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LSEG Buys Acadia to Bolster Post-Trade Wares

December 21, 2022 by Eugene Grygo

LSEG Buys Acadia to Bolster Post-Trade Wares

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has acquired Acadia, maker of margin calculation and risk mitigation offerings, in a bid to expand the LSEG’s post-trade wares for the uncleared derivatives transaction space, officials say. Acadia offers risk management, margining, and collateral services to help securities firms navigate uncleared, over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. Acadia offers product… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Private Markets, Risk Management, Governance, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: Acadia, AcadiaSoft, automation, back office, collateral management, compliance, data management, London Stock Exchange Group, margining, OTC derivatives, over the counter derivatives, risk management, wall street

AcadiaSoft Acquires Quaternion

February 4, 2021 by Eugene Grygo

AcadiaSoft Acquires Quaternion

AcadiaSoft, a back-office collateral management services provider for uncleared derivatives, has acquired Quaternion Risk Management, a front-office, consulting and software provider, laying the groundwork for an integrated, real-time, risk management solution to come, officials say. The transaction will bolster AcadiaSoft’s risk mitigation offerings and is a response to the industry demand for more standardized risk services,… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Derivatives, Industry News Tagged With: AcadiaSoft, collateral, collateral management, collateral optimization, Quaternion Risk Management

DZ Bank Revamps DevOps for Its Trading Floor

October 27, 2020 by FTF News

DZ Bank Revamps DevOps for Its Trading Floor

German Bank Uses CloudBees Germany’s second-largest bank, DZ Bank has revamped the software development and operations environments that support its trading floor via the offerings of London-based vendor CloudBees, Inc., officials say. The bank is using continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) support systems from CloudBees for “the single most important application within the… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Case Studies, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Risk Management, Governance, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: AcadiaSoft, Bloomberg, BrokerTec, CloudBees, CME Group, DevOps, DZ Bank, Vega Investmetn Managers

TriOptima & AcadiaSoft Target Collateral Interest Payments

September 8, 2020 by Eugene Grygo

TriOptima & AcadiaSoft Target Collateral Interest Payments

The processing of collateral interest payments needs automation, and vendors TriOptima and AcadiaSoft are partnering to change that as financial services firms gear up for the onset of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) regulations. Cash collateral accounts for approximately 70 percent of all collateral exchanged for non-cleared derivatives, according to the International Swap Dealers Association… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: AcadiaSoft, automation, collateral interest, Initial Margin Regulations, manual systems, margining, TriOptima, triResolve, triResolve Margin, Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR), variation margin (VM) rule

FNZ-GBST Merger Under Scrutiny in the U.K.

April 17, 2020 by FTF News

FNZ-GBST Merger Under Scrutiny in the U.K.

CMA Starts Phase 2 Review of FNZ-GBST Union A U.K. regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), is moving ahead with a formal investigation into FNZ’s acquisition of GBST Holdings Ltd., following a recent announcement that CMA officials were mulling this next step. “On 30 March 2020, the CMA decided that it was or may… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Performance Measurement, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: AcadiaSoft, AxiomSL, BMO, BMO Capital Markets, Cassini Systems, Clearpool, FNZ Group, GBST Syn~, Profile Software, SEC

Commcise Launches Commission Management Service

September 20, 2019 by FTF News

Commcise Launches Commission Management Service

‘Commission-Management-As-A-Service’ Debuts Commcise, a provider of integrated commission management, research evaluation, consumption tracking and reporting solutions for investment management and brokerage firms, reports the launch of CommciseCM, a stand-alone, cloud-based commission management platform designed to help U.S. asset managers and hedge funds obtain a “full commission wallet view of their entire trading activity.” CommciseCM, majority-owned… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Risk Management, Governance, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Back-Office, Integration, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: AcadiaSoft, BNY Mellon, Chris Walsh, cloud-based commission management, collateral management, Commcise, consumption tracking, Deutsche Borse, integrated commission management, investment management, Qontigo, Quanthouse, Reconciliations, research evaluation, Sebastian Ceria, SpiderRock, SWIFT

Watson Wheatley Wins Three Clients for Hosted Service

September 13, 2019 by FTF News

Watson Wheatley Wins Three Clients for Hosted Service

Watson Wheatley Signs Firms in Europe & Hong Kong   Reconciliation solutions vendor, Watson Wheatley, reports that it has signed three new clients — firms based in Hong Kong and Southern Europe — for its hosting platform created specifically for the iRecs system. The vendor is not naming the new clients. “Following competitive bidding processes… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, General Interest, Governance, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Performance Measurement, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: AcadiaSoft, Bloomberg FX Watson Wheatley, BNP Paribas, Chris Walsh, FinTech Briefs, Goldman Sachs, hosting platform, Howard Edelstein, iRecs system, John C. Shay, Peter Moss, RDU, reconciliation solutions, Reference Data Utility, securities financing transactions, SmartStream

Goldman Sachs MTF Data Available via QuantHouse

September 10, 2019 by FTF News

Goldman Sachs MTF Data Available via QuantHouse

SIGMA X MTF Debuts on QuantHouse Market data provided by a multilateral trading facility (MTF) operated by Goldman Sachs is available via QuantHouse, a vendor of systematic trading solutions including market data services, algorithmic trading support, and infrastructure products. The SIGMA X MTF market data flow from Goldman Sachs will be available as part of… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, General Interest, Governance, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Performance Measurement, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Economic Sanctions, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: AcadiaSoft, API, Chris Walsh, CloudMargin, Goldman Sachs, Karl Wyborn, MTF Data, multilateral trading facility, Phase 4, Quanthouse, systematic trading solutions, Ted Sturiale, Thalēs

AcadiaSoft Chairman to Step Down Later This Year

August 20, 2019 by Eugene Grygo

AcadiaSoft Chairman to Step Down Later This Year

Collateral management services provider AcadiaSoft Inc. is undergoing a major change at the top with the news that industry veteran Howard Edelstein, the company’s board chairman will be stepping down before the end of the year and his replacement is expected to be selected over the coming months, officials say. AcadiaSoft has begun a search… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Back-Office, Integration, Standards, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: AcadiaSoft, Chris Walsh, collateral management, collateral management processes, fintech, Howard Edelstein, People Moves

AcadiaSoft & CloudMargin Take On UMR Compliance

July 25, 2019 by Eugene Grygo

AcadiaSoft & CloudMargin Take On UMR Compliance

With the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) in mind, AcadiaSoft, a vendor of collateral management offerings for non-cleared derivatives, has launched a technology partnership with CloudMargin, maker of a cloud-based collateral management workflow tool, to provide a one-stop solution for the front-to-back office processes of collateral and margin management. The collaboration coincides with the just announced… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, General Interest, Governance, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Performance Measurement, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: AANA, AcadiaSoft, Chris Walsh, CloudMargin, IM, initial margin, Joseph Spiro, Liam Huxley, Phase 5, UMR, Uncleared Margin Rules

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