Daniel Retzer, managing director and chief technology officer at Birmingham, Alabama-based corporate actions software vendor XSP, has been named to the board of directors of the Alabama Information Technology Association (AITA).
How do you effectively screen for sanctions, watch lists and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)? Getting it right is essential for complying with regulations like AML, KYC and FATCA, reducing the risk of incurring heavy fines, and keeping your firm’s reputation intact. But what are the options, considerations and solutions available for effective data sourcing and...
Quant Insight (Qi), a London-based macro research firm, has completed a funding round that will support expansion in the US and Asia, and stimulate product development. Over 80% of the multi-million dollar funding came from Qi’s clients, including sizeable investments from Alan Howard (Brevan Howard Asset Management) and Jens-Peter Stein (Stone Milliner Asset Management). Qi...
Now in its 15th year the TradingTech Summit London brings together the European trading technology capital markets industry and examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.
The industry breathed a sigh of relief when the deadline for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) was pushed back to July 1, 2014. But what’s starting to look like perhaps the most significant regulation of the next 12 months may start to impact our marketplace sooner than we think, especially...
