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The US Treasury market preps for plumbing overhaul
Changes are coming to the US Treasury market with potential new clearing houses, access models, and more flow as the industry gets ready to meet the SEC’s first deadline for central clearing.
Industry divided on whether Europe should delay FRTB
Most bankers prefer to keep to earlier start date, even though it puts continent out of sync with US.
FRTB forces banks to rethink entire data management infrastructure
Data mapping and getting historical time series data are among the challenges banks face in conducting calculations necessary for FRTB. But they have help.
All the pieces fit: connecting trader voice and messaging across workflows
Cloud9 expands Symphony's communication channels to trader voice, in an effort to simplify workflows as Wall Street struggles with compliant communications.
Chill winds blow for Capitolis’s equity swap platform
The fintech’s effort to revive off-balance-sheet funding runs into market and regulatory turbulence.
Bloomberg integrates with Insightful Technology to cover ‘explosion’ of communication channels
Insightful monitors in the range of 120 different communication channels and 40 different datasets, which will be integrated into Bloomberg Vault, among other BBG compliance systems.
What the hell is Web3, anyway?
The next iteration of the internet is upon us, with the potential to deliver radical shifts to every industry, including banking. The movement, which is currently buoyed by the prospects of blockchain and virtual reality, has implications for computing,…
This Week: Cboe, Euroclear; Société Générale, Bloomberg/Sustainalytics
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Phase five margin queues spur calls for custody revamp
Custodians are being urged to update “antiquated technology” ahead of a three-fold jump in phase six initial margin onboarding.
Sell side pushing for bilateral connectivity for fixed income
Fixed-income liquidity providers, battling tighter margins, want to execute directly with clients, but are buy-side and tech firms willing to absorb the connectivity costs?
This Week: SmartStream, DTCC, Ion, State Street, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Capitolis to acquire LMRKTS
Deal for multilateral compression provider latest in wave of post-trade tie-ups, as SA-CCR bites
People Moves: Theta, Google, B2C2, Tourmaline, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Paul Flanagan (pictured), who joins Theta as strategic sales advisor.
Swipe left: repo reporting no match for Brexit, or collateral
A happier start than Emir, but SFTR honeymoon is over now that trades report separately in UK and EU.
This Week: Refinitiv ESG; Nikko/GoldenSource; Causality Link/Eagle Alpha; Crux & more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Time for a Post-Trade Upgrade – Automation is Critical in Reducing Trade Fails
Matt Stauffer, managing director, institutional trade processing at DTCC, explores how firms can reduce trade fails by adopting an adaptable, automatic solution that simplifies the process of analyzing and upgrading the post-trade lifecycle
How Schroders is Bypassing the Noise in News Sentiment to Identify Credit Risk
The UK asset manager is using Owlin's media analytics platform to identify negative news sentiment linked to credit risk.
Isda 'Create' Marks Important First Step Toward Smart Contracts
WatersTechnology goes inside Isda Create to see how the organization is aiming to bridge the gap between the worlds of paper contracts and legal data.
Symphony to Make KYC Play as Part of Ongoing Rebrand
The chat and collaboration platform will tap into the trade and client lifecycle management spaces, beginning with an identity management service.
Symphony Builds Connections to Text Message Services
Users are also able to onboard customers and interact with them on WhatsApp through the secure messaging platform.
UnaVista Rolls Out Reporting Analytics for Performance and Market Surveillance
The regulatory business is developing enhanced analytics to improve reporting accuracy and identify signs of market manipulation.