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Arabesque Releases AI Powered Asset Management Solution AutoCIO
Arabesque has released AutoCIO, an AI powered asset management solution that can generate and operate millions of customised and sustainable active equity investment strategies. Developed by Arabesque AI, part of the Arabesque Group that also includes Arabesque Asset Management, the solution enables asset managers and investment professionals to configure and build customised active strategies that...
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ANNA Service Bureau Migrates to Cloud as Part of Enhancement and Modernisation Programme
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) has improved and modernised the ANNA Service Bureau (ASB). Key changes include the migration of the platform to a cloud-based infrastructure, a new user interface with an integrated data quality dashboard, a data challenge ticketing system, and enhanced search and download capabilities. Additional data elements related to the...
Arabesque Releases AI Powered Asset Management Solution AutoCIO
Arabesque has released AutoCIO, an AI powered asset management solution that can generate and operate millions of customised and sustainable active equity investment strategies. Developed by Arabesque AI, part of the Arabesque Group that also includes Arabesque Asset Management, the solution enables asset managers and investment professionals to configure and build customised active strategies that...
ICE Benchmark Administration Adds ICE Risk Free Rate Indexes for US Dollar, Euro and Japanese Yen
ICE Benchmark Administration has introduced ICE Risk Free Rate (RFR) Indexes in US Dollar (SOFR), Euro (€STR) and Japanese Yen (TONA). The indexes will be used to replace LIBOR rates and include ICE SONIA Indexes for GBP Sterling that the company released in April 2021. “Expanding the ICE Indexes to cover GBP, USD, EUR and...
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FactSet Teams Up with Macrobond to Offer Insight into Global Equity Markets
Macrobond, a provider of global economic, aggregate financial and sector data for finance professionals, has teamed up with FactSet to provide top-down researchers with insight into the dynamics of global equity markets. The company has worked with FactSet to build an aggregate version of the latter’s Quant Factor Library, a point-in-time database of factor insights…
Moody’s Acquires Climate and Natural Disaster Risk Modelling Specialist RMS
Moody’s Corporation has completed the acquisition of RMS, a global provider of climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics. The acquisition expands Moody’s insurance data and analytics business, and accelerates the development of the company’s global integrated risk capabilities to address the next generation of risk assessment.
Tikehau Capital Selects NeoXam DataHub for Transformation Programme
NeoXam’s DataHub platform has been selected by global alternative asset management group Tikehau Capital to support an IT and operational transformation programme across its global multi-fund business. The NeoXam solution will act as a central repository for Tikehau Capital, creating a single point of truth for securities, business entities, indices and benchmarks, and portfolios. NeoXam…
ICE Adds Weather Forecast Data to Connect Platform
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has extended provision of ESG data with the release of weather forecast data on its ICE Connect platform. ICE Connect users can connect streaming weather data to streaming tick information, making it easier to see how changing weather forecasts influence live market prices. All weather forecasts are archived and weather observations extend…
SimCorp Adds Qontigo Portfolio Optimisation to Open Platform
SimCorp has partnered Qontigo, a provider of analytics and indices and part of the Deutsche Börse Group, to offer its clients a fully managed portfolio optimisation, risk management and modelling service within SimCorp Dimension. The partnership is one of many SimCorp is making to complement its own front office suite with a choice of tools…
Etrading and ITSA Create Task Force to Discuss Digital Token Identifier Issuance Process
Etrading Software, acting as exclusive registration authority for ISO standard 24165 digital token identifiers (DTIs), and the International Token Standardization Association (ITSA), a non-profit organisation aiming at setting market standards for the global token economy, have created a joint task force to identify synergies in the issuance processes of both the DTI and the International…
SmartSearch Adds Documentation Verification Solution for AML and KYC
SmartSearch, provider of a digital verification solution for anti-money laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, has added SmartDoc, a complementary document verification system that combines facial recognition technology and expert analysis at a level similar to that of border security officials. The solution supports fraud prevention and regulatory compliance in capital markets, and…
Broadridge Integrates OpenFin into Portfolio Management System
Broadridge Financial Solutions plans to integrate OpenFin’s operating system into its next generation portfolio and order management system, allowing users to benefit from componentised apps with configurable layouts and intuitive workflows. The partnership should help portfolio managers manage their desktop real estate more efficiently and increase productivity by reducing effort and time needed to navigate…
BNP Paribas Selects InvestCloud for Client Relationship and Lifecycle Management Services
BNP Paribas Wealth Management has selected InvestCloud to build client relationship and lifecycle management services to onboard clients who are high net worth individuals (HNWIs). The selection was made on the basis of InvestCloud’s automation technology, which is expected to bring operational efficiency to onboarding HNWIs, ease of integration with existing systems using InvestCloud’s modular…
Financial Stability Board Calls for Action on LIBOR Transition
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a progress report to the G20 on LIBOR transition and remaining issues, noting that with timelines for cessation of LIBOR panels confirmed at the end of 2021 and mid-2023 ‘there should be no remaining doubts as to the urgency of the need to transition away from LIBOR by…
Exchange Data International Partners XTAL Strategies
