SEB Selects DTCC Global Trade Repository for SFTR reporting

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has selected DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) service to meet its obligations under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), which is expected to apply from April 2020. To streamline client adoption of the service, DTCC recently added data transformation services to its SFTR offering, providing a one-stop shop for clients’ reporting needs.

Jonathan Kellner Named CEO of MEMX

Jonathan Kellner has joined Members Exchange (MEMX), a recently established member-owned equities exchange. Founding members include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, E*Trade, Fidelity Investments, Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade, UBS, and Virtu Financial. Before signing on to MEMX, Kellner led Instinet through the acquisition of BlockCross ATS from State Street, and the transition through regulatory change, including Dodd-Frank and MiFID II.

Tradeweb Filing for IPO

Bond and derivative platform Tradeweb Markets, which is co-owned by Refinitiv, is filing for a US initial public offering (IPO) at $100 million. J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are leading the IPO. Although Tradeweb is going public, Refinitiv will continue to hold a dominant interest in Tradeweb after the IPO.

Pico Extends Data Centre Presence in APAC

Pico, an infrastructure, connectivity, data and cloud technology provider, is continuing its global expansion into the world’s major financial markets with additional personnel and offices, and increased data centre presence in Asia Pacific. Founded in 2009, Pico opened its Singapore and Tokyo offices after signing its first top tier Asian bank client in mid-2018. Next, Pico went live at TY3 in Tokyo to support the FX community, complementing existing LD4 and NY4 offerings. The APAC expansion enables Pico to onboard and support a growing number of clients that want to include Asian markets in their global trading strategies.

SIX Digital Exchange Provides Digital Asset Trading

SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) has opted for R3’s blockchain platform, Corda Enterprise, to provide digital asset listing and fully integrated end-to-end trading. Corda is designed to meet the standards of regulated environments. Many of R3’s members and investors, including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, RBC, and UBS, are also SIX stock exchange trading members, and will have prior knowledge of Corda when SDX services become available. David Rutter, CEO and founder of R3, says that representing assets as tokens on a blockchain platform is an impactful application of the technology and a key focus for R3.

QuantHouse Offers Access to Real Estate Pricing Feeds

Market data services provider QuantHouse is working with the International Property Securities Exchange (IPSX) to distribute IPSX pricing feeds through a single API to QuantHouse’s global community of hedge funds, asset managers and banks that require pricing feeds to trade real estate. The real estate pricing feeds enable firms to build internal pricing and algo trading models, allowing quant traders to incorporate IPSX real estate execution into trading strategies. Stephane Leroy, business co-founder and chief revenue officer at QuantHouse, says that IPSX will also benefit from new investors within QuantHouse’s community.

Connamara Systems Rebuilds Exchange Platform

Connamara Systems has rebuilt its exchange matching engine to deliver Exchange Platform 3 (EP3), which can be deployed in a private, public or hybrid cloud environment. EP3 supports small-to-midsize exchanges running a variety of asset classes under different regulatory regimes.

The company has developed the platform over 11 years, working with exchanges and market participants to create a flexible tool. Jim Downs, CEO of Connamara Systems, says the company’s mission is to make sure technology is not a barrier to entry for any company looking to disrupt and innovate markets.

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Investors Bank Selects Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting

Investors Bank, a New Jersey institution with 151 branches and around $25 billion in assets, has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX solution for regulatory reporting. OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting is set up to use a single source of data to ensure consistency, reconciliation and accuracy and includes Wolters Kluwer’s Regulatory Update Service, which actively monitors regulation across 30 jurisdictions. “We wanted to take a more strategic approach when it came to our regulatory reporting obligations and says searching for an integrated platform, allowing for regulatory reporting automation,” commented Sean Burke, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Investors Bank.

Central Bancompany Chooses Wolters Kluwer for Change Management

Missouri’s Central Bancompany has chosen to implement Wolters Kluwer’s regulatory change management solution across its 13 affiliate banks. OneSumX for Regulatory Change Management tracks regulatory changes and maps them to specific lines of business, providing enhanced risk and controls assessment. Central Bancompany also uses Wolters Kluwers’ OneSumX Risk and Controls Assessment to manage its enterprise compliance risk. “Adding these solutions gives us immediate transparency and connectivity into the array of regulatory rules and developments impacting our business, and allows us to respond in a coordinated, compliant manner,” says Shannon Thomason, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer at Central Bancompany.