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This Week: LSEG Technology; SIX/Nasdaq; FTSE Russell/JSE; & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
LEI on the Edge: What Needs to Happen for Wider Adoption?
The financial industry is losing faith in the LEI initiative as regulatory mandates remain patchy, but some see hope in SFTR’s unique-issuer LEI. By Mariella Reason
EU Consolidated Tape: Support Wanes With Lack of Answers
With regulators slow to answer industry questions relating to how a CT should be built and what it's for, development has slowed.
ICE Looks to Bolster ESG Service as Investors Grapple with Lack of Standards
ICE Data Services says investors can access its reference data subscription later this year to build out their ESG strategies.
GLMX Looks to Sec Lending and Swaps for Electronification
The platform provider is looking at opportunities in securities lending and swaps, as it pursues expansion in Europe.
APIs: Frontier of a New Threat
APIs are becoming more important as firms digitize and adopt microservices architectures, but they come with unique security threats. By Joanna Wright
UBS Cuts Outsourced Tech Jobs
The investment bank has eliminated thousands of roles and revamped its approach to outsourcing over the last two years.
This Week: Goldman/Finos; JP Morgan/Baton; Caixa AM; IHS Markit
Catch up on some of the past week's financial technology news.
Google Cloud Platform Bends to Regulation at SLA Level
The company has taken a tailored approach to outsourcing contracts as increased scrutiny demands portability and audit rights from cloud service providers.
LSEG Building New Algo-Testing Tool
The exchange group is developing new regtech products while looking to move these offerings to the cloud in 2020.
TISA Assesses Vendors for Mifid II Reporting Solution
The regulatory reporting utility product for fund managers is targeted to go live by mid-2020.
Bureau Van Dijk Rebuilds Risk Management Platform
Bureau Van Dijk's Compliance Catalyst has been rebuilt ahead of plans to move the platform to the cloud, as well as navigate the EU's fifth anti-money laundering directive.
Cloud Worries Show Up in New EU Outsourcing Guidance
Financial firms must maintain a register of all outsourced critical functions under new guidelines now in effect in Europe.
IBM Wants to Enable AI Model Sharing and Data Privacy
The technology provider is using advanced techniques and encryption to enable institutions to share AI models.
HKEx Sees LSEG Hopes Crash on the Political Rocks Below
The LSEG has been involved in several failed international mergers over the last two decades, which begs the question: Is a merger even possible?
Plato’s Planned Platform Could Serve as Precursor to European Consolidated Tape
Industry experts say not-for-profit organization is building a post-trade market data platform that could be a precursor to an EU consolidated tape.
Tug of War: ING's Legrand Digs Into the Bank's Innovation Program
With Benoît Legrand firmly in the driver’s seat, the last four years have seen ING push to transform its IT landscape and approach to innovation.
People Moves: Xceptor, BIS, CFTC, Deutsche Bank, Tradewind, Dalzell
A look at some of the key "people moves" from July 8-12, including Alexandre Tombini, who joins BIS.
MTS Building an SFTR-Compliant Blotter
The product is scheduled for release in early 2020.
EU Sustainability Guidelines: 'It Will Require a lot of Thought & Investment'
Members of the Commission's TEG say that data availability and flexibility will serve as the greatest challenges.
OpenFin Adds Data Privacy Layer to Operating System
OpenFin has deployed Exate’s data privacy technology to its operating system to help with new rules, such as GDPR.
Human Factor Is Crucial to the Alt Data Gold Rush
While tech advancements are being made, buy-side firms still rely on humans to make sense of alt data.
Data Standardization Remains Top ESG Roadblock
As asset managers seek to incorporate ESG factors into their portfolios, they are facing challenges—particularly around data consistency. Some say custodians could offer solutions.