A-Team Insight Brief
Fenergo Enters Taiwanese Market in Tie Up with TUNG-I
Fenergo has entered the Taiwanese market through a partnership with TUNG-I Information Services (TUNG-I), a provider of solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI) in finance, information security, private cloud implementation and smart retail. As an exclusive client lifecycle management partner (CLM), Fenergo will provide TUNG-I’s current and prospective Taiwanese clients access to Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) capabilities. TUNG-I will provide local support, maintenance and implementation of Fenergo’s CLM solutions. The partnership is a response to recent evaluations by the Asia/Pacific Group, an inter-governmental organisation, which aims to prevent money laundering related crimes in the region.
Timefolio Asset Management Selects SS&C’s Solutions to Power Operations
Timefolio Asset Management Singapore, a subsidiary of Korea’s Timefolio Asset Management, has selected a combination of SS&C Technologies services to power its operations. The company was looking for a trusted provider that could support investment operations as they grows. Working with SS&C Eze and SS&C GlobeOp also minimises the number of vendors the company works with, which should realise process efficiencies. Timefolio is using Eze Investment Suite for portfolio management, trading, accounting, compliance and integrated order management. It is supporting middle- and back-office outsourcing and fund administration services with SS&C GlobeOp.
Refinitiv Adds Shanghai-London Connect App to Eikon Platform
Building on its commitment to provide data on China’s financial markets and as trading via the Shanghai-London Stock Connect commences this week, Refinitiv has added a Shanghai-London Connect app to its Eikon platform. The app brings together information market participants need to engage with trading and investment opportunities created by the new trading link, including price data, news, economic and other key information related to the companies that list depositary receipts in China or London. The information is also available for machine consumption in real time via the Elektron data platform, enabling customers to power trading engines or other applications.
Eventus Partners QuantHouse to Source Market Data
Eventus Systems has partnered QuantHouse, a global provider of systematic trading solutions including market data services that was recently acquired by IRESS, to use QuantFEED market data to support its Validus trade surveillance platform. The platform can be implemented on-premise or as a cloud solution based on Amazon AWS. Either implementation can be run in real-time or T+1. QuantFEED will provide the T+1 solution with tick data, a requirement for trade surveillance and risk management.
Liquidnet Acquires Prattle on Heels of RSRCHXchange purchase
Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, continues expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) investment analytics platform with the acquisition of Prattle, a provider of automated investment research solutions for portfolio managers and research analysts. The agreement builds on Liquidnet’s acquisition of RSRCHXchange, an aggregator of institutional research. In 2017, the company acquired OTAS Technologies. With Prattle’s NLP and data science technology, OTAS’s AI-driven analytics, and RSRCHXchange’s distribution platform, Liquidnet’s global network of asset managers will have access to investment analytics leveraging AI methodologies across both structured and unstructured data.
London Stock Exchange Acquires Beyond Ratings
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has acquired Beyond Ratings, a provider of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data for fixed income, as part of continued investment in its Information Services business, which includes FTSE Russell. The acquisition offers an opportunity for LSEG to build out its multi-asset data and analytics capabilities by commercialising Beyond Ratings’ datasets. FTSE Russell will use Beyond Ratings’ sustainability data, smart risk models and ESG research expertise to develop its multi-asset index solutions.
Barclays’ Equities Asset Class Prepares for BARX One
Barclays is planning the release of BARX One, a next-generation cross-asset trading platform that unifies for the first time its algorithmic trading and execution services offerings in fixed income, foreign exchange, listed derivatives and now equities. The BARX One initiative aims to optimise execution performance by accessing pools of liquidity through Barclays’ various trading technology solutions. The service brings together new algorithm strategies into a single platform, consistent algo design, and centralised buy/sell signals. According to Mauricio Sada-Paz, Global Head of eFICC Product and Distribution at Barclays, “We believe bringing together each asset class under the BARX brand will help drive innovation and create a better trading experience for our clients.”
SS&C upgrades Advent solutions
SS&C Technologies has released version 19.1 of its Advent portfolio management solutions. The Advent products, acquired in 2015, include Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX), a portfolio accounting and reporting solution that includes a new API for portfolios and token-based authentication capabilities. APX regulatory reporting is also improved. Advent Genesis, a cloud-based rebalancing, portfolio construction and trade creation platform, includes gain/loss calculations on proposed orders allowing users to monitor tax impacts, additional views for model comparisons and exposure analysis, and ability to allocate cash based on model targets. Advent Lumis, a data governance tool for Geneva, features new Rule Builder functionality.
eXate enables ‘Privacy by Design’ in OpenFin OS
Desktop interoperability platform OpenFin has added eXate’s data privacy capabilities to its operating system to ensure compliance with the EU’s GDPR, which came into force a year ago and requires that new applications are designed with privacy considerations factored in from the outset, a so-called ‘privacy by design’ approach. eXate restricts data only to authorised users based on customisable policies set by compliance and legal teams. Says eXate CEO Peter Lancos: “Application developers building on OpenFin now have a central ‘out of the box’ utility to manage end-to-end data privacy and protection, allowing them to focus their efforts on delivering business value instead of needing to become regulatory experts.”
Colt Deploys ADVA to Add Encryption for GDPR Compliance
High-performance trading connectivity specialist Colt Technology Services has added an Ethernet Line Encryption service to help organisations comply with new data privacy rules, particularly the EU’s GDPR, as firms seek to protect their data during transport from cyberattacks. The new Colt solution uses the ADVA FSP 150 with ConnectGuard security technology, which provides end-to-end data protection for low-latency high-speed performance of up to 10Gbits per second. Ethernet Line Encryption is now available in Europe, North America and Asia on metro, national and international Ethernet line circuits.