In other news, QB partners with Genesis Global, Helios pushes portfolio customization & Quod Financial targets digital asset fragmentation.
QED Platform Uses A.I. for Deeper Analysis
Regulatory technology provider Evidology Systems reports that the company is using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to implement extensions of its core QED (Quality and Evidence Driven) platform to enable scenario analysis of its underlying model “inside third-party applications and workflows.”
The QED platform is a “unique combination of an argumentation analysis engine integrated with the latest specialist legal interpretation and opinion for each regulation,” officials say. The platform “provides businesses with real-time compliance metrics and horizon scanning to manage regulatory change.”
The QED system “leverages Microsoft ‘Copilot’ technologies to deliver a next-generation A.I. support capability that combines large language models with user data on Microsoft 365 apps,” officials say. “The technology builds on its existing linkage to Microsoft Teams to provide context-based notifications on relevant content within the user interface.”
The built-in notifications can show the current state of compliance with regulatory clauses and a combined audit history of:
- The underlying regulatory texts;
- The risk appetite/decisions chosen; and
- The actual IT system commands and result set that demonstrate adherence to a regulation
“QED does not use ‘generative’ AI techniques internally — its approach is wholly deterministic. This is necessary in the industry to satisfy current U.K. and E.U. regulatory proposals that require clear definitions of how a computed decision is reached,” officials say. The “underlying goal-oriented nature” of the QED model helps it “merge with existing workflows while quietly monitoring the use of A.I. in the background to ensure the most up-to-date regulations and legal opinions are being followed by users.”
QED’s “goal-oriented approach essentially applies a magnifying glass for a more in-depth context-based look at requirements and evolving legal opinions, coupled with the solutions implemented,” says Rupert Brown, chief technology officer (CTO) of Evidology Systems, in a statement.
Officials add that QED is “a visual system which supports any principles-based regulation, including GDPR, FRTB, SMCR, ISO 27001 and PSD2.”
Quantitative Brokers Partners with Genesis Global
Quantitative Brokers (QB), which specializes in advanced execution algorithms, has signed on to become a strategic partner with Genesis Global, a low-code application development platform for financial markets, officials say
Both companies say that “the collaboration will advance algo transparency, enhance trader productivity, and deliver a customized algorithm performance monitoring platform tailored to QB’s clients’ unique requirements.”
“The new, next-gen order monitoring system, built in partnership with Genesis, will further elevate QB’s real-time management and proactive support services for thousands of client orders worldwide,” officials say.
A “flexible, customizable system” will help “trading teams to visualize data on trade execution performance across asset classes, including futures, options, and US Treasuries,” officials say. “The system will issue real-time alerts on algorithmic performance relative to client benchmark parameters and provide rich analytics to best interpret algorithm behavior.”
Helios Enhances Sleeving for Portfolio Customization
Helios Quantitative Research, a provider of outsourced chief investment officer services, has launched sleeving capabilities that are intended to “enable advisors to offer customized investment models that reflect their core philosophies and the key exposures they deem important,” officials say.
“Advisors using Helios will now have the ability to selectively enable or disable sleeves in their models according to their preferences,” according to Helios. “This allows for seamless adjustments, ensuring a greater level of personalization.”
The new sleeving feature offers “performance back-testing, granting advisors and their clients a deeper understanding of the potential effects of introducing a new exposure,” officials say.
“Further, they can now bring to the forefront elements such as alternative investments, growth or dividend biases, which are often overlooked in off-the-shelf models. Advisors are subsequently positioned to deliver a more personalized and meaningful client experience while distinguishing their brand,” officials add.
“The success of an advisor and, by extension, their clients, hinges on the ability to differentiate and customize in a landscape that has for too long been viewed as ‘cookie-cutter,’ ” says Chris Shuba, founder and CEO for Helios, in a prepared statement. “By understanding the impact of their chosen sleeves, they can deliver more effectively on the financial roadmaps they’ve set out for their clients.”
Helios offers clients a team that “collaborates with financial advisors worldwide to develop, implement, monitor, and communicate quantitative investment strategies that challenge Modern Portfolio Theory, aiming to minimize emotional factors in investing,” officials say.
Quod Financial & 4OTC Target Digital Asset Liquidity
Quod Financial, a provider of multi-asset trading solutions, is collaborating with 4OTC, a provider of connectivity services for digital assets and foreign exchange (FX) transactions, officials say.
The partnership will bring together 4OTC’s application programming interface (API), exchange, and over-the-counter (OTC) connectivity with Quod Financial’s order/execution management (O/EMS) platform, officials say.
“This partnership enables institutional clients to access liquidity from across the fragmented digital assets market and optimize their trading strategies,” officials say.
The 4OTC flagship product 1API is intended to help firms “streamline connectivity across numerous digital asset exchanges and liquidity providers,” officials say. The Quod Financial platform combines algorithmic trading, smart order routing, internalization of flows, and “an array of risk controls.”
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