Genesis Global Unveils Genesis Platform Version 7, Accelerating Software Development

Genesis Global has launched Genesis Platform version 7 (G7), a significant update to its low-code application development platform for the financial markets sector, introducing multiple enhancements aimed at streamlining the development process. G7 focuses on enabling quicker and more efficient building, testing, and deployment of robust full-stack applications, particularly beneficial for developers in banking, asset management, and other financial firms.

The key improvements – designed to facilitate high-performance transaction processing, event-driven workflows, real-time data integration, and customized user experiences – include accelerated development of full-stack applications, enhanced user interface design capabilities, better integration within enterprise technology ecosystems, and improved access to training tools and support.

Bloomberg Introduces Intra-Firm Chatbots for Enhanced Digital Collaboration

Bloomberg has launched a new service, IB Connect: Intra-Firm Chatbots, designed to enhance digital collaboration for Bloomberg Terminal users. The add-on allows users to integrate proprietary chatbots into Instant Bloomberg (IB) chat rooms, facilitating the sharing of internal system information and improving in-house business intelligence discovery.

The new service supports two types of chatbots. Q&A Intra-Firm Chatbots enable users to extract actionable intelligence directly into chatrooms, addressing queries using data from internal systems. Notification Intra-Firm Chatbots provide timely updates and alerts within the IB environment, ensuring critical information is seamlessly communicated during workflows. This integration uses natural language processing to structure unstructured IB data, which clients can customise for their unique tech stacks and workflows, adhering to Bloomberg’s API protocols.

TD Securities Integrates with Paxos for Automated Commodities Settlement

Paxos, the regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, has partnered with TD Securities, to enable fully automated and simultaneous settlement of cash and commodities for the first time in the precious metals market, enhancing the efficiency of operations for trading both traditional and digital precious metals.

Aiming to set a new standard in the industry for reducing risk and improving settlement safety, the partnership addresses the prevalent issue of many commodities trading firms lacking automated confirmations and settlement. The Paxos Settlement Service not only enables simultaneous settlement but also acts as a hub for accommodating all counterparty settlements, even those not on the network.

Torstone Technology Secures DTCC’s CTM Certification for Enhanced Post-Trade Processing

Post-trade securities and derivatives processing solutions provider, Torstone Technology, has successfully completed its Middle Office product certification with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Central Trade Manager (CTM) service. The collaboration with DTCC’s CTM, a global central matching platform, is timely in light of the upcoming US transition to a T+1 settlement cycle in 2024. The integration aims to provide automated central matching, essential for maintaining accuracy and efficiency in the face of shorter settlement periods.

The certification of Torstone’s Middle Office product with DTCC’s CTM promises to not only streamline the implementation process but also offer a more reliable and secure environment for post-trade activities. Additionally, the integration includes features from DTCC’s ALERT, the industry’s most extensive database for the maintenance and communication of settlement instructions.

TS Imagine Partners with Kayenta to Enhance Hedge Fund Treasury Management

TS Imagine has joined forces with Kayenta to integrate Kayenta’s Treasury Management System into TS Imagine’s TS One platform, to enhance finance management capabilities for hedge funds. The partnership aims to provide clients with clearer insights into their financing costs and broker relationships, particularly crucial in the context of rising interest rates.

With Kayenta’s analytics, TS One users will gain comprehensive insights into cash, collateral, and cost management for their multi-asset and multi-prime portfolios, alongside improved automated reporting. The collaboration builds on TS Imagine’s continued expansion of trading and risk management services, following a recent alliance with Cassini Systems for margin and collateral analytics.

interop.io and Infront Team Up for Deutsche Numis Trading Platform Enhancement

Interoperability provider interop.io and Infront, the European financial market data solutions provider, have collaborated to enhance the trading platform for Deutsche Numis, an international investment bank and retail service provider. This initiative comes as retail trading volumes hit record highs, surpassing the meme-stock trading surge of 2021.

To capitalise on this growth, Deutsche Numis has improved its trading execution workflow by utilising interop.io’s platform, io.Connect, to integrate its core Fidessa platform with Infront’s retail service provider quotation (RSP) solution. The connection between the systems includes synchronisation of instruments using tracking groups and colour channels, to improve efficiency and to streamline workflow for traders.

TS Imagine Launches Best Execution Compliance Module

In a development complementing TS Imagine’s recent collaboration with eflow for trade surveillance capabilities, the trading and risk management platform provider has introduced a new module within its TradeSmart OEMS and TS One platforms to enhance Best Execution compliance and reporting for financial traders.

Designed to simplify compliance, the module offers an integrated view of trade activities, automatically records trading actions, provides robust data analysis, event classification and real-time commentary functionalities, and generate best execution reports. The module is pre-programed with more than 60,000 rules from across global jurisdictions, enabling users to automatically record and report their Best Ex compliance.

BMLL Technologies Secures ISO 27001 Certification for Data Security

Level 3 historical data and analytics provider BMLL Technologies, has been awarded the ISO 27001 certification, underscoring its commitment to the highest standards of information security. This international accreditation confirms BMLL’s effectiveness in implementing a robust Information Security Management System (ISMS), covering all aspects of its operations, including the development and management of its analytics platforms and data services.

The certification, awarded after rigorous independent evaluation, confirms that BMLL follows stringent security practices to protect sensitive data, reinforcing the company’s reputation as a trusted provider of Level 3 historical data and analytics to the capital markets industry.

DTCC Introduces Trade Reporting Analytics and UTI Exchange to Report Hub Service

DTCC has announced the launch of Trade Reporting Analytics and UTI Exchange as enhancements to Report Hub, its cloud-based pre- and post-trade reporting platform, designed to help firms meet derivatives and securities financing transactions mandates.

Trade Reporting Analytics provides access to a library of over 100 data insights to identify potential errors, highlight trends, and benchmark performance against anonymized peers. The system’s capabilities have been validated by a pilot user group including J.P. Morgan, Nomura Americas Services, LLC and Wells Fargo.

Substantive Research Uncovers Rapid Increases in Market Data Pricing Amidst Regulatory Scrutiny

The latest analysis of 2023 market data pricing from research discovery and analytics provider Substantive Research, reveals that market data prices are going up faster than ever, identical products and use cases are charged inconsistently, and agreements are persistently unclear.

This comes despite the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ongoing review into market data pricing practices. In August 2023, the FCA indicated that its highly anticipated Wholesale Market Data Study, due for publication in March 2024, will outline several concerns, including restrictive terms around data usage, high barriers to entry, high contract renewal charges, and a lack of meaningful innovation in the market.

Although the FCA has found that some aspects of the market prevent, restrict or distort competition, it has stated it not proposing to make a referral to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, believing it is best positioned to address these issues within the FCA itself.

Substantive Research’s data shows ratings agencies have increased prices by an average 12%, index providers by an average 13%, and some outliers have charged clients up to 600% more. For specific products, some consumers are paying more than 26 times than others for very similar requirements, according to the analysis.