Auditing Body Releases ESG Data Assurance Proposal

The global auditing standards setter, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), has released its proposals for ISSA 5000, which will cover the validation of ESG data. As the IAASB explained to ESG Insight last week, the standard – if adopted – is hoped to harmonise the way ESG data is verified by auditors.

ION Boosts XTP Execution Solution with Direct Access to Cboe Europe Derivatives

Trading and risk management solutions vendor ION has upgraded its XTP Execution solution to give direct access to pan-European equity derivatives exchange Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX). XTP Execution offers automated trade workflow, integrated order management and execution, and robust connectivity to global markets.

With CEDX’s stated aim to foster larger, more liquid markets for European equity derivatives, direct access to the exchange via XTP Execution promises to facilitate better connectivity and to lower barriers to entry for its customers.

LedgerEdge Enters Administration Amid Tough Funding Climate

London-based corporate bond trading platform, LedgerEdge, has entered administration just three years after its inception. The company launched as a multilateral trading facility (MTF) in the UK last year, with approvals from both the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and US regulatory bodies.

LedgerEdge aimed to modernise the corporate bond market by combining artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology to offer better connectivity, new liquidity opportunities and complete data control. However, the firm cited an “extremely challenging funding environment” as the main reason for the closure.

With Intelligence Plans Growth Acceleration Following Investment by Motive Partners

With Intelligence, a provider of investment data and intelligence for allocating, fund-raising and business development in the public and private markets, has received a majority investment from funds advised by Motive Partners, a private equity firm focused on financial technology. Intermediate Capital Group, which originally invested in With Intelligence in 2020, will invest further alongside Motive.

The company plans to use the investment to accelerate growth as it focuses on delivering leading connectivity, data and insights solutions to the limited partner and general partner communities. Founded in 1998, With Intelligence is a provider of data, intelligence and connectivity to the global asset management industry, with an integrated product suite of data, insights and events covering hedge funds, private credit, private equity, real estate and traditional asset management.

Capco Partners Pyramid Analytics to Simplify Decision Making

Capco, a Wipro technology and management consultancy dedicated to financial services, has partnered Pyramid Analytics, a business analytics and decision intelligence platform provider, to help financial institutions simplify decision-making through AI-augmented, automated, and collaborative insights. The partnership brings together Capco’s financial services experience and expertise in data and analytics with Pyramid’s strategic, enterprise-wide approach to business intelligence. Pyramid’s Decision Intelligence Platform offers a low-code/no-code solution to data preparation, business analytics, data science, and machine learning, empowering faster, more intelligent decisions.

Guardian Capital Selects FactSet and DataRobot to Boost Analytics Platform

Guardian Capital LP’s i3 Investments Team, a portfolio management team within Guardian Capital that combines AI with human intelligence for stock selection, has chosen FactSet’s Programmatic Environment (FPE) and DataRobot to enhance its analytics platform and improve end-to-end quant workflow.

The relationship enables i3 Investments to combine FactSet’s quantitative product suite for factor creation and research with DataRobot’s integrated AI and Machine Learning (ML) platform to help solve complex investment management problems.

Advantage Futures Adopts Eventus’ Validus for Trade Surveillance

Advantage Futures, one of the highest volume clearing firms in the futures industry, has chosen Eventus Systems’ Validus platform for its trade surveillance needs. After extensive research and testing, Validus was selected for its advanced machine learning capabilities, customisable features, ease of use and the knowledge and responsiveness of the Eventus team.

The Validus platform, which handles billions of messages per day and is used widely throughout the industry across asset classes, offers a combination of automated processes, including machine learning, to provide alert triage and escalates the most actionable alerts for further investigation.

Amundi Intermédiation Selects FlexTRADER EMS for Cross-Asset Trading Consolidation

Amundi Intermédiation, the execution business subsidiary of Amundi Asset Management, has selected FlexTrade Systems’ FlexTRADER EMS as its global, centralized EMS platform to deliver cross-asset trading capabilities to over 60 dealers across its investment hubs with trading desks in Paris, Dublin, Singapore and Tokyo.

FlexTRADER’s advanced automation tools will aim to streamline Amundi Intermédiation’s order and workflow management across all asset classes. The platform’s fixed-income capabilities will also help automate and electronify Amundi’s bond execution operations. While equities and derivatives are currently live, fixed income deployment is scheduled for the end of 2023.

McKay Brothers Launches Ultra-Low Latency Cboe UK Equities Data Service at London Stock Exchange

McKay Brothers International SA (MBI) has launched its latest low latency market data service, now offering Cboe UK cash equities raw data at the London Stock Exchange through its wireless QRD service at what the company claims is the lowest known latency. The service brings together data from Cboe UK’s CXE and BXE feeds in their native exchange format.

MBI specialises in ultra-low latency market data distribution and low latency wireless bandwidth between global financial markets. This new service enhances its existing offer, which already includes raw and standardised market data distribution to the main exchange-trading European centres from major financial exchanges.

RocketFin Joins OpenFin’s Ecosystem to Enhance Risk Management Solutions

Risk management technology services provider RocketFin has become a certified development partner of OpenFin, adding to OpenFin’s growing ecosystem of partners. This makes RocketFin the only firm with certification in both OpenFin and Beacon’s ecosystems. The partnership will allow RocketFin to provide its customers with a unique integrated solution that combines risk management expertise with OpenFin’s advanced operating system technology.

With this move, RocketFin can now offer its latest risk management solution on the OpenFin operating system, with the aim of giving customers access to a range of tools to help them manage risk more effectively.