Latest MiFID News: Finextra Research

ReachX gets FCA greenlight

ReachX, an emerging financial technology platform looking to transform corporate finance services and access to primary research in a post-MiFID II environment, is pleased to announce the commercial launch of its operations after receiving its authorisation from the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

29 November 2018

Company update/MiFID

Flow Traders deploys Corvil Intelligence Hub

Corvil today announced that Flow Traders, a leading global technology-enabled liquidity provider specialized in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), has deployed Corvil’s Intelligence Hub to streamline compliance with Order to Transaction Ratio (OTR) requirements.

26 September 2018

Company update/MiFID

VTFinTech partners Alphametry to roll out research evaluation services

VTFinTech, the technology provider of Portfolio Management and Research Evaluation services, announced today that it has partnered with Alphametry to provide its Parity One based Research Evaluation technology on the Alphametry research platform.

25 September 2018

Company update/MiFID

VTFinTech joins OpenFin platform

VTFinTech, the technology provider of portfolio management and research evaluation services, today announced that it has joined the OpenFin platform to quickly and seamlessly onboard, deploy and deliver its Parity One software at scale to financial institutions.

20 September 2018

Company update/MiFID

Tora partners NEX

Tora, provider of the industry’s most advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), announced today that it has expanded its support for MiFID II transaction and trade reporting by integrating its trading system with NEX Regulatory Reporting.

18 September 2018

Company update/MiFID

BMO Global Asset Management and Union Investment sign up for Bloomberg RMS

Bloomberg today announced that BMO Global Asset Management and Union Investment have adopted Bloomberg’s Research Management Solutions (RMS) in response to the new MiFID II requirements regarding investment research.

01 August 2018

Company update/MiFID

Marshall Sterling implements Re:Call from TeleWare for regulatory compliance

Marshall Sterling, a London headquartered investment management organisation, has deployed TeleWare’s Re:Call app to meet regulatory requirements.

31 May 2018

Company update/MiFID

Red Deer selected by Close Brothers Asset Management to support MiFID II processes

Red Deer, a financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, is pleased to announce that Close Brothers Asset Management, a leading wealth manager, has improved its MiFID II processes by implementing Red Deer’s Research Management solution to better manage its research budgets and enforce stricter controls around inducement across its investment business.

29 May 2018

Company update/MiFID

Traders split on success of MiFID II

Traders disagree over whether MiFID II has been successful, according to new research by SIX.

29 May 2018

Company update/MiFID

NPL and Colt form time-stamping partnership

Colt Technology Services today announced its partnership with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to deliver precise timing capabilities to financial firms utilising colocation services.

26 April 2018

Company update/MiFID

Tora launches AI-powered 'AlgoWheel' for best execution

TORA, provider of the industry’s most-advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), today announced the launch of its AI-powered AlgoWheel, which will help firms create scalable, systematic best execution processes.

24 April 2018

Company update/MiFID

Fidessa partners with Tower to extend access to SI liquidity

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that it has added Tower Research Capital - TRSi (Tower) - to its Intelligent SI Liquidity Program. This latest partnership with Tower leverages Fidessa's award-winning market access architecture and smart order routing capabilities, and further helps Fidessa customers meet the liquidity challenges they now face under MiFID II.

18 April 2018

Company update/MiFID

SmartStream partners banks to launch Systematic Internaliser Registry

The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) in collaboration with a group of Approved Publication Arrangements (APAs), including Bloomberg, Deutsche Boerse, NEX Regulatory Reporting, TRADEcho, Tradeweb and Trax today launch a detailed Systematic Internaliser (SI) Registry.

11 April 2018

Company update/MiFID

Droit signs six banks to MiFID II compliance platform

Six major global banks have adopted the first fully-digitized MiFID II trade compliance engine for the financial markets.

28 March 2018

Company update/MiFID

GoldenSource integrates Trax reporting services

GoldenSource has announced that they have integrated Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) and Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) services from Trax, the post-trade services and European market data division of MarketAxess, to help banks and asset managers with their MiFID II reporting obligations.

28 March 2018

Company update/MiFID

Big xyt Liquidity Cockpit dashboard upgraded to display addressable SI liquidity for best execution

big xyt, the independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, is pleased to announce the addition of enhanced functionality on its Liquidity Cockpit dashboard, providing greater transparency on over-the-counter (OTC) equities activity, including Systematic Internaliser (SI) transactions.

27 March 2018

Company update/MiFID

Eze Software expands trade reporting options with NEX Group

Eze Software, a premier provider of investment technology, is growing its MiFID II trade reporting support by expanding its strategic collaboration with NEX Regulatory Reporting, a business area within NEX Group plc.

22 March 2018

Company update/MiFID

MiFID II driving tech revolution in asset management firms

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today published the results of a recent survey of global asset management firms that explores how MiFID II impacts the role of technology in trading corporate bonds.

19 March 2018

Company update/MiFID