Today Datalliance announced that CaseStack, a consumer packaged goods (CPG) supply chain services company has added Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) services to the company's Retailer Consolidation program using the Datalliance VMI platform.  Through their consolidation program, CaseStack works with suppliers of typically lower volume or niche market products to combine less than truckload (LTL) shipments into full truckloads (FTL) for delivery to major retailer distribution centers.

Today Nasdaq BWise, a world leader in enterprise Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC), announced that it has been selected by Erste Group, one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe and headquartered in Austria, to support and further enhance their internal audit, internal control and finding

Over the next few months, UnaVista will be reviewing and documenting  our views on specific themes within the CAT reporting initiative. As a technology vendor, we will be focusing on areas in CAT where firms caught under the regime can utilise technology to support certain aspects of the reporting process. 

Part 1 - Timeliness of Reporting

While US broker dealers anticipate the initiation of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), many aspects of this regulation remains a topic of conversation for the industry.

The globally successful consulting company for SMEs and large corporations, itelligence AG on 22 February 2017, was granted the status of SAP Hybrisof Gold Partner, one of only 33 companies to receive this accolade. itelligence achieved the Gold Partner qualification among other things because of its large number of Certified Professionals for SAP Hybris solutions, and the business managers in the NTT DATA group (Since 2013, itelligence AG has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT DATA EUROPE GmbH & Co.KG.) who have strong expertise in the SAP for Commerce solution portfolio.

Today BrokerTec, NEX Group’s leading electronic fixed income trading platform, reports that following Bank of Italy approval, it has completed the transaction to acquire a majority stake in e-MID SIM SpA (e-MID). This is the first Italian electronic central limit order book (CLOB) platform for interbank deposits and Overnight Indexed Swaps (OIS). The transaction offers BrokerTec Europe a strong footprint in the important Italian debt and money markets. 

FINMA granted the request submitted by SIX for the CO:RE trading platform to be recognized as a multilateral trading facility. This represents a further milestone for SIX in its implementation of the regulatory requirements relating to the Swiss value chain with a view to making it easier for international participants to enter the market. 

Today IHS Markit, a global leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, announced the addition of new functions to its Know Your Third Party Risk Management platform (KY3P) to further develop its rapidly growing customer base. 

More and more, the devices we buy are talking to one another. Consumer and industrial original electronics manufacturers (OEMs) alike are building ‘smart’ devices that are connected to the internet. From devices that we wear, to those in the cars that we drive, in our homes and the buildings we work in, all the way to smart cities. They are all talking. It’s predicted there will be 50 billion connected devices worldwide in 2020, so that’s a lot of talk!