Latest Post-trade & ops News: Finextra Research

TickSmith big data platform goes live at National Bank of Canada

TickSmith's TickVault Platform was recently implemented for use by National Bank of Canada. Based on Hadoop technology, TickVault accumulates and rebuilds all Canadian stock trading activity and is used for post-trade analysis and back testing.

20 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Swift Business Forum London 2016 - Live blog

Now in its sixth year, the Swift Business Forum London 2016 brought together 1000 delegates from across banking, securities, market infrastructures and corporates to tackle the theme, Build the future. A broad spectrum of speakers discussed their vision and aspirations for the industry, while tackling practical topics around disruption, technology and regulation - particularly as they impact the UK market.

20 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Private equity firms to acquire Calypso

Capital markets software provider Calypso is to be acquired by European private equity fund Bridgepoint and global growth equity investor Summit Partners.

19 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

SIA wins Reserve Bank of New Zealand RTGS contract

Italy's SIA has won a contract with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to implement and support a new real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) that will replace the current Exchange Settlement Account System (ESAS).

18 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Velocimetrics launches VMX EndToEnd

Velocimetrics, the leading provider of intelligent, real-time business flow tracking and performance analysis solutions, today announces the launch of VMX EndToEnd.

18 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Paul Constantinou joins Contango sales team

Contango, the specialist derivatives consultancy, is delighted to announce that Paul Constantinou will be working with its sales and business development team, with a specific emphasis on Technology.

18 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Fed Governor warns of unintended consequences of distributed ledger adoption

Legacy technology and interoperability could be the stumbling blocks to widespread uptake of distributed ledgers in the financial markets, creating unintended consequences for the efficient functioning of markets, a Federal Reserve Bank governor has warned.

15 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

TPG to incorporate distributed ledger processes with Terraledger

TPG Software Inc. and TerraLedger announced a strategic partnership that will enable the use of distributed ledger blockchain technologies among TPG Software’s existing customers (banks, broker dealers and credit unions).

15 April 2016

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Securities regulation and operational efficiency

Keith Tippell, Head of FX and Securities Markets, SWIFT, discusses key areas of focus in securities, and innovation in the market, ahead of the SWIFT Business Forum London, 20th April, 2016.

14 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Corvil readies platform for MiFID II

Corvil today announced the launch of its MiFID II solution, which enables customers to meet electronic trading regulations, including real-time monitoring, surveillance, and precision clock-synchronised record-keeping with minimal impact to existing trade plants and software systems.

14 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Esma announces EU-wide stress tests for CCPs

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced today the publication of its first EU-wide stress test exercise regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) on 29 April 2016.

14 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Icap acquires Enso Financial Analytics

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has acquired ENSO Financial Analytics (ENSO), a leading provider of a data analytics platform for hedge funds and prime brokers.

14 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Nomura Bank (Luxembourg) extends SimCorp license

SimCorp announces that it has signed a large additional license agreement with Nomura Bank (Luxembourg) S.A.

13 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Bloomberg acts on corporate access events data

Today, Bloomberg and WeConvene announced plans to centralize corporate access events on the Bloomberg Professional service.

13 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Isda recommends entity-based approach to derivatives reporting

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has today published a paper, in partnership with 12 other trade associations, which recommends an entity-based approach to derivatives trade reporting in a bid to cut costs and complexity for end users.

13 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Markit adds Moscow Exchange to FX trading connectivity network

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a leading global provider of financial information services and the Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Russia’s multifunctional exchange platform, today announced that Markit’s FX pricing distribution hub service added MOEX to its network of trading venues, providing FX market participants worldwide cost effective trading access to one of the world’s fastest growing exchanges.

13 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Thomson Reuters KYC rise

The need to identify, verify and screen ultimate beneficial owners and controllers of corporate entities and funds is driving increasing numbers of financial firms to adopt Thomson Reuters Org ID to meet their customer due diligence obligations.

12 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

CFTC Commissioner hails potential of distributed ledger tech for regulators

Policymakers and regulators should adopt a 'do no harm' approach to the use of blockchain technology in financial services, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner J Christopher Giancarlo, who also argues that the distributed ledger could be a boon for watchdogs by improving transparency.

12 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

NSD and Egypt’s CSD sign memorandum of understanding

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry (MCDR), Egypt’s central securities depository, have signed a memorandum of understanding at the Moscow Exchange Forum.

12 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Infront Terminal integrates with Symphony

Infront, provider of modern terminals for global market data, analytics and trading, today announced at TechTrade Europe the integration of Symphony Communications, LLC's platform with the Infront Terminal.

12 April 2016