SmartStream RDU Launches SFTR Security Reference Data Service
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Market and Reference Data
The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU), the reference data specialists, today announced the launch of a cloud-based security reference data service to simplify and enable firms to meet the European Union’s Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) requirements.
Refinitiv survey reveals that financial firms across the globe plan to ramp up use of cloud for financial data as technology delivers on its promise
Financial institutions across the globe will allocate almost half (48%) of their IT budget to spending on public cloud services in 2020, up from 41% this year and 34% in 2018, according to the results of Refinitiv’s latest research into the use of cloud technology for financial data. The findings are based on a survey of 300 global financial firms across the financial community.
Investing in the Automation Revolution
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Data Management, Infrastructure
AutoRek are excited to reveal that they have recently partnered with Worldwide Business Research (WBR) to create an industry report focusing on the trends and insights of automation and data management within the financial services sector. 100 individuals within the operations, IT, business change, finance and data management business functions were surveyed in order to get an insight into their thoughts on automation and how it will affect the... more
Deka chooses Solactive as the index provider
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Asset Management, Data
Solactive announces that Deka, one of Germany’s leading asset management flagships, chooses Solactive as the index provider of choice for three new benchmark ETFs. The respective ETFs track two fixed income indices from the corporate and sovereign space as well as one equity index, which incorporates the thirty largest German stocks. The ETFs are primarily targeted to institutional investors looking for highly liquid ETFs by offering full... more
Solactive and ISS ESG create new Solactive ISS ESG Beyond Plastic Waste Index covering companies active in the reduction of plastic pollution
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Asset Management, Data
In its history, humanity produced 7.8 billion tonnes of plastic until 2015, roughly one tonne per person alive today. After its usage, plastic partly gets “revived” as a PET bottle or even in a T-Shirt. While this process remains the best-case scenario, large amounts of plastic are flushed into the ocean where it may become eaten by aquatic animals, eventually ending up in humans’ stomachs. According to a study from WWF, each person consumes... more
TIBCO Announces Snowflake Integration to Deliver High-Performance Data Analytics for Cloud-Native Customers
TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced a new integration with Snowflake, the data warehouse built for the cloud.
Tink calls on national regulators to show flexibility around PSD2 implementation deadline to prevent open banking ‘cliff edge’
Open banking platform Tink is calling for National Competent Authorities (NCAs) - the national bodies responsible for overseeing PSD2 in EU member states - to be flexible around the implementation deadline for PSD2 in a bid to avoid a ‘cliff-edge’ scenario after the final deadline on 14 September.
Ossiam releases leveraged US Steepener ETF with Solactive index
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Data
At the moment, the US Treasury yield curve sits in the focus of investors. The reason the curve receives such attention lies in its slope, which is as flat as it was way back in 2007. To grant investors the opportunity to benefit from a potential steepening of the US Treasury yield curve, French Asset Manager Ossiam issued its Ossiam US Steepener UCITS ETF on August 19th at Deutsche Börse Xetra, tracking the Solactive US Treasury Yield Curve... more
CryptoCompare’s July Exchange Review shows top ranked exchanges increasing market share, yet lower quality exchanges still dominate
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Data
CryptoCompare, the leading provider of cryptocurrency data and indices, today released its July 2019 Exchange Review which provides analysis of key developments in the cryptocurrency exchange-traded market. Charles Hayter, Co-Founder and CEO of CryptoCompare, said:
BMLL Technologies launches Derived Data Service for bespoke trading analytics
BMLL Technologies, the cloud-based Capital Markets Data-Engineering-as-a-Service company, today announced the launch of its new Derived Data Service. The platform enables market participants to consume bespoke metrics derived from the most granular message-by-message exchange data directly into their trading systems both at speed and at scale.
Xceptor Launches New Podcast 'Unleash Your Data' In The Lead Up to Sibos 2019
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Data
Global data ingestion and transformation software provider Xceptor, is launching its new podcast ‘Unleash Your Data’. The podcast will run in seasons, starting with this year’s Sibos themes of digitisation, data-driven relationships and the impact of new technologies. Episodes will include a broad range of themes from machine learning and natural language processing, blockchain, the data challenges that simply can’t be ignored, digital... more
The Derivatives Service Bureau reveals significant appetite for further data and cybersecurity analysis
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC derivatives, has today announced the results of their second 2019 industry consultation, revealing a significant appetite for further... more
Rising Theft Puts UK Households And Insurers On Alert
UK households and their insurers need to be on alert for rising levels of theft, according to the digital home insurer Policy Expert, whose analysis of claims and crime data suggests a growing risk to consumers. Figures for the first half of 2019 show that theft or attempted theft now make up one in five (20%) of Policy Expert’s accepted home insurance claims. This is the highest percentage recorded in the last seven years, up from 18% in 2018... more
FlexTrade Partners with ACA Technology to Provide Data On-Demand for Trade Surveillance
- 6 years 1 day ago
- Data, Data Management
FlexTrade today announced it has partnered with ACA Technology Solutions to help mutual clients manage their trade surveillance and compliance needs using ACA’s Decryptex® surveillance technology and FlexNOW.
Five ways to futureproof your organisation
- 6 years 4 days ago
- Management, Data Management, Market and Reference Data
An uncertain business climate doesn’t have to mean uncertainty in your business, says data analytics expert Laura Timms. Despite complex challenges on the horizon, the wide availability and adaptability of data analytics means managers can take proactive steps to futureproof their organisations.
