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Esma registers NEX Abide as trade repository

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU supervisor of trade repositories (TRs), has registered NEX Abide Trade Repository AB as a TR under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), with effect from 24 November 2017.

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Wall Street heavyweights pilot DLT for equity swaps processing

Some of Wall Street's biggest names, including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, have completed a pilot that used blockchain smart contracts to manage equity swap transactions and post-trade lifecycle events.

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Thomson Reuters unveils suite of MiFID II reference data capabilities

Demonstrating its commitment to deliver a comprehensive suite of solutions to assist the financial services industry in complying with impending January 3, 2018, MiFID II reference-data requirements, Thomson Reuters has enhanced its reference-data capabilities, available on its integrated data and analytics delivery platform, DataScope.

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NEX Regulatory Reporting will apply to become an SFTR trade repository

NEX Regulatory Reporting announces today its intention to apply to become a trade repository for the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) and launch a dedicated reporting solution, pending the issuance of the final technical standards from ESMA.

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London Stock Exchange and Apir Systems enter into partnership to issue LEIs to Australian market

London Stock Exchange today announces that it has entered in a partnership with APIR Systems, who will act as a registered agent in Australia and South East Asia to support the issuance and maintenance of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI).

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DTCC European Trade Repository gears up for SFTR

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that it has begun efforts to enhance its European Global Trade Repository (GTR) in support of the upcoming Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) expected to be implemented in 2019.

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Gleif study claims $650 million cost savings from LEI uptake

Research undertaken by McKinsey estimates that broader, global adoption of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) could yield annual savings of over $150m within the investment banking industry and up to $500m for banks in the issuance of letters of credit.

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Esma expects full compliace with LEI requirements

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Briefing on the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) as part of its efforts to raise industry awareness and facilitate compliance with the LEI requirements under MiFID II ahead of its 3 January 2018 launch.

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Artificial Intelligence Bank-in-Messenger raises $1million from IIDF and private investors

The very first “Bank-in-Messenger”- TalkBank.io has raised $1million in seed investments with a company valuation of $6.1million. IIDF and 7 private investors, including Mark Malinovsky (kuponator.ru) have funded the start up.

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Swift provides data validation service for corporate treasurers

SWIFT announces the availability of Customer Data Validation, a new reference data service from SWIFTRef that helps corporate treasurers validate bank master data against the most accurate and up-to-date payment reference data, available from the SWIFTRef directories.

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SIX trade repository goes live

Six months after receiving approval from FINMA – the Swiss trade repository service provided by SIX Securities Services officially went live.

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Derivatives Service Bureau issues real-time Isins for OTC transactions

The Derivatives Service Bureau launched its real-time International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) creation service today and users can now create OTC derivative ISINs and obtain associated reference data to address regulatory reporting obligations and processing requirements.

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Regis-TR repository opens for business in Switzerland

Today REGIS-TR, The European Trade Repository, has launched its services in the Switzerland market, after the authorisation, by the national Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), as a foreign trade repository, granted in April 2017.

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Deutsche Börse aims for growth in data services with Trifacta stake

Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in analytical data firm Trifacta as part of a push to drive growth in its data services business.

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Legal Entity Identity Foundation releases API to ease access to data pool

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, today launched its LEI ‘Look-up’ application programming interface (API).

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CFTC fines Citi $550,000 for LEI failings

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Citibank, N.A. (CBNA) and Citigroup Global Markets Limited (CGML) (collectively, Citi), for failing to report Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) information for swap transactions properly to a Swap Data Repository (SDR), failing to establish the electronic systems and procedures necessary to do so, failing to correct errors in LEI data previously reported to an SDR, and failing to perform supervisory duties diligently with respect to LEI swap data reporting, all in violation of CFTC Regulations.

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Deutsche Börse cooperates with SmartStream RDU

Deutsche Börse Group has entered into a cooperation with The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU).

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SIX Swiss Exchange joins xyt hub for tick data distribution and analytics

big xyt, the independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, announced today that SIX Swiss Exchange has joined the xyt hub to provide high quality tick data to its trading participants, enabling them to develop, evaluate and backtest new trading and execution strategies while providing greater transparency over trading activity.

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Robeco signs for EDM Warehouse from IHS Markit

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that Robeco, a EUR 147 billion international asset manager, has signed for its Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Warehouse.

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InvestCloud sets up data cleansing division

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has partnered with Back Office Support Service (BOSS) to launch Synergy.