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Red Box Partners Theta Lake to Detect Voice Compliance Risks
Red Box, a voice specialist, has partnered Theta Lake, a provider of compliance artificial intelligence (AI) for video, voice, and unified digital communication. The partnership allows Red Box customers to use Theta’s purpose-built AI and deep learning powered software to automatically detect compliance risks in their recordings and reduce the cost and complexity of managing…
How to Meet the Data Rules and Requirements of Fundamental Review of the Trading Book Regulation
Implementation of Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation is complex, demanding and time consuming, but can be achieved by setting priorities, working with external data vendors, and taking best practice approaches to the data management challenges presented by the regulation. A well-attended A-Team Group briefing hosted at the Glaziers Hall in London, Meeting…
Addressing the Challenges and Realising the Benefits of a ‘Cloud First’ Policy
By Andy Mather, European Financial Services Industry Specialist, Telstra. The move to a ‘cloud first’ policy by financial firms is a tantalising idea. After all, which chief technology officer wouldn’t want to seriously reduce their company’s on-premise compute and storage costs, while at the same time boosting agility and ability to profit from new, innovative,…
Simudyne Closes $6M Series A Funding Round with Plans to Expand
Simulation technology specialist Simudyne has closed a $6 million Series A fundraising led by Barclays. The new funds will help Simudyne to continue to interact with the financial services sector while expanding the applications of its enterprise-ready software beyond bank stress testing, financial risk and contagion management. Simudyne’s solutions assist organisations to harness the power…
Torstone Acquisition of Percentile Delivers More than the Sum of its Parts
Torstone Technology’s recent agreement to acquire Percentile will add risk management and compliance technology to the company’s post-trade securities and derivatives processes, making its Inferno platform a full-service, cross-asset, global post-trade solution. The deal will also add a compliance solution for Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation to Torstone’s portfolio. The acquisition will…
SEC Rule 606 Features Highly at FIX Americas Conference
The imminent adoption of amendments to SEC Rule 606 was high on the list of hot topics when electronic trading professionals met at the FIX Americas conference in New York this week. And while speakers, panellists and delegates acknowledged the initiative represents a significant challenge in terms of technology resource, most said they believed the…
TORA Implements Cloud OEMS at Buy-Side Firms Based in Zurich and New York
TORA has reported two implementations of its order and execution management system (OEMS) in as many weeks, taking both Zurich-based Systematic Investment Management AG (SIMAG) and New York-based Schonfeld Strategic Advisors’ Asian offices into the cloud with its unified OEMS. These implementations follow consolidation in the OEMS industry over recent years and demonstrate buy-side intent…
LCH Implements Three Solutions Built on Genesis’ Microservices Framework
genesis, a provider of trading technology products based on microservices, is gaining market traction with the implementation of three solutions at LCH following a recent deal with Linear Investments to develop a cash and margin management system. LCH has worked with genesis to design, build and implement the solutions, which will streamline and automate clearing…
SmartStream and Cassini Partner to Help Firms Meet Uncleared Initial Margin Obligations
SmartStream Technologies has partnered Cassini Systems, a pre- and post-trade margin analytics provider for buy-side derivatives trading, to integrate SmartStream’s TLM Collateral Management with Cassini’s analytics platform. The SmartStream solution provides firms with automated data management to reduce operational risks associated with collateral management. Its integration with Cassini’s analytics platform will provide complete Standard Initial…
Platinum Asset Management Selects Catena TRACE Reporting
Catena Technologies is providing its TRACE Reporting solution to Australian equity-focused investment manager Platinum Asset Management to support its OTC derivatives transaction reporting requirements under EMIR. TRACE Reporting is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that manages a range of functional requirements for trade reporting including cross-asset coverage, valuation and collateral, and multi-jurisdictional support. The TRACE Reporting…