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Perseus Acknowledges MiFID II Time Synchronisation Standards as Fair and Reasonable
Changes made to recommendations on time synchronisation in the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) latest technical standards for MiFID II have been welcomed by Perseus, a provider of managed services including PrecisionSync time services, and recognised as being fair and reasonable. While previous ESMA recommendations suggested nanosecond clock synchronisation for electronic trading, the standards…
Final ESMA Report on MiFID II and MiFIR Technical Standards Recommends XML and ISO 20022 for Regulatory Data Reporting
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report on Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for Markets in Financial Instruments II (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). The report covers many aspects of the directive and regulation, and concludes debate over market data reporting, recommending that transaction and instrument reference…
A-Team Data Management Summit: Challenges and Opportunities of Regulation
Regulatory compliance deadlines in January 2016 and 2017 are a challenge for data managers, but also an opportunity to develop data management strategies that deliver business benefits. A panel session at next week’s A-Team Data Management Summit in London will debate these issues and look at how firms are getting ready to meet the deadlines….
LSEG and Boat Prepare MiFID II Trade Reporting Solution
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Boat Services have joined forces to develop a MiFID II trade reporting solution, but plans may not end there with Boat suggesting the platform could be built out to deliver a utility-type service supporting a number of regulations. Initially, LSEG and Boat have signed heads of terms that will…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: MiFID II and the Coming Post-Trade Revolution
Word has it that ESMA is serious about its intention to publish its final guidance on MiFID II this month. With a possible (unconfirmed) publication date of September 24 doing the rounds, the market is bracing itself for a vigorously more prescriptive approach than under MiFID I, with less wiggle room for divergence from the…
smartTrade Secures Contract Wins in London and Japan
By Zoe Schiff smartTrade Technologies has secured contract wins in London and Japan. In London, the trading solutions supplier will build and host an e-trading platform for R5FX, a new liquidity pool dedicated to emerging market currencies trading. In Japan, smartTrade will host its LiquidityFX low-latency connectivity platform for Gaitame.com, an online foreign exchange company….
Corvil Webinar Discusses the Problems of Packet Loss and Some Potential Solutions
By Zoe Schiff Packet loss caused by network congestion or packet corruption can make trading strategies irrelevant and cause unwanted costs, but these problems can be resolved by using tools that provide visibility of packet loss and its effects. A recent webinar presented by James Wiley, director of technical product marketing at network data analytics…
Fonetic Fuses Trade and Communications Data to Deliver Automated Trade Reconstruction
Fonetic has fused information on completed trades with all the voice and text communications associated with the trades to deliver a linguistics-based automated trade reconstruction solution. Called ATR integra, the solution is powered by a proprietary algorithm and can replace time-consuming manual reconstruction processes with automated collection, analysis and matching of trade and communications information….
Interactive Data’s Plans for Continuous Evaluated Pricing
Interactive Data, which has historically had strong roots in the back office with its end-of-day pricing services, has been ramping up to provide streaming evaluated bond prices in the form of its Continuous Evaluated Pricing (CEP) service and is seeking to expand its reach into core middle and front office functions within the financial enterprise….
GFT Blue Paper Presents the Potential of Big Data Technologies
As the technology infrastructure of financial services firms begins to buckle under the strain of huge and increasing volumes of data, many firms are investing in big data projects to improve data management for the purposes of regulatory compliance, risk reduction, cost efficiency and business benefit. The extent and intent of investment varies, however, with…