sales and Marketing
Low-code development enabler Genesis has named Felipe Oliveira as global head of sales and marketing. Genesis’ platform supports the development of microservices in capital markets. Oliveira previously held senior roles at Amber Capital Management, a risk arbitrage hedge fund, and Agora Senior Securities, acquired since by Banco Bradesco. More recently, he has held commercial strategy roles at Costa Coffee and LRS Suntory.
Aegon UK Goes Live with thinkFolio Managed Service from IHS Markit
Aegon UK, a global provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, has gone live with the thinkFolio Managed Service platform from IHS Markit. The front-office team at Aegon UK is using the service to manage the firm’s investments following the launch of a range of multi-asset funds last year, developed for Nationwide customers. “thinkFolio is a core part of our new technology infrastructure as it is supporting investment management for our entire front office across order management, portfolio modeling, cash management, trading and compliance,” says Tim Orton, Managing Director of Investment Solutions at Aegon UK.
Singapore Bank Selects NICE Actimize’s AML Essentials to Launch Digital Platform
TONIK, a Singapore-based pure play licensed digital bank, has selected the Essentials Anti-Money Laundering solutions suite from NICE Actimize to support the development of a secure banking environment for its new customer base following approval to establish a regulated bank in the Philippines. One of the first digital-only banks in the region in the Southeast Asian region, TONIK will use AML Essentials (a cloud-based offering that is built upon NICE Actimize’s end-to-end anti-money laundering platform) to address the challenges of digital transformation. The product suite includes Transaction Monitoring, Customer Due Diligence, and Sanctions Screening capabilities.
US SEC Seeks Fairer Market Data Access, Deeper Data in SIP Feeds
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is calling for reforms that would level the playing field for access to market data. In a bid to narrow the differential between those with access to high-cost data feeds that contain a greater depth of information, and other investors in the marketplace, the SEC proposals would subject ‘competing consolidators’ of market data to Regulation Systems Compliance & Integrity (Regulation SCI). They would also require enhancement of the core data contained in SIP data feeds, and other changes designed to enhance best execution. The proposals follow on from the SEC’s announcement of a radical overhaul to the governance of the consolidated tape.