Appital Integrates with Virtu Financial’s Triton Valor EMS for Enhanced Investment Opportunities

Appital, the equity markets technology solution, has announced the integration of Virtu Financial’s Triton Valor Execution Management System (EMS) with Appital Turquoise BookBuilder, the algorithmic bookbuilding platform. The integration will allow buy-side firms to receive Appital liquidity opportunities directly into their workflows and trading infrastructure, enabling them to access previously inaccessible cross-border deal flow opportunities.

Among the first firms to access Appital’s bookbuilding platform via the Triton Valor EMS are Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Unigestion SA, Principal Financial Group, Groupama Asset Management, and BBVA Asset Management.

ION Markets’ LatentZero OMS Integrates with Trumid

ION Markets has announced the integration of its LatentZero OMS with Trumid, a fixed income electronic trading platform. This connection will enable users to interact with a wider group of buy and sell-side market participants, providing greater access to liquidity and trading opportunities while ensuring trade compliance from the LatentZero OMS.

The integration also offers access to Trumid’s integrated market data intelligence tools, delivering enhanced transparency across the trade lifecycle and a personalised experience, including smart notifications to guide and inform trading decisions.

Vancity Investment Management Extends Bloomberg Stack with PORT Enterprise

Vancity Investment Management, one of the first wealth management firms in Canada to focus on investments that deliver competitive returns while making a positive impact on the world, has adopted PORT Enterprise, Bloomberg’s advanced portfolio and risk analytics solution, along with Bloomberg Data License, the technology that delivers Bloomberg’s data content sets across the enterprise to further streamline its portfolio management operations.

This is the latest expansion to Vancity’s suite of Bloomberg buy-side solutions supporting the firm’s investment workflow, adding to its use of Bloomberg AIM, an order and investment management system.

Finastra Offers Clients Alternative Data from Alygne

Financial technology provider Finastra is to offer clients alternative ESG data from Alygne. London-based Finastra said the partnership with the data-scraping specialist would enable investors to manage their ESG objectives through integration with its Fusion Invest tool.

dwpbank and valantic FSA Launch wpNex Digital Assets Platform for German Banks

Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG (dwpbank) has partnered with valantic FSA to launch the “wpNex” digital assets platform, enabling 1,200 banks and savings banks in Germany to trade digital assets for themselves and their customers. Initially offering cryptocurrency trading, wpNex will gradually expand to include regulated trading of other digital assets.

Valantic FSA’s automation platform connects existing core banking systems with the trading system of the execution broker, wallet provider, and settlement service provider, providing an automated workflow between parties. This enables banks to offer customers access to cryptocurrency trading through existing systems while significantly reducing transaction costs.

Bloomberg to Host ESG Book Data

Bloomberg is to offer ESG Book content to its customers, providing them with company-reported emissions and other climate-related data. ESG Book, which is a collaboration between data provider and asset manager Arabesque as well as a number of major banks and financial companies, covers almost 10,000 companies in its datasets.

FCA Requires IBA to Continue Publication of US Dollar LIBOR Settings Using Synthetic Methodology

Further to a November 2022 consultation, the FCA has decided to use its powers under UK Benchmarks Regulation (UK BMR) to require ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) to continue publication of 1-, 3- and 6-month US dollar LIBOR settings using an unrepresentative synthetic methodology. The FCA will require IBA to publish these synthetic US dollar LIBOR settings for a temporary period after 30 June 2023, following the end of the US dollar LIBOR bank panel, and intends for them to cease entirely on 30 September 2024.

From 1 July 2023, all new use of synthetic US dollar LIBOR by UK supervised entities will be prohibited under the UK BMR, which the FCA notes will override the exemptions to the prohibition on the new use of US dollar LIBOR imposed by the FCA on 1 January 2022. The FCA will allow the use of the 1-, 3- and 6-month synthetic US dollar LIBOR settings by supervised entities in all legacy contracts, except for cleared derivatives.

Exchange Data International Extends Provision of Corporate Actions Data

Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing, and reference data services, has introduced UK FundsCAB Service to further extend its investment funds coverage. The service covers over 13,700 share class funds from 200 fund management companies to provide comprehensive corporate actions data. Users can access corporate actions as soon as they enter EDI’s corporate actions web-based system. EDI also publishes daily fund distributions on the UK FundsCAB service.

UBS and Asian Bank Pioneer Cross-Border Intraday Repo Trade on Broadridge’s Blockchain Platform

UBS and a global Asian bank have successfully executed the first cross-border intraday repo transaction on Broadridge Financial Solutions’ blockchain-enabled Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform. This milestone marks the launch of the next phase in the rollout of Broadridge’s DLR platform, a significant step towards a more efficient means of intraday liquidity management, building on the initial success of the platform and its growing expansion across the global repo community.

The DLR platform allows market participants to agree, execute, and settle repo transactions with flexible settlement cycles based on counterparties’ needs. By increasing settlement velocity and collateral mobility, the platform enables intraday transactions and reduces the operating cost and risk associated with all repo activity, including overnight and term repos.

Northern Trust’s Integrated Trading Solutions Experiences Rapid Growth

Northern Trust Capital Markets has experienced rapid growth in its Integrated Trading Solutions business, more than doubling over the past three years and adding 22 new clients in 2022 alone. The platform is being increasingly chosen by asset managers for their outsourced trading needs, with over 90 clients across the globe, including the US, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

The Integrated Trading Solutions platform provides global trading expertise in equities, fixed income, exchange traded derivatives, futures, and exchange traded funds (ETFs) across global markets. It offers multiple trading locations, access to high-quality liquidity, and fully integrated middle and back-office services, enabling asset owners and managers to lower costs, reduce risk, manage regulatory compliance, and enhance transparency and operational efficiency.