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 >>
SmartStream Argues for the Utility Approach
(Editor’s note: SmartStream took home the award for Best Operational Risk Management Solution in this year’s FTF News Technology Innovation Awards competition for its Reference Data Utility (RDU) offering. Among its many aspects, the RDU provides a security master that was created “in close association with demanding global institutions,” according to SmartStream. The RDU is a… Read More >>
SmartStream Leads Effort to Fill MiFID II Reporting Gap
To fill a MiFID II reporting gap, Ops vendor SmartStream via its Reference Data Utility (RDU) is working with Approved Publication Arrangements (APAs) to operate a Systematic Internalizer (SI) Registry. The SI chores of MiFID II kick in after a determination is made about the frequency and volume of transaction orders that a counterparty crosses… Read More >>
Thomson Reuters & Symphony Partner to Integrate Messaging Wares
Partnership Will Facilitate Eikon and Symphony Links Securities trading could get a little easier with the integration to come between Thomson Reuters’ Eikon system and the Symphony Workflow Platform. The two have decided to work together to facilitate the sharing of Eikon objects such as charts, news and data via Symphony’s messaging and collaboration platform,… Read More >>
