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MiFID II: The True Cost of Research Unbundling – Part One
The implementation of MiFID II in 2018 catalysed a maelstrom of regulatory modifications for financial institutions. One of the biggest changes was the requirement to separate the cost of investment research and corporate access from the cost of trade execution – forcing providers to drastically alter their models in order to comply with the explicit…
Datactics Matches 2019 Product Plans with Geographical Expansion and New Chairman
Datactics is on a roll, with strong business growth expected through 2019 leading to the opening of additional offices in New York City and Milan, and the appointment of a new chairman, Edinburgh-based Graham Paterson, a non-executive director at Bailie Gifford US Growth Trust. The business expansion is matched by Datactics’ 2019 product plans, which…
Refinitiv’s John Mason Talks to DMI About Transitioning to the Cloud
Refinitiv, formerly Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk business, is off the runway and heading for the cloud with a view to transitioning its data and clients to the cloud, bringing processes to data rather than data to processes, and helping clients gain value from data and tackle the thorny issue of total cost of ownership…
ChartIQ Raises $17.4 Million in Series B Funding
ChartIQ, a provider of HTML5 real-time data charting software and most recently a desktop integration platform that connects disparate applications into a unified desktop solution, has completed Series B funding, led by German investor Digital+ Partners, of $17.4 million. The company will use the funding to increase hiring efforts, expand its headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia…
MiFID II: A Long Way from Happy Ever After…
It is over a year since MiFID II was finally implemented on January 3, 2018 and in the mad dash to meet the regulatory deadline, many firms adopted immediate measures and mandatory shortcuts to meet the new research rules, that are now emerging as less than sustainable over the long-term. Fast forward 13 months, and…
Capgemini Marches on with IDMS Reference Data Utility Despite Talk of Pullback
Whatever happened to the Capgemini (nee iGate) Integrated Data Management Services (IDMS) utility? With little or no market visibility in the past 12-18 months, many in the industry surmised that new owners Capgemini had developed cold feet in the face of slow expansion. When the utility’s sales group in London and New York was folded…
Data Management Insight – All the News, Insight and Information You Need
Welcome to Data Management Insight (DMI), a dedicated section of A-Team Group’s exciting new website that will keep you up to date with all that’s new in data management across capital markets, give you exclusive insights into hot topics, and provide you with information that will add value to your work. Over the coming weeks…
RegTek.Solutions Hires ex-IHS Markit Exec Chris Cornish to Strengthen SFTR team
RegTek.Solutions has hired Chris Cornish as a consultant business analyst based in London. He joins from IHS Markit where he was a senior business analyst and a Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) specialist. He was previously at ICBC Standard Bank, where he worked on SFTR implementation. At RegTek.Solutions, Cornish will focus on Validate.Trade, a product…
Datactics Details 2019 Plans Including Public Cloud Solutions, a Sanctions Matching Engine and a Data Quality Clinic
Datactics has made plans for 2019 that will move selected solutions into the public cloud, extend implementation of innovative technologies, create a data quality clinic, and add a matching engine for sanctions screening to its open data projects. The company is also working with clients on data-quality-as-a-service. The company’s commitment to cloud technology, initially private…
GLEIF Seeks Applicants to Join Board of Directors
The GLEIF is calling for applications from C-suite level executives in the UK, Switzerland, China and India to join its board of directors. New board members will be appointed in June 2019 in line with the mandatary rotation of members of the board and to ensure the right balance of jurisdictional and skill representation. Details…