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UK FSA Grants Approval to Xtrakter for the Regulatory Reporting of Derivatives Using AII Codes
The UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) February deadline for the introduction of the Alternative Instrument Identifiers (AII) is fast approaching and this week the regulator has granted Trax platform operator Xtrakter approval to regulatory report exchange traded derivatives (ETD) using the new identifiers. Jason Waight, Xtrakter’s recently appointed director of product management, explains to Reference Data…
Advent Software Announces Release of Axys 3.8
Advent Software, a provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, today announced the release of Axys 3.8, an important update to Advent’s turnkey portfolio accounting and reporting solution. The latest release of Axys marks Advent’s continued commitment to keeping the platform current as technology and regulatory changes impact its client base….
Let’s Focus on Inter-Party Latency
Latency – and keeping it low – remains a concern for the financial markets. We at A-Team know, because our latest poll at low-latency.com found that 80% of respondents reckoned it will be more of a concern in the future. With all this algo and high frequency trading going on, events in the world would…
Pricing Transparency and Liquidity Risk are Top of Investors’ List of Concerns, Says SEI Survey
Institutional investors investing in the hedge fund market are more concerned about issues around pricing transparency and liquidity risk than ever before, according to a recent survey conducted by investment management solution vendor SEI and consultancy firm Greenwich Associates. These issues have even surpassed concerns over poor performance of these funds, says Phil Masterson, managing…
Logicscope Connects to Ice for Real-Time Post-Trade STP
Logicscope, a provider of post-trade STP between trading venues and their customers, has added IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) to its prestigious community of execution venues. By connecting to TradeSTP, Logicscope’s post-trade platform, clients can receive real-time post trade notifications for any asset traded on the market leading ICE electronic trading platform, transformed and delivered seamlessly into any…
NewRiver Partners with Miningham & Oellerich
In an ongoing effort to extend the company’s compliance grade mutual fund data to all broker-dealers, NewRiver today announced a new partnership with Miningham & Oellerich (M&O), a provider of front and back office solutions for broker dealers. NewRiver – creators of the leading central repository of mutual fund documents and data for financial services…
UK FSA Pokes Holes in Investment Firms’ Protection of Client Assets
This week, the UK Financial Services Authority published another “Dear CEO” letter, this time aimed at compelling insurance brokers and investment firms to improve the way they protect client assets, including record keeping considerations. The letter, sent by the FSA’s managing director of risk, Sally Dewar, warns that firms must take heed of the regulator’s…
Jones Named CEO of Accuity
Accuity, a provider of payment routing data, AML screening software and services, has announced the appointment of Hugh Jones IV as chief executive officer of Accuity and NRS. Previously the president of the two businesses, Jones has over 15 years of experience building corporate value by creating rich data streams that provide new solutions to…
TriOptima launches OTC Derivatives Interest Rate Trade Reporting Repository for Banking Regulators
TriOptima announced that banking regulators have received the first reports from the newly launched OTC Derivatives Interest Rate Trade Reporting Repository (the IR TRR). Fourteen major financial institutions submitted data for their non-cleared OTC interest rate derivatives trade portfolios covering trades with G-15 institutions, buy side organisations and other financial and non-financial institutions. As of…
Milne Returns to the Fold at LSE as New Head of Post-Trade Services
It has been a month since A-Team Group wrote about Kevin Milne’s departure from Xtrakter and it seems that the interests he has decided to pursue outside of the Euroclear Group include becoming the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group’s new director of Post-trade Services. Milne is in fact returning to where he began his financial services…