Eurodollar Options Pits to Stay Open Derivatives exchanges operator CME Group has announced that the physical trading pits shut down since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic will remain permanently closed as global financial markets move toward a post-pandemic phase. Not all open outcry venues will close, though. “The Eurodollar options pit, which was… Read More >>
Industry Passes SIFMA-led Regulation SCI Tests
100 Firms & 80 Organizations Took Part in the SCI Tests The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) reports that it led “a successful business continuity test” on Saturday, Oct. 24, an annual effort mandated by the SEC’s Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (SCI). The industry-wide test was combined with a large-scale connectivity evaluation…. Read More >>
Buy-Side Trading Desks Favored IT Spending in 2019
On average, budgets for American and European buy-side trading desks rose by four percent in 2019, and it appears that much of that increase went to spending on technology rather than for hiring staff, according to a recent report from Greenwich Associates, a market research firm. In fact, the research firm found that “headcounts among… Read More >>
LSE to Transform Itself via Refinitiv Deal
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is acquiring Refinitiv from a Blackstone consortium for $27 billion in a reverse takeover that will “significantly expand” the LSEG’s data and analytics offerings and yield a global capital markets business to rival players such as Bloomberg. The official confirmation of the acquisition follows reports in the press that… Read More >>
BBH to Service Hong Kong’s First Active ETF
BBH to Be Registrar for Active ETF Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) has been appointed as the custodian and administrator for the first actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF) domiciled in Hong Kong, officials report. “The ICBC CICC USD Money Market ETF is being launched by China International Capital Corporation (CICC) with ICBC Asset… Read More >>
CloudMargin Hires Former Group CEO of TriOptima
CloudMargin Appoints Stuart Connolly as Next CEO A former Group CEO of TriOptima Stuart Connolly has been named as the new CEO of CloudMargin, a London-based vendor of cloud-based collateral and margin management solutions, replacing Steve Husk, who left CloudMargin. The CloudMargin board of directors approved Connolly’s appointment and he has taken on the role,… Read More >>
Fenergo Links to Refinitiv’s World-Check One
Fenergo, a client management systems vendor, is offering a new level of integration with a financial crime-fighting offering of market data and risk management provider Refinitiv that is intended to streamline know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. Fenergo is launching an application programming interface (API) link from its client lifecycle management (CLM)… Read More >>
Firms Need a ‘Ruthless Focus’ on Data: Q&A
(Kristin Swenton Hochstein wears many hats. She is the head of entity data services for Refinitiv, the company spun off from the former financial and risk businesses of Thomson Reuters. She also serves as the recently elected vice chair for ISITC, the securities industry group pushing standards and best practices to improve operations. She is… Read More >>
Bad Data Impedes Machine Learning’s Progress: Survey
Bad data is hampering the progress of machine learning (ML), a subset of artificial intelligence, as it gains ground at financial services firms, particularly the buy side, according to the findings of an inaugural AI/ML survey from Refinitiv, the vendor created from the former data and risk group of Thomson-Reuters. The survey report, “Smarter Humans…. Read More >>
CFTC Entices More Prime Brokerages to Use SEFs
CFTC Issues No-Action SEF Relief for Prime Brokers Prime brokerages are getting new encouragement to trade swaps via swap execution facilities (SEFs), according to a recent action via the CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO). Officials at the division announced that they will provide no-action relief to facilitate prime brokerage activities on… Read More >>
