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FIX Protocol Includes Digital Token Identifier
The Digital Token Identifier (DTI) ISO standard has been added to the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol, the industry-standard messaging protocol for electronic communication. The addition means financial institutions will be able to use the FIX Protocol to send messages with DTIs both internally and externally. The DTI standard is increasingly being used as it…
7RIDGE Acquires American Financial Exchange to Accelerate Growth and Enhance AMERIBOR Adoption
The American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange facilitating direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions, has announced its acquisition by 7RIDGE, a specialised growth equity firm investing in transformative technologies for financial services. The acquisition, which closed last week, aims to accelerate AFX’s growth trajectory, expand its network of members borrowing…
SteelEye Integrates ChatGPT into Compliance Platform, Enhancing Market Surveillance Capabilities
SteelEye, the integrated surveillance solutions provider, has successfully incorporated ChatGPT 4 into its comprehensive compliance platform. The move comes as part of a case study aimed at assessing the AI tool’s potential in market surveillance applications. The case study findings indicate that, when implemented correctly and used judiciously, ChatGPT can substantially benefit surveillance investigations. By…
IPC Systems Wins A-Team Group Innovation Award for Most Innovative Operational Resilience / Business Continuity Initiative
A-Team Group has named IPC Systems as the winner of its award for the the Most Innovative Operational Resilience / Business Continuity Initiative in its Innovation Awards 2023. The awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2023
A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2023. The awards, now in their third year, celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. This year’s platinum award winners include Moody’s Analytics…
Scila Implements Multi-Asset Trade Surveillance for Capital.com
Scila AB, the Stockholm-based provider of trade surveillance, anti-money laundering and risk management technology, has been selected by Capital.com, the retail trading platform, to deliver a multi-asset class trade surveillance solution for global monitoring of trading activities. Scila’s trade surveillance solution is deployed at customer sites in more than 20 countries, including market participants, exchanges…
Crypto Trade Surveillance: An Essential Tool for Regulatory Compliance
By Greg Tishelman, Director of Crypto Sales, OneMarketData. The growth of the crypto market has brought about new challenges for both regulators and financial institutions alike. Unlike traditional financial markets, most crypto exchanges are decentralized and operate 24/7, making it difficult to efficiently monitor trading activity and detect potential market abuse. The anonymous nature of…
Market Abuse Regulation and How Not to Fall Foul of the Rules
The messy collapse of once revered construction and professional services multinational Carillion in 2018 not only shook the City of London, but also offered powerful insight into authorities’ determination to stamp out market abuse. While the £845 million hole Carillion reported in its accounts was stunning, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) response was just as…
Vendor Strategy: How SpaceTime is Distilling Complex Markets into Actionable Insights
With regulators placing an ever-greater focus on best execution, firms across the buy and sell side are making increasing use of transaction cost analysis (TCA) to demonstrate to customers how their execution performance measures up against various benchmarks. But TCA is not just a regulatory tool. Real-time TCA can also be an incredibly useful resource…
A-Team Group’s Lorna Van Zyl Featured on FinTech Focus TV, Discussing TradingTech Summit London
In anticipation of this year’s TradingTech Summit London, we’re delighted that A-Team Group’s Head of Event Content, Lorna Van Zyl, was the star guest on the latest episode of FinTech Focus TV, talking with Toby Babb of Harrington Starr. In a wide-ranging interview, Lorna shares what goes on behind the scenes when putting the event…