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DTCC and Cboe Clear Europe Collaborate to Enhance Post-Trade Workflow for OTC Cash Equities

DTCC, the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, is collaborating with Cboe Clear Europe, the pan-European cash equities Central Counterparty (CCP), to improve settlement efficiencies for over-the-counter (OTC) cash equities trades in UK and European markets. The collaboration aims to integrate OTC cash equities trades into Cboe Clear Europe’s cleared environment, enabling…

A-Team Group Announces Winners of TradingTech Insight Awards USA 2024

A-Team Group has announced the winners of its TradingTech Insight Awards USA 2024. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions, services and consultancy for capital markets, and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions. The awards were presented during a celebratory drinks reception after the close of A-Team Group’s TradingTech…

Meritsoft Integrates Taskize to Enhance Trade Settlement Efficiency as T+1 Takes Effect

As markets in North America transition to a T+1 settlement cycle this week, Meritsoft, a Cognizant company, has integrated Taskize’s collaboration and workflow functionality into its Trade Tracking and Exception Manager (TTEM) to expedite query resolution and minimise trade settlement failures in the shortened timeframe. Meritsoft’s TTEM platform monitors the entire trade lifecycle, providing near…

ACCX Group Secures FCA Licence for Crypto Derivatives Marketplace

ACCX Group (UK) Limited, the digital asset exchange group, has achieved a significant milestone by obtaining a licence from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for a regulated and centrally cleared derivatives marketplace. The platform is designed to offer financial institutions cash-settled futures and options based on a robust benchmark index of cryptocurrencies, in order…

Kaiko Partners with DataBP to Enhance Data Licensing and Sales Automation

Cryptocurrency data provider Kaiko has integrated with DataBP’s data licensing management platform, aiming to enhance its sales, billing, and entitlement processes. This collaboration promises to streamline Kaiko’s global operations by employing DataBP’s SaaS platform and Salesforce.com API, which will automate the creation of custom data licensing agreements, data access entitlements, and customer billing. The integration…

Exactpro Wins Award for Most Innovative Professional Development Initiative in A-Team Group Innovation Awards 2024

Exactpro has won the award for Most Innovative Professional Development Initiative in A-Team Group’s Innovation Awards 2024. These annual awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies and techniques to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. Exactpro’s professional development initiative was selected as an…

A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2024

A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2024. The awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets with a focus on data management, trading technology, RegTech or ESG. This year’s…

T+1 Accelerators Showcased at Symphony Innovate 2024

With less than 30 days until the May 28 T+1 implementation for US markets, collaboration platform operator Symphony last week used the occasion of its annual Symphony Innovate event to highlight three innovations that promise to significantly accelerate the resolution of post-trade exceptions.  The new capabilities, which build on the company’s foundational secure communication platform,…

Unpacking the FCA Wholesale Data Market Study: Insights from Industry Insiders

Market participants were left scratching their heads in response to the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decision not to act to address the high cost of data following the February 29 release of its Wholesale Data Market Study. The study was the end result of a process launched in March last year amid concerns that…

New FIA EPTA Study Reveals Unreported Liquidity in EU and UK Equity Markets

A recent study by the FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA), ‘Mind the Transparency Gap,’ has highlighted a significant underreporting of equity trading volumes in both the EU and UK markets, which has led to misconceptions about the actual market liquidity available in these regions. According to the report, a large volume of equity…