Exchange Data International (EDI) has partnered XTAL Strategies with the aim to support XTAL’s regulated private market benchmark initiative. The initiative comes ahead of EU Benchmark Regulation (BMR), which comes into force in 2022 and will require EU supervised users of indices to only use benchmarks that comply with the regulation. XTAL predicts the adoption…
Etrading Goes Live with Digital Token Identifier Registry
Etrading Software, acting as the exclusive registration authority for the ISO standard for Digital Token Identifiers (DTIs), has gone live with the DTI Registry that will assign the identifiers. Etrading’s Digital Token Identifier Foundation (DTIF), a non-profit division of the company, is responsible for the DTI Registry and will provide golden source reference data for…
Gresham Completes $38.6 Million Acquisition of Electra
Gresham Technologies has closed the acquisition of Electra Information Systems, reinforcing its market position in reconciliation solutions for financial markets and strengthening its expanding operations in North America. Electra is a provider of post-trade automation solutions, with a focus on improving efficiency and mitigating risk for buy-side participants. The investment follows Gresham’s acquisition of Inforalgo…
Deutsche Bank Establishes ESG Centre of Excellence in Singapore
Deutsche Bank has set up an ESG centre of excellence in Singapore. Its activities include a focus on ESG transactions across all business divisions, including its investment bank, corporate bank, international private bank and asset management. It will also consider innovation at the nexus of ESG and fintech to develop new products addressing gaps in…
Opensee Extends Reach with Office in New York
Opensee, a provider of self-service big data analytics for business users, has opened a US office, adding to headquarters in Paris and a location in London. The company says all its clients have a US presence and many of its executives previously worked in New York, making a third office a natural step. In the…
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Encompass Hires VP of Customer Success and Delivery
Encompass, a provider of automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, continues to build its executive team with the addition of Nicola Pickering to the newly created role of vice president of customer success and delivery. She has worked across client success management, programme delivery and product design, and will be responsible for ensuring an evolving…
Encompass Strengthens Executive Team to Support Entry into North America
Encompass, a provider of automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, has added two  members to its executive team to support growth plans. Alan Samuels, previously head of products at the company, and Magalie Pimentel, former head of marketing, have been promoted to vice president, product and vice president, marketing respectively. As well as overseeing the…
Delta Capita Names Ex-Fenergo and Avox Exec Oliver White as Head of CLM Sales
Delta Capita, a provider of managed services, technology solutions and consulting, has appointed Oliver White as head of sales with a focus on the company’s Karbon end-to-end client lifecycle management (CLM) proposition. White joins Delta Capita from Enveil, where he opened and led the London office for the Washington-based privacy enhancing technology company. Prior to…
KX Names ex-TIBCO Executive Mark Bannon as President of Sales, North America
Mark Bannon has joined KX as president of sales, North America, with responsibility for the company’s growth in the region. He will partner the North America sales organisation across finance and other industries to meet growing need for ultra-high performance, real-time data analytics. Bannon joins KX from TIBCO and brings a mix of deep industry…
GoldenSource Hires ex-ION Director to Lead OnDemand Managed Service Solution
GoldenSource has appointed Xavier Gerardin, formerly lead of hosted services at ION, as global head of its OnDemand solution, a cloud-based managed service that provides hosting, technical and business assistance services for the company’s EDM clients. With 20 years’ experience in capital markets, including managing over 100 financial software programmes, Gerardin’s responsibility at GoldenSource is…
NeoXam Names Mark Hembury as Head Of Sales for DACH and CEE Regions
NeoXam has named former SIX Financial Information managing director, Mark Hembury, as head of sales for the DACH – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, and CEE Central and Eastern Europe regions. Hembury held several senior roles across a six-year period at SIX and previously worked at Thomson Reuters, Moody’s Investor Services, and Reuters. At NeoXam,…
Broadridge Hires Ian Strudwick to Lead Expansion Strategy in APAC
Broadridge has appointed Ian Strudwick as general manager and head of APAC as part of its strategy to capitalise on opportunities for business growth in the post-pandemic recovery and demonstrate commitment to the region. Strudwick brings 23 years of experience in the financial services and technology sector to Broadridge and joins from TD Securities, where…
LSEG Names David Harris to Lead Sustainable Finance Product Team
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has named David Harris to lead its sustainable finance product team, part of the data and analytics division. Harris will report to Stuart Brown, group head of enterprise data solutions, and will build on ongoing investment in ESG and sustainable investment indexes, data and analytics products. Harris will also drive…
Gresham Hires Marc Cavell to Lead North America Business Development
Gresham Technologies has appointed Marc Cavell to spearhead business development across North America. Cavell brings over 10 years of fintech experience spanning corporate banking, financial messaging, payments, and cash management to Gresham, previously holding sales roles at Fundtech and Finastra, where he managed key accounts in the US market. He joins an existing group of…
Gresham Hires Harvey Colborne to Drive Sales of Data Control Solutions
Gresham Technologies, a provider of solutions for data integrity and control, has appointed Harvey Colborne to lead business development and sales across the UK and Ireland. Colborne has experience of both the buy and sell-side following a career with roles at JPMorgan, Schroders, and BNY Mellon, as well as technology providers Interactive Data and IHS…
CFTC Adds Role of CDO in Reorganisation
The CFTC has hired a CDO and set up a division of data as part of a reorganisation designed to improve operational efficiency. Recognising the importance of centralised data, the reorganisation brings data practitioners together from operating units including the office of data and technology (which will cease to exist) and the division of market…
