Markit Group has acquired Communicator, a New York-based provider of automated systems for OTC derivatives trade processing. The deal will enable Markit to combine its pricing data and valuations in credit, equity, OTC derivatives and structured finance with Communicator’s automated trade processing systems. The transaction will provide clients with enhanced trading and risk management capabilities across products and asset classes.
The stablecoin market is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by emerging regulatory clarity, technological maturity, and rising global demand for a faster, more secure financial infrastructure. But with opportunity comes complexity, and a host of challenges that financial institutions need to address before they can unlock the promise of a more streamlined financial transaction ecosystem. These...
As institutions absorb ever greater volumes of data to meet their increasingly complex operational needs and those of regulators, they face a dilemma of how to store and distribute that critical information. Fragmented legacy systems have long been an impediment to the smooth management of data and now corralling multiple-cloud configurations can be added to...
Now in its 9th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
After what looked like a slow start to the summer, the initiative to establish a global standard for legal entity identifiers (LEIs) took a series of significant leaps forward during August, that appears to have put the project firmly back on track. If the marketplace felt a little reticent in June and July, it could...
