Cordium Taps PWC and FINRA Cordium, a provider of governance, risk and compliance services, has appointed Michael Corcione managing director of its cybersecurity and data protection consulting services. Corcione joins from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was a director in the cybersecurity, privacy, and financial crimes unit, with a focus on asset management and alternative investment firms…. Read More >>
Support Growing for ISDA’s Initial Margin Standard
Support is growing for a new methodology for calculating initial margin for non-cleared derivatives instruments that was developed by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). Simultaneously, exchange and clearinghouse operator, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), reports that the ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) group, a provider of regulated benchmarks, launched a crowdsourcing facility in support of… Read More >>
Boston Trust to Use SS&C’s Outsourcing Services
Outsourcing to Help Boston Trust Stay Competitive Boston Trust & Investment Management Co. (Boston Trust) will be using SS&C Advent Outsourcing Services for software integration, hosting and data management in an effort to bolster its competitiveness and to improve customer service. The implementation will offer SS&C’s suite of portfolio management products in a software-as-a-service… Read More >>
Barclays Pushes to Keep its Blockchain/DLT Edge
Although there have been a host of reports questioning the viability of blockchain, banks are still forging ahead, reviewing different ways to deploy cutting-edge, systems that exploit distributed ledger technology (DLT), if the recent Smart Contract Templates Summit is anything to go by. Barclays, for example, is striking partnerships with start-ups and testing its own… Read More >>
CFTC, Industry Groups Push for Policing of Algo Traffic
Key industry groups are weighing in on the CFTC’s proposed rule governing automated trading, urging separate rule-making phases and pre-trade risk controls on all orders in a bid to prevent electronic trading markets that suffer from systems gone wild. In their letter to the CFTC, the Futures Industry Association (FIA), the FIA Principal Traders Group… Read More >>
Brexit Crisis Spurs U.S. Groups Into Action
It looks as if June 23, 2016 will be another day that will live in infamy. Some of the infamous ripples from the Brexit crisis are making their way across the pond to the United States. Key industry organizations, regulators and securities firms are taking initial actions, formulating strategies and watching with interest as the… Read More >>
Brexit’s Biggest Impacts to Hit Over Next Two Years
In the run-up to the U.K. referendum, polls were showing that the remain camp was in front, albeit just, but as the night of June 23rd unfolded, it became clear that a slim majority of the British public voted to leave the European Union. It did not take long for David Cameron, the prime minister… Read More >>
CFTC Issues Final Rule for Cleared Swaps Reporting
The CFTC reports that it has approved a final rule meant to bring “additional clarity” to existing cleared swaps reporting regulations and procedures. The rule codifies reporting obligations for counterparties and registered entities and improves the “efficiency of data collection and maintenance associated with the reporting,” the CFTC says. The commission’s own detailed analysis of… Read More >>
UnaVista Hires from Electra Information Systems
UnaVista Expands Again in North America Neil Giavara, formerly the senior sales director at reconciliation and post-trade systems vendor Electra Information Systems, has joined the North American branch of UnaVista, a hosted software platform vendor for matching, reconciliation and regulatory reporting that is part of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). Giavara was at Electra… Read More >>
Markit, ISDA Move to Settle EU Probe
Markit, the U.K. data provider, and the International Swaps & Derivatives Association (ISDA), an industry trade group, have offered concessions in an effort to settle a European Union antitrust investigation into possible collusion in the credit default swaps (CDS) market, according to the European Commission. The Commission is seeking feedback from interested parties on the… Read More >>