Gresham Technologies Continues APAC Expansion with Strategic Hire
Gresham Technologies Plc (Gresham) has appointed Joel Jerome as Director of Sales, APAC to grow the firm’s regional footprint. Globally, heightened market volatility, digital transformation and increased regulatory scrutiny are demanding better reconciliation and reporting of all data types. Jerome’s appointment in Singapore is an extension of Gresham’s commitment to meeting these challenges for existing…
Former Teradata CEO Oliver Ratzesberger, Appointed Chair of OpenCorporates
OpenCorporates, provider of a large open database of companies worldwide, has named former Teradata CEO Oliver Ratzesberger as the first chair of its board. OpenCorporates has grown rapidly in the past nine years with its White Box company data attracting millions of visitors to its website every month. Users include financial institutions, government agencies and…
Milestone Group Appoints APAC Head
Fund processing and oversight automation specialist Milestone has appointed Marian Azer as Managing Director for Asia Pacific (APAC) based in Sydney, Australia. Reporting to London based CEO Paul Roberts, Marian will have overall responsibility for market engagement, client success and go-to-market strategy across APAC, with particular emphasis on the Australian and New Zealand markets. Previously,…
Etrading Software Expands Managed Service Offering with New Hires
London-based Etrading Software, an independent provider of technology-led solutions designed for financial institutions and industry initiatives, has announced three new hires in its London office, as well as a new operational layer in Asia. In Europe, the firm has strengthened its outsourced services delivery capability through the appointment of James Haskell as Business Operations Officer, David…
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Upcoming Webinar: Best practice approaches for corporate actions automation
Date: 18 November 2021 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Demand for timely and accurate corporate actions data is growing as volumes and complexity rise, and financial institutions acknowledge the increasingly costly gap between accurate corporate actions processing in real, or near-real, time and faulty processing caused by poor…
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ESG Data & Tech Summit 2022
This summit will explore challenges around assembling and evaluating ESG data for reporting and the impact of regulatory measures and industry collaboration on transparency and standardisation efforts. Expert speakers will address how the evolving market infrastructure is developing and the role of new technologies and alternative data in improving insight and filling data gaps.
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ESG Handbook 2021
A-Team Group’s ESG Handbook 2021 is a ‘must read’ for all capital markets participants, data vendors and solutions providers involved in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing and product development. It includes extensive coverage of all elements of ESG, from an initial definition and why ESG is important, to existing and emerging regulations, data challenges…
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Sanctions Screening for Indirect Investments – The Buy Side’s New Compliance Challenge
The global political climate over the past few years has sparked a jump in the use of sanctions to attempt to influence the behaviour of players in the geopolitical landscape. While sell-side firms are familiar with sanctions and have long been required to monitor the securities they trade, own or recommend to clients to ensure...
Next-Generation Network and Vendor Management: mitigating operational risk in relationship networks
The complex network of relationships that financial institutions have built with multiple partners has created a huge operational burden, resulting in significant operational risk as well as financial and compliance risk. Dating back decades, many of these relationships are now managed as a separate business function, costing organisations millions of dollars. Add in regulatory obligations,...
Practical Data Strategies for meeting ESG Obligations in Financial Services
The ESG investing landscape is poised to become more defined, as competing definitions, standards and regulatory initiatives start to converge. The impact of ESG will be felt far and wide across the financial services community, which will face practical challenges in developing and implementing an ESG strategy that is both effective and avoids box-ticking –...
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RegTech Summit New York City
Now in its 5th year, the RegTech Summit in NYC explores how the North American financial services industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
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RegTech Summit London
Now in its 6th year, the RegTech Summit in London explores how the European financial services industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
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ESG Data & Tech Summit 2022
This summit will explore challenges around assembling and evaluating ESG data for reporting and the impact of regulatory measures and industry collaboration on transparency and standardisation efforts. Expert speakers will address how the evolving market infrastructure is developing and the role of new technologies and alternative data in improving insight and filling data gaps.
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Data Lineage
Data lineage traces data from source to destination, noting every move the data makes and taking into account any changes to the data during its journey for full traceability. It is critical to regulatory compliance and offers numerous business and operational benefits. Read all about what it is, who it impacts, what the challenges and potential solutions are, as well as review our latest content on the topic and a list of solutions providers.
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A-Team Innovation Awards 2021
A-Team’s series of awards recognise outstanding performance by the vendors of data and technology solutions to the financial industry, with a specific focus on Data Management, Trading Technology and RegTech suppliers. Our A-Team Innovation awards also celebrate successful projects within financial institutions (both with vendor support and without) across the financial enterprise.
