AcadiaSoft Inc. is expanding its offerings for non-cleared derivatives via an initial margin (IM) monitoring service, slated for release in the second quarter, that will provide IM Phase 4 and Phase 5 firms with the ability to monitor IM exposure levels. The IM monitoring support will be offered in conjunction with AcadiaSoft’s Agreement Manager service,… Read More >>
Deutsche Bank Sends Collateral Management to the Cloud
In what appears to be a first for a Tier 1 bank, Deutsche Bank is moving its management of margin calls with counterparties to a public cloud-based service as part of an effort to cut costs and operational risk while simplifying a key process. The German banking giant will be revamping this “critical piece of… Read More >>
MTS Markets & BondCliQ Launch Liquidity Mapping Service
Two Key Players Take On Corporate Bond Liquidity MTS Markets International, part of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), and BondCliQ, a corporate bond market data solution vendor, are launching Liquidity Mapping for BondCliQ’s BondTiQ platform to give end-users views of pre- and post-trade information on U.S. corporate bond liquidity, officials say. The new mapping “combines… Read More >>
Brevan Howard Uses AcadiaSoft for IM Management
A Major Buy-Side Firm Embraces AcadiaSoft’s IMEM AcadiaSoft, a provider of risk and collateral management services for the non-cleared derivatives market, reports that Brevan Howard has been added to the users of AcadiaSoft Hub’s Initial Margin Exposure Manager (IMEM). As one of the first buy-side firms that falls within the scope of Phase Three of… Read More >>
Multiple Systems & Processes Complicate Data Consolidation: Q&A
(Matthew Bergerman, the director of product management at DTCC Data Services, oversees the development of data solutions for the equity, fixed income and reference data markets. An industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the financial information industry, Bergerman joined the DTCC in 2015 after leading market data and reference data efforts… Read More >>
High Margin Call Volumes Spur Operational Overhaul: Q&A
(Last year, the industry responded strongly to TriOptima’s counterparty exposure management service triResolve Margin when it became clear that regulatory changes would drive up margin call volumes, explains David White, the London-based head of sales for triResolve at TriOptima. In fact, triResolve Margin was voted Best Collateral Management Solution via the FTF News Technology Innovation… Read More >>
Finastra to Sell CMC Business Unit to Teranet
Teranet’s CM Solutions Will Acquire the Shares of CMS London-based financial software vendor Finastra, formed in 2017 by the combination of Misys and D+H, reports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian-based Collateral Management Corp. (CMS) business to Teranet. Teranet’s affiliated entity CM Solutions Inc. will acquire the issued and… Read More >>
DTCC Bolsters Support for SFTR Reporting via Partnerships
Financial services firms are gearing up for the reporting requirements of the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR), and the DTCC is partnering with EquiLend, Trax, IHS Markit and Pirum to improve its global trade reporting capabilities before the SFTR rules take effect by the end of next year. Even though SFTR originated with the European… Read More >>
New SmartStream Team to Investigate AI for Ops
SmartStream Creates ‘Innovations Team’ SmartStream Technologies, which characterizes itself as a financial transaction lifecycle management provider, reports that its new “innovations team” is “working with financial institutions to optimise workflows, using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and blockchain technologies, in the areas of reconciliations, cash management and fees and expense management.” The new… Read More >>
IHS Markit Acquires DeriveXperts
IHS Markit, a data, analytics and solutions provider, has acquired DeriveXperts, a valuation services vendor for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, that will bring to Markit an entrée into key equity derivatives and other equity linked products markets. DeriveXperts offers daily and monthly computations of “hard-to-value assets,” such as equity derivatives, FX derivatives, interest rate derivatives and… Read More >>
