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Cobalt, the FX post-trade processing network based on distributed ledger technology, has joined the BT Radianz Cloud, meaning organisations can now access Cobalt’s private peer-to-peer and blockchain services via their highly secure and resilient Radianz Cloud connections.
Cobalt uses distributed ledger technology to remove cost and complexity from post-trade processing. It leverages blockchain-derived concepts of encryption, digital signatures and consensus to deliver a single, immutable record for each trade, replacing traditional systems which often involve duplicated processes. By creating a shared view of trade data, Cobalt frees up back and middle office resources from multiple layers of reconciliation, speeding up
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Investment Company Institute (ICI) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), on behalf of the T+2 Industry Steering Committee (T+2 ISC), have supervised the transition to a standard settlement timeframe of trade date plus two days (T+2) for in-scope securities, including US equity, corporate and municipal bond, and unit investment trust (UIT) trades, reducing operational and systemic risks to the US marketplace.
Trades in the affected securities will now settle in two business days instead of the previous three-day cycle, providing significant benefits, including reduced market and counterparty risk, increased financial
By Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), CEO, The International Stock Exchange Group – There are a number of advantages of listing on TISE, including the ability to demonstrate additional substance within and create value for investment structures, says Fiona Le Poidevin, CEO, The International Stock Exchange Group.
Asset management groups are still coming to terms with the fact that international developments such as the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative have placed increased focus on the substance of investment structures.
However, there are a number of advantages of listing on TISE,
Deutsche Börse and Illuminate Financial Management have co-led in a USD5 million Series A funding round in RegTek.Solutions, a multi-jurisdiction regulatory reporting solutions provider.
Based in New York, RegTek.Solutions was launched earlier this year as a specialist provider of global regulatory compliance software by Risk Focus Inc, a risk and regulatory services firm. RegTek.Solutions provides innovative trade reporting solutions and cost-effective compliance software (Report-It) enabling firms to improve the quality, transparency and control of regulatory reporting obligations across multiple jurisdictions and asset classes, including OTC Swaps, Credit, Rates and Equity, as well as FX and Commodities trading. The firm counts ten
Nasdaq is to acquire eVestment, an industry leading content and analytics provider used by asset managers, investment consultants and asset owners to help facilitate institutional investment decisions.
The acquisition is expected to deliver attractive shareholder returns with a combination of recurring, predictable revenue, a strong track record of growth and attractive cash flow dynamics.
eVestment provides institutional investors the largest, most comprehensive database for both traditional and alternative strategies, including as many as 2,800 individual data points on more than 74,000 investment vehicles. eVestment has more than 2,000 clients, including 92 per cent of the top asset managers, 76
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 178.9 TWh on its power derivatives markets in August 2017 (August 2016: 199.0 TWh).
The August volume comprised 94.3 TWh traded at EEX via Trade Registration with subsequent clearing. Clearing and settlement of all exchange transactions was executed by European Commodity Clearing (ECC).
At 22.9 TWh, EEX recorded its highest volume in Phelix-DE Futures since launching these products in April 2017, further demonstrating that the Phelix-DE futures are quickly establishing themselves as the new benchmark in European power.
On the EEX Market for emission allowances, traded volumes in
Protos Cryptocurrency Asset Management is to hold an Initial Coin Offering (“ICO”) to raise capital for a data-driven crypto hedge fund that will invest solely in cryptocurrencies and tokens.
Protos tokens will be a security issued under the exemption from registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation D.
The founders of Protos; Matthew Shaw (pictured), Philipp Kallerhoff, and Thomas Kineshanko – have significant experience in the funds and cryptocurrency space. They have over a decade of combined experience investing in cryptocurrencies, have managed funds of over USD1 billion and Protos will be their third vehicle
Custom Connect has reduced the latency in its microwave link between LD4 Equinix Slough and FR2 Equinix Frankfurt to as low as 4.572ms for a round trip.
Custom Connect co-founder Jan Willem Meijer (pictured), says traders and risk managers will now benefit from the fastest data service between two of the most important trading hubs in Europe. “We are pleased to announce that all market participants will now be able to access exchange data at the industry’s lowest-known latency,” he says.
Peel Hunt, an independent corporate broking, advisory and trading house, has selected Torstone Technology’s InfernoRC module to comply with the transaction reporting obligations of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and its accompanying Regulation (MiFIR).
The news follows Torstone Technology’s announcement in March this year that it began live testing the new InfernoRC module with its clients.
InfernoRC will enable Peel Hunt to comply with the expanded scope and detail in transaction reporting obligations in MiFIR, including the much wider range of financial instruments and disclosure of additional mandatory data which the regulation requires. In addition to
For someone who prides himself on building things, the opportunity for Kevin LoPrimo (pictured) to develop a footprint for Cowen Prime Services in London1 was too good to overlook. Last June, LoPrimo was officially unveiled as Head of International Prime Brokerage and charged with building on the success of Cowen Prime Services in the US, here in Europe.
“We’re trying to create the ‘go-to’ prime broker for small and mid-sized funds, and one that can serve as a second or third prime for larger fund clients,” LoPrimo tells Hedgeweek. “We are equity and fixed income-focused, support listed derivatives, and although we
