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State Street Extends OTC Clearing to CME
State Street Global Markets announced that it has joined the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) as a clearer for over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate swaps.
Tibra Selects Redkite for Compliance
Proprietary trading firm Tibra Capital has selected Redkite Surveillance to fulfill its compliance obligations under European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) guidance.
Prospera Praises SunGard's Social Media Surveillance Technology
Texas-based broker-dealer Prospera Financial Services has hailed the impact of SunGard's Protegent social media surveillance tool since going live with the technology in November last year.
Irish Wealth Manager Davy Implements SunGard's Protegent
SunGard says that Davy, an Irish financial services firm, will implement its Protegent Market Abuse solution, to provide surveillance across equity and bond trading operations.
Traiana Adds Real-Time Limit Monitoring for ETDs
Post-trade specialist Traiana has announced the addition of real-time limit monitoring and kill switch capability for exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs) to its Harmony CreditLink offering.
VistaOne Releases Solvency II Data Governance Tool for Asset Managers
VistaOne Solutions, a CoreOne Technologies company, has announced the release of vSolvencyII, the firm's Solvency II governence solution.
MIK Fund Solutions to Offer Free Form PF Filing Service
Buy-side software provider MIK Fund Solutions announced that it will offer its Form PF filing tool free-of-charge to anyone who wants it, whether client or non-client.
CFTC Under Fire from Asia-Pacific Regulators
Singaporean, Hong Kong and Australian bodies express concern over extraterritorial implications for OTC reform.
SS&C Debuts Total Return 2012
Tech platform focuses on reporting, incorporates Form PF support.
Princeton Unveils v3.5 of DVS Publisher
This latest release is designed to allow for greater customization and flexibility.
ISDA and Markit Begin Onboarding for Compliance Tool
ISDA Amend allows swap market participants to amend ISDA Master Agreements and bilaterally exchange information necessary to comply with rules applicable to over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions.
Swift and DTCC Collaborate on Interim Identifier Launch
Firms launch CICIs following regulatory approval.
Race to the Finish as Euro Short-Selling Ban Nears
Firms are considering their strategies over impending regulation for trade practices.
CFTC Split Over Inter-Affiliate Clearing Exemptions
Regulators support proposal in principle, but divided over variation margin payments.
Open Platform: Don’t Get ‘Owned’ By Data Ownership
The future of financial firms’ market data organizations will be defined by effective governance of external data and proprietary prices. But lack of standards and myriad disparate policies is creating opacity, confusion and potential liabilities, says…
Momentum AM Live on Charles River IMS
Momentum has approximately $22 billion under management spread across a variety of mandates from risk-profiled unitized pooled portfolios to segregated specialist asset-class portfolios.
Ahead of Solvency II, Asset Liability Management Looms Large for Managers
Asset managers with insurer clients are searching for new data management and portfolio optimization platforms as the European regulation inches closer.
New Tech Benchmarks Required After HSBC AML Failure Probe
The US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found the bank's monitoring of correspondent relationships and bulk cash transactions wanting. Enterprise-level solutions are required to solve complex anti-money laundering problems.
Fear and Loathing in London
There have been notable industry tech failures recently, but what about the regulators?
Viteos Launches Form PF Solution
The new veriPFy offering leverages the vendor’s experience in data warehousing and transformation to back the "interpretative exercises" required by the new reporting regulation.
Thomson Reuters Launches Eikon for Compliance Management
Product allows for fast access to regulatory data and content.
ESMA Emphasizes Compliance Under Mifid
European regulator labels compliance function as critical to a firm's operation and mandates resource allocation.
First and b-next Develop Sentiment Analysis Prototype
EU project partners with vendor for market surveillance tester.
StarCompliance Taps News Impact Scores for Insider Trading Tool
Compliance software vendor will use news provider's impact analysis to monitor trading activity against market-moving news events.