ONEaccess has made enhancements to its platform that will allow asset managers to comply with MiFID II requirements, including regular assessment of research quality, management of research budgets and enforcement of stricter controls around inducements. The ONEaccess platform enables asset
Watson Wheatley Financial Systems (WWFS), a provider of securities reconciliation, has added DTCC reconciliation to their offering. The iRecs platform automatically downloads and links daily positions with underlying trade data and reconciles it against internal records. “Adding the DTCC
Commcise and Convergex's Westminster Research Associates are to offer a fully integrated, technology-based solution that allows asset managers to be compliant with the upcoming MiFID II regulations relating to payment for research. Westminster is a broker-dealer specialising in providing full-service
INDATA, a provider of software, technology and services for buy-side firms, has made functionality enhancements geared towards the MiFID II implementation date of January 2018. More than 350 changes have been made to the iPM Epic software suite. Numerous
London-based Feedstock is operating a research platform that offers buy-side fund managers a one-stop-shop to managing their research activities under MiFID II. Feedstock acts as a productivity tool by integrating with a buy-side firm’s email system. By filtering through the
Dechert’s Matthew Kerfoot (pictured) comments on FSB’s newly issued Policy Recommendations on the use of leverage by investment funds… In marked contrast to the emerging US deregulatory climate, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has issued Policy Recommendations to regulate the use
Dealogic has combined its buy-side products into a single offering, Dealogic Connect, creating an MiFID II compliant solution that links a network of 250-plus investment firms to 150-plus sell-side partners. Dealogic Connect brings together Dealogic's acquisition of A2 Access' aggregated
Last year the number of hedge fund launches globally fell by an estimated 40 per cent, but despite this there have been a number of positive developments for the funds industry in the BVI. One is the creation of an
Confluence, a provider of investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting and performance calculation and analytics, has extended the regulatory filing capabilities on its Unity NXT Regulatory platform. Launched in May, Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting supports the
JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM), the international investment boutique, has contracted Silverfinch to address the steep rise in regulatory reporting requirements the firm is facing. Silverfinch, a look-through and data distribution hub for client regulatory reporting, recently launched a quadruple
