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Xtrakter to Offer New FSA Reporting for Derivatives Trades
Xtrakter, a leading provider of capital market data, trade matching and regulatory reporting, is now reporting derivative transaction data for clients to the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) using a newly implemented industry format – the Alternative Instrument Identifier (Aii). In compliance with MiFID, the use of Aii for transaction reporting across Europe for derivatives…
GlobeOp Launches Form PF Reporting Service for Hedge Funds Ahead of SEC Deadline
With the first SEC deadline for private fund (Form PF) reporting currently less than six months away for many large hedge funds and managed account platforms, GlobeOp Financial Services has launched a reporting service to specifically support the requirements. “Many funds with more than $1 billion in assets under management (AuM) potentially face their first…
LSE’s Acquisition of the UK FSA’s TRS for £15m Brings UnaVista’s Range of Functions to an Extended Client Base, Says Husler
The announcement this week that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) is in the process of acquiring the UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) approved reporting mechanism (ARM) is likely to be the first but not the last acquisition that the exchange operator will be making in the post-trade space this year, if CEO Xavier Rolet’s ambitions…
Talend Closes First Half of 2011 with Significant Growth and Increased Industry Recognition
Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced the results of its first half of 2011. Within the first six months of the year, the company experienced significant success with record growth as a result of new customer deals and expansion within the existing customer base. “When we entered 2011 we had identified specific…
FSA Enters Into an Agreement to Sell TRS to the London Stock Exchange
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has entered into a conditional agreement to sell its Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) known as the Transaction Reporting System (TRS) to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) for £15m. The TRS is an ARM established in the UK market for the reporting of transactions in regulated instruments by firms to the…
Opinion: Risk Management Nirvana Comes Together in the Form of Real-time
By Dale Stevens, business development director for Capital Markets at SAS UK The case for real-time risk management was made clear in report published by Lepus earlier this week. The report is based on interviews with senior representatives from four global banks and two independent consultants with extensive past experience in the field of risk….
SailPoint Global Market Pulse Survey Underscores Risk of Insider Threats
A recent SailPoint Market Pulse Survey examined the current state of employee compliance with corporate policy related to private, sensitive data to help identify weak links in IT risk mitigation programs. Conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of SailPoint, the survey of 3,484 employees in the United States, Great Britain and Australia found that an…
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Launches Workbench Mobile for the iPad
BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, announced the launch of Workbench Mobile, a new app enabling the firm’s institutional clients to authorize instructions and securely access key reports and account information from their iPad. Workbench Mobile is available now for download to registered Workbench users at the App Store through…
Another One Out the Door at Thomson Reuters: Wenig Departs from Markets Division as Part of Structural Shake up
In yet another shock departure from data giant Thomson Reuters over the last few months, Markets division chief Devin Wenig has left and CEO Tom Glocer is due to take on his responsibilities. Wenig, who has long been thought the natural successor to Glocer, is departing the vendor as part of a management and structural…
Cleartrade Exchange Helps Clients Meet Dodd Frank Regulations with Trade Repository
Cleartrade Exchange, the global electronic marketplace for freight and commodity derivatives, announced today that its Trade Repository, an integral part of its trading platform, has now been released to clients. Unlike most “old tech” solutions which are intra-day at best, the Cleartrade real-time Trade Repository automates the production of trade confirmations, in the form of…