Category: Technology

nex group
June 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

NEX Optimisation’s triReduce compression service hits quadrillion dollar milestone in notional principal eliminated

London based NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG), formerly ICAP plc, has announced that participants in its NEX Optimisation unit, which helps clients reduce complexity and optimise resources across the transaction lifecycle, have eliminated over $1 quadrillion ($1,000 trillion) in OTC derivative notional principal using its triReduce compression service, since first introduced in 2003. triReduce is a…

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June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Itiviti delivers multi-protocol automated testing for Canadian Securities Exchange system

Itiviti, a technology provider for the capital markets industry, and the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), the alternative for companies looking to access the Canadian public capital markets, announced that has partnered to deliver a state-of-the-art automated testing solution to enable continuous integration testing and defect reporting in the CSE’s multi-protocol trading environment. To deliver the…

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June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Waymark Tech launches AI tool to identify crossover between financial regulations

Waymark Tech, a provider of regulatory intelligence software, today announced the launch of a new AI-powered tool that automatically identifies regulatory crossovers and conflicts between incoming regulations, such as MiFID II, GDPR, and PRIIPS. The first of its kind worldwide, the launch signals London-based regtech-startup Waymark's aspirations to become the first-choice global provider of AI-powered…

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Curex Group fx
June 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Curex rolls out microsecond timestamp FX trading confirms

The Cürex Group, an institutional foreign exchange execution services and data analytics company, announced today the roll-out of microsecond timestamp confirmations for their clients’ trading activity. This capability underscores Cürex’s mission to support the best execution standards required under MiFID II, which will take effect in January 2018. In addition to the precision delivered to…

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Broadridge presents new securities lending assessment solution for mutual funds
June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge launches trade reporting solution for SFTR regulatory change

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced the launch of its trade reporting solution for the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) forthcoming Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). Broadridge’s new offering will enable market participants of all types to achieve a seamless implementation and meet the projected regulatory deadlines in 2018. SFTR requires EU…

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June 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

UnaVista’s RegTech Partner Programme welcomes 20th member

London Stock Exchange Group’s UnaVista today announced it has welcomed more than 20 firms to its Partner Programme in the first half of 2017. The Partner Programme was launched to bring together the world's leading financial services and regulatory technology firms to increase efficiency and reduce operational and regulatory risk for clients. The UnaVista Partner…

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June 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Village Capital goes live on Ullink’s XTrain to streamline post-trade processing

Singapore-based Hedge Fund becomes early adopter of ULLINK’s new portfolio and performance management tool ULLINK, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced the successful go-live of Village Capital with ULLINK’s new post-trade solution, XTRAIN. The solution extends Village Capital’s use of ULLINK’s buy-side Execution Management System (EMS), XILIX,…

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fintech
June 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cyborgs Vs Robots: Better Finance 2017 research report on Robo Investing

Today BETTER FINANCE announced that will release its research report on Robo-Investing at the Seminar on Financial Guidance. Financial Guidance, as opposed to Advice, is a fee-based, rather than commission-based, model. This model should ensure a better alignment with client interests. As such Robo-Investing providers may actually be rather well placed to provide financial guidance…

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