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Eze Software Extends Collaboration with NEX to MiFID II Trade Reporting

Eze Software has extended its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) reporting capability through collaboration with NEX Regulatory Reporting, an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) under the regulation that meets client needs to publish pre- and post-trade data and reports as soon as possible after trade execution. The collaboration bolsters Eze Software’s MiFID II…

Liquidnet Offers High-Touch Solution for Best Execution Analysis

Liquidnet has introduced Best Ex Replay, an addition to its Virtual High Touch suite that is powered by data and analytics from OTAS Technologies. The solution allows traders to recall precise market conditions to explain the context of execution decisions, investigate orders that experienced exceptional market conditions, and achieve regulatory reporting compliance. Natasha Shamis, global…

Data Management Summit Innovation Showcase Presents The Investment Data Utility

Join us tomorrow at our London Data Management Summit to find out how to make data an opportunity rather than a risk, what still needs to be done to ensure Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) compliance, how to make the most of alternative data and next generation analytics, the latest technologies adding…

MiFID II vs GDPR: The Delicate Balance Between KYC and Data Privacy

By: Fenergo regulatory consultants Ciara Kennedy and Aoife Harney Already this year, financial institutions have tackled one significant regulatory hurdle in the form of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). In May 2018 they face General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that threatens to present banks around the world with conflicting and challenging data…

Options Completes 40Gb Backbone Upgrade, Plans Further Upgrade to 100Gb

Options has completed a 40Gb backbone upgrade of all its managed wide area network (WAN) circuits across New York (NY) metro data centres. The infrastructure expansion is designed to allow clients to connect to high volume exchange data feeds at Mahwah, Carteret, NY4 and NJ2, without bandwidth restrictions. All clients connecting to NYSE data have…

Recorded Webinar: Best practice data governance for GDPR compliance

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on May 25, 2018, replacing and extending data privacy rules set down in 1995. This time around, the key to successful implementation is strong and sustainable data governance. The webinar will discuss the role of data governance in GDPR compliance, explore best practice implementation, and detail how…

Data Management Summit: Meet The Cyber Consultants

A-Team Group’s London Data Management Summit rolls into town next Thursday with a fine line-up of speakers and a showcase presenting fintech innovators that could help firms create business value from their data. Ahead of the event, we caught up with Rupert Brown, chief technology officer at The Cyber Consultants, to discuss his views on…

Recorded Webinar: MiFID II trading technology requirements – what’s worked and what hasn’t?

The incredible breadth of coverage of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) always meant there were going to be workarounds. Now that the implementation deadline of January 3, 2018 has passed, how did the marketplace fare in its attempts to comply, where was it successful, and which areas still need work? Listen to…

Fidessa BlockShadow Solves MiFID II Block Trading Problem

Fidessa has worked with long-standing client Redburn to deliver BlockShadow, a service driven by Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and designed to provide intelligent access across conditional dark venues for best execution of large orders. BlockShadow manages the whole process of placing multiple conditional orders on these venues, while at the same…

Risk Focus Adds Regulatory Reporting Advisory

Risk Focus has introduced Regulatory Reporting Advisory (RRA), a service designed to help clients comply with trade reporting regulations, meet aggressive deadlines and build solutions for regulatory compliance, including upcoming regulations such as Securities Finance Transaction Reporting (SFTR), which takes effect in early 2019. Risk Focus RRA offers support for all aspects of regulatory reporting…