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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…
Xelion Provides Call Recording Functionality for MiFID II Compliance
Xelion, a cloud telephony provider, is providing MiFID II compliance through a call recording function in its latest version of the Xelion service. MiFID II requires all calls relating to financial trades to be recorded. The Xelion recording feature can be configured to required groups, users, or phone numbers, which can save storage. Users have…
Insightful Technology Launches New Feature-Rich Version of Compliance & Surveillance Platform, Soteria
London-based Insightful Technology, a multimedia-focused FinTech provider, has embarked upon a major development and launch of its flagship compliant communications capture and intelligence solution, Soteria. A progression from the original technology that launched in 2011 as the world’s first Mobile Network Operator voice and SMS recording solution via Truphone, the subsequently developed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform…
Cboe Europe Gets Go-Ahead to Join CME in Amsterdam for Post-Brexit European Trading
Cboe Europe, the most ‘pan’ of the pan-European equities exchanges set up in the wake of MiFID I, has received authorisation from the Dutch Ministry of Finance to operate its trading venues and MiFID II reporting mechanisms in the Netherlands, paving the way for it to go live with separate trading facilities for European clients…
Podcast: Risk, Regulation and Sustainability in 2019
Beate Born, executive director of risk and regulatory management at UBS Wealth Management, led A-Team Group’s recent TradingTech Summit in London with an inspirational industry keynote on the outlook for risk, regulation and sustainability in 2019. The keynote considered the operational complexity of the finance industry and the risk of losses from inadequate internal processes…