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Engadine Selects Red Deer’s MiFID II Research Management Solution
Hedge fund Engadine Partners has selected Red Deer’s MiFID II research management option. Engadine will use the solution to manage inducement risk, track research consumption across channels, assess value, and manage budgets in compliance with MiFID II. The firm will subsequently be able to conduct broker votes based on consumption and valuation metrics. The solution…
CAT NMS Names FINRA as Plan Processor for the CAT after Dropping Thesys
CAT NMS has selected the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as plan processor for the consolidated audit trail (CAT), having dumped previous plan processor Thesys Technologies earlier this year. CAT NMS, which is responsible for implementation of the CAT, has also released updated industry member technology specifications and industry member technical specifications scenarios.
TradingTech Summit Discusses Brexit, Market Complexity, Innovation, and More!
A-Team Group’s first TradingTech Summit under the TradingTech Insight brand got off to a great start with Beate Born, executive director of risk and regulatory management at UBS Wealth Management, providing an inspirational industry keynote on the outlook for risk, regulation and sustainability in 2019. The presentation not only set the scene for the summit,…
A-Team Group Names Winners of its 2019 TradingTech Insight Europe Awards
Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s 2019 TradingTech Insight (TTI) Europe Awards. The awards were celebrated during a lively drinks reception hosted by A-Team president and chief content officer Andrew Delaney after the close of the company’s TradingTech Summit in London on February 27, 2019. The awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services…
SmartStream Partners with Numerix on ISDA Collateral Management
Financial software provider SmartStream, has confirmed a new referral agreement between its Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) platform and US-based risk technology specialist Numerix. The partnership will support TLM users in complying with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)’s margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. TLM Collateral Management offers an automated data management solution designed to…
RegTech Insight Awards 2019 – Shortlist Announced!
The nominations for the 2019 RegTech Insight Awards are now closed, and we are delighted to announce this year’s shortlist. Well done to everybody that entered, and sincere thanks to our advisory board for taking such painstaking care in evaluating the record number of entries we received this year. Now in their third year, The…
MiFID II: The True Cost of Research Unbundling – Part Two
Last week we explored the impact of MiFID II research unbundling on the sell side, as providers struggle to carve out their own space in a new and unfamiliar environment. This week, we take a look at the situation from the other side of the coin – how are purchasers handling the change, and how…
FCA Highlights Key Concerns over MAR Compliance
Effective compliance with the Market Abuse Regime (MAR) is “a state of mind” that requires a series of complex situational judgements – and time pressures could cause potential problems, warned Julia Hoggett, Director of Market Oversight at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This raises a number of key concerns around compliance which demand urgent…
Shield FC Announces Cloud-Enablement of Compliance Platform
Specialist RegTech provider Shield Financial Compliance has launched the cloud-enablement of its compliance platform, which offers regulation compliance monitoring across a range of eComms channels covering the data lifecycle from capture and record keeping to analysis and investigation, utilising AI, NLP and Visualization capabilities. The new cloud deployment platform is designed to offer financial institutions…
MiFID II: The True Cost of Research Unbundling – Part One
The implementation of MiFID II in 2018 catalysed a maelstrom of regulatory modifications for financial institutions. One of the biggest changes was the requirement to separate the cost of investment research and corporate access from the cost of trade execution – forcing providers to drastically alter their models in order to comply with the explicit…