Settlement Service Run by CLS & IHS Markit Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has joined a cross-currency swaps settlement service developed by financial data and systems vendor IHS Markit and a firm specializing in settlement CLS, officials report. With its latest member, the payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement service has eight settlement members “live on the service,… Read More >>
Members Exchange Wins SEC’s & BlackRock’s Approval
A securities exchange start-up, the Members Exchange (MEMX), is on a roll via new strategic financing led by asset manager BlackRock, following a key approval by the SEC. While the launch of its first transaction venue was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, MEMX officials want their venue to get underway during the third quarter of… Read More >>
DoJ Returns $300M in Fraud Proceeds to Malaysia
The U.S. Department of Justice has returned approximately $300 million to Malaysia, money that was misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in America and several other states, including Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg. One person at the center of the money-laundering scandal was Low Taek Jho, aka… Read More >>
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 >>
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 >>
Barclays, Goldmans & JPMorgan Endorse DTCC’s GTR
Barclays, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan have added their names to a growing list of major financial services firms endorsing the Global Trade Repository (GTR) service of the DTCC as a way to fulfill pending regulatory reporting requirements for securities financing transactions (SFTs). French banking giant Société Générale and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) also intend… Read More >>
Goldman Sachs Acquires United Capital for $750 Million
Goldman Sachs Jolts Wealth Management Strategy Goldman Sachs Group is acquiring United Capital Financial Partners, Inc. for $750 million in cash as a way to broaden the reach of the Wall Street giant’s intellectual capital and investment capabilities, officials say. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of this year, subject to… Read More >>
Goldman Sachs Fined $45M via MiFID Reporting Case
A U.K. regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has settled a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) case against Goldman Sachs International (GSI), and has fined the firm £34,344,700 ($44,815,175) for 220-plus million erroneous transaction reports between November 2007 and March 2017. The FCA explains that its rules on transaction reporting emanate from the E.U.’s… Read More >>
Goldman Sachs to Fight Malaysia’s Criminal Charges
Goldman Sachs is vowing to fight new charges stemming from a scandal in Malaysia involving the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund that Malaysian government officials were hoping to use toward the development of infrastructure projects. The sprawling case involves authorities beyond the Malaysian government as the U.S. Department of Justice early last month charged… Read More >>
Goldman Sachs VP Charged with Insider Trading
An investment bank vice president has been arrested and stands accused in a SEC complaint filed in a New York federal court of using a nominee trading account, held in the name of a close friend, to make “numerous” securities trades on material nonpublic information (MNPI). According to the SEC complaint, Woojae Jung, 37, a.k.a…. Read More >>
