Mifid II
Firms Turning to Electronic Trading to Meet Mifid Demands for Fixed Income
Liquidnet's Rebecca Healey says firms are turning to the best execution capabilities of electronic trading for fixed income.
GreenKey Adds Gateways to Widen Audience, AI to Handle Mifid II Compliance
GreenKey’s new CEO, Nader Shwayhat, discusses the telephony vendor's latest platform release.
FCA Recognizes Mifid II Data Challenges but Reiterates “Real Deadline” Stance
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is working to ensure its own readiness for Mifid II data challenges, and acknowledges that many firms will struggle with similar issues.
Ullink Launches Multi-Asset Trading Reporting Platform for Mifid II Compliance
Automated trade reporting solution for multiple asset classes to provide centralized view of reporting activity under new Mifid II regulation.
Bats Europe Rolls Out Buy-Side Access to LIS IOI Platform
The Bats LIS IOI platform offers buy-side traders access to block trading in European equities ahead of upcoming Mifid II rule changes.
March 2017: Somebody’s Watching You
The raft of upcoming regulations has the industry focused on compliance. But to demonstrate compliance, you first need visibility and good data management.
Bracing for a RegTech Boom
With an unenviable raft of new regulation imminently coming into force, market participants anticipate a flurry of adoption of compliance-related technology, which is expected to prove lucrative for RegTech providers. Joanna Wright and Max Bowie talk to…
Brexit Undermines MiFID Data Foundations
Even after Britain leaves the European Union, financial firms wanting to do business within the EU will need to comply with MIFID II. But removing the UK from EU markets could still derail new European trading and transparency rules. Samuel Wilkes…
Giancarlo Sets New Course for CFTC That Includes Focus on FinTech Firms
In addition to setting a plan to foster fintech innovation, he also laid out a new strategy to reduce the Commission's regulatory footprint, much to the relief of those in attendance at the FIA Boca conference.
Thomson Reuters Enhances Velocity Analytics Platform with Mifid II Functionalities
The data provider will offer best execution and SI determination services from January 3, 2018.
March Madness: 2nd Annual Financial Technology Trends Tournament
In honor of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament starting this week, Dan creates a bracket of the biggest financial technology trends.
Mifid II's Impact on Fixed-Income Trading Sharpens
From trade reporting to best execution requirements, the fixed-income market is going to change in 2018...but what that change will look like is still to be determined.
Indata Releases Mifid II Enhancements for iPM Epic Platform
iPM Epic platform’s compliance, data management and OMS functionality all updated in anticipation of new European regulation due in January 2018.
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Has One Eye on Europe, One on Asia
The UK regulator has strong words for asset managers on best execution, while it builds bridges for fintech development with its Japanese counterpart.
Broadridge Continues Acquisition Binge, Adds Message Automation Ahead of Mifid II
Last year, Broadridge made several acquisitions across its different platforms, adding 4sight and Dojima specifically for their regulatory compliance offerings. Message Automation is another step in broadening its compliance suite.
Wiener Börse Builds APA Platform for Trade Reporting
The Austrian Exchange will comply with OTC Mifid II reporting requirements by introducing the TTR2 platform for its Austrian and regional clients.
Will OTFs End OTC Markets?
Aggelos explains that both the European Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority have been explicit in their communication when it comes to derivatives trading in general and transparency around OTC products in particular, in the run…
The Technology Impacts of Mifid II (Part 2)
In the first article of this three-part series, Richard Bentley looked at the implications of Mifid II for banks’ and brokers’ technology stacks to support their electronic order flow, with specific focus on pre-trade workflows. He now turns his focus to…
Thomson Reuters Adapts Velocity Analytics Platform for MiFID II
The platform, which is powered by technology from Kx, will add multi-asset best execution and SI determination capabilities in 2018
Abide Financial Applies to Become ARM, APA Provider
Ahead of Mifid II implementation, Abide aspires to become one of the largest Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) providers.
60 Percent of Fund Managers Have Not Implemented Solutions Ahead of Mifid II
Approximately 100 representatives of fund management firms participated in Northern Trust’s regulatory event, revealing concerns about the upcoming regulatory storm.
Looming Regulations Will Drive Regtech Adoption in 2017
With an increase in regulation requiring automated processes and accurate data, adoption of so-called regtech tools is likely to snowball, participants say.
IPC Debuts Precision Timing Service for Finance
The service will provide accurate and consistent time data that will also help firms comply with new regulatory requirements.
The Technology Impacts of Mifid II (Part 1)
Mifid II, set to come into force at the start of January 2018, will have far-reaching consequences for large numbers of European market participants, not only from an operational perspective, but also, significantly, in terms of their technology stacks…