TRG Screen, a provider of market data and subscription cost management technology, has released Xmon AI Assist, a capability intended to bring conversational analytics to market data cost management, officials say. Xmon is a reference data cost and usage monitoring solution that offers “visibility into consumption patterns, cost drivers and vendor billing,” officials add. The… Read More >>
tZERO & Voatz to Develop Digitize Proxy Voting
tZERO Group, a blockchain and tokenization provider for capital markets, and Voatz, a mobile voting technology company, are collaborating to deliver blockchain‑backed, digital proxy voting that will herald a new era of corporate governance, officials say. “Markets have gone digital — governance should follow,” says Alan Konevsky, CEO of tZERO, in a prepared statement. “By… Read More >>
FIS Targets ‘Overlooked Post-Trade Infrastructure’
Financial technology provider FIS has launched the FIS Asset Servicing Management Suite, which company officials say is “a comprehensive suite of automated and integrated solutions” intended to “unlock operational efficiency” in asset servicing. “The suite combines the traditionally separate critical functions of corporate actions processing, proxy voting, class actions claims, operational claims, and tax reclaim… Read More >>
BNY to Provide Support for WisdomTree Prime
WisdomTree, Inc. has appointed the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) as its banking-as-a-service (BaaS) infrastructure provider for WisdomTree Prime, a retail platform for tokenized assets and cryptocurrency, officials say. WisdomTree is BNY’s first retail digital assets BaaS client. WisdomTree is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) and exchange-traded product (ETP) sponsor and asset manager. “WisdomTree… Read More >>
ISDA & Tokenovate to Push for CDM-Based Ops
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and Tokenovate, a provider of workflows supporting collateral and post-trade management, have launched a task force within the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) to hasten the creation of operations that leverage the Common Domain Model (CDM). The task force effort is in response to “growing market demand for… Read More >>
SIFMA Conducts Tests of Industry BCP/DR Plans
Late last month, securities firms, market infrastructure providers, and key third-party organizations participated in the 2025 SIFMA Industry Business Continuity Test, which scrutinized the capabilities of firms, markets, and utilities to operate during and after a crisis, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). The testing on Saturday, Oct. 25, was industry-wide,… Read More >>
Tokenization Stalled by Regulatory Uncertainty: Broadridge Survey
Asset and wealth managers are dragging their feet when it comes to the adoption of tokenized assets, according to a new poll from securities operations services and systems giant Broadridge Financial Solutions, with 70 percent of all financial institutions surveyed citing “regulatory uncertainty” as a cause for their hesitancy. Yet, according to Broadridge’s 2025 Tokenization… Read More >>
Charles Schwab Integrates Pave’s Platform for RIAs
Charles Schwab, a custodian for registered investment advisors (RIAs) and a major retail brokerage firm, is offering integrated access to the wealth management platform from Pave Finance, Inc., according to officials. The move helps RIAs “to link their Schwab client accounts directly to Pave for automated portfolio construction, management, and trading, all without moving a… Read More >>
BMLL’s Growth Gets a Boost via Nordic Capital Acquisition
Private equity firm Nordic Capital has acquired BMLL, an independent provider of historical order book data and analytics, as part of an effort to accelerate BMLL’s growth, officials say. “The investment will be made in close partnership with the management team of BMLL and minority shareholder Optiver, marking a joint commitment to accelerate the company’s… Read More >>
Eleven Banks Take Stake in LSEG’s Post-Trade Division
Eleven global banks have agreed to take a 20 percent stake in the Post Trade Solutions business of the London Stock Exchange Group — a division valued at £850 million ($1.134 billion) — and in return will influence the strategies and future of the LSEG’s post-trade offerings, for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, officials say. The designated… Read More >>
