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General Data Protection Regulation – The Time to Implement is Now
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is broad, rigorous and challenging – and its compliance deadline is just 12 months away. So, how are organisations responding to the regulation, what progress are they making on implementation and what steps can they take to ensure compliance within the 12-month timeframe. These questions and more were answered in…
Corvil Readies Artificially Intelligent Cyber Security Service
Financial analytics service provider Corvil plans to take its new Cara virtual cybersecurity service from beta mode to fully operational at the end of June, according to David Murray, chief business development officer at the company. Cara is designed to meet security needs of electronic trading operations, to protect trading business against cyber attacks, and…
FRTB Data Management Challenges Call for an Immediate Start on Implementation
The compliance deadline of Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation may be 18 months away, but the data management challenges it presents suggest firms should start implementation early to deal with the details. Among the most pressing challenges are souring required market data, ensuring data accuracy, accessing data in a timely way and…
FRTB’s First Steps and Stages
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation being instituted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) in January 2019 is the de facto successor to the global banking supervision organisation’s Basel III guidelines on market risk and capital adequacy. Financial services firms are beginning to consider the demands FRTB makes on their…
Recorded Webinar: Get to grips with FRTB data and data management requirements
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) sets out a revised market risk framework and proposals to improve capital requirements. Although the regulation’s compliance deadline is 18 months away and some details have yet to be finalised, financial institutions need to be preparing now as FRTB is complex, presents significant data management challenges and…
Opus Resolve API Searches Multiple Entity Databases in Real Time
Opus, parent of Alacra, has introduced Resolve API, an application programming interface designed to help firms search multiple entity databases in real time and speed up the integration of entity reference data with businesses processes. A couple of early adopter banks are using the solution to maintain a single and accurate view of client records…
Get Ready for the Revolutionary Requirements of the CAT
The US Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) is a broad, detailed and revolutionary regulation mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and due to come into force in 2018. Its data requirement surpasses that of its predecessor, the Order Audit Trail System (OATS), and presents challenges around the reporting of correct customer and account data….
Recorded Webinar: Learning from MiFID II for CAT reporting and data management
Compliance with the SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) regulation is just over 18 months away, meaning broker dealers within the scope of the regulation need to get started on their response. Like Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), CAT reporting presents significant – and similar – data management challenges, particularly around customer, account…
Rival Systems Extends Reach Into Equities
Trading and risk management software provider Rival Systems’ partnership with the Lime Brokerage unit of Wedbush extends Rival Systems’ reach beyond its core constituency in futures and options, into equities trading in US markets and dark pools, according to Robert D’Arco, CEO, Rival Systems. Lime Brokerage and Rival Systems have launched an integrated service combining…
Data Processing Strides Pave The Way To More TCA Capability
Squarepoint Capital’s expansion of its use of Kx Systems technology for investment research capitalises on the provider’s strength at normalising data, tying together data sources and increasing the speed of its data processing — in a manner that sets the stage for more effective transaction cost analysis (TCA). Squarepoint uses Kx Systems’ Kdb+ time-series database…