The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has acquired Acadia, maker of margin calculation and risk mitigation offerings, in a bid to expand the LSEG’s post-trade wares for the uncleared derivatives transaction space, officials say. Acadia offers risk management, margining, and collateral services to help securities firms navigate uncleared, over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. Acadia offers product… Read More >>
AcadiaSoft Acquires Quaternion
AcadiaSoft, a back-office collateral management services provider for uncleared derivatives, has acquired Quaternion Risk Management, a front-office, consulting and software provider, laying the groundwork for an integrated, real-time, risk management solution to come, officials say. The transaction will bolster AcadiaSoft’s risk mitigation offerings and is a response to the industry demand for more standardized risk services,… Read More >>
DZ Bank Revamps DevOps for Its Trading Floor
German Bank Uses CloudBees Germany’s second-largest bank, DZ Bank has revamped the software development and operations environments that support its trading floor via the offerings of London-based vendor CloudBees, Inc., officials say. The bank is using continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) support systems from CloudBees for “the single most important application within the… Read More >>
TriOptima & AcadiaSoft Target Collateral Interest Payments
The processing of collateral interest payments needs automation, and vendors TriOptima and AcadiaSoft are partnering to change that as financial services firms gear up for the onset of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) regulations. Cash collateral accounts for approximately 70 percent of all collateral exchanged for non-cleared derivatives, according to the International Swap Dealers Association… Read More >>
FNZ-GBST Merger Under Scrutiny in the U.K.
CMA Starts Phase 2 Review of FNZ-GBST Union A U.K. regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), is moving ahead with a formal investigation into FNZ’s acquisition of GBST Holdings Ltd., following a recent announcement that CMA officials were mulling this next step. “On 30 March 2020, the CMA decided that it was or may… Read More >>
Commcise Launches Commission Management Service
‘Commission-Management-As-A-Service’ Debuts Commcise, a provider of integrated commission management, research evaluation, consumption tracking and reporting solutions for investment management and brokerage firms, reports the launch of CommciseCM, a stand-alone, cloud-based commission management platform designed to help U.S. asset managers and hedge funds obtain a “full commission wallet view of their entire trading activity.” CommciseCM, majority-owned… Read More >>
Watson Wheatley Wins Three Clients for Hosted Service
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 >>
Goldman Sachs MTF Data Available via QuantHouse
SIGMA X MTF Debuts on QuantHouse Market data provided by a multilateral trading facility (MTF) operated by Goldman Sachs is available via QuantHouse, a vendor of systematic trading solutions including market data services, algorithmic trading support, and infrastructure products. The SIGMA X MTF market data flow from Goldman Sachs will be available as part of… Read More >>
AcadiaSoft Chairman to Step Down Later This Year
Collateral management services provider AcadiaSoft Inc. is undergoing a major change at the top with the news that industry veteran Howard Edelstein, the company’s board chairman will be stepping down before the end of the year and his replacement is expected to be selected over the coming months, officials say. AcadiaSoft has begun a search… Read More >>
AcadiaSoft & CloudMargin Take On UMR Compliance
With the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) in mind, AcadiaSoft, a vendor of collateral management offerings for non-cleared derivatives, has launched a technology partnership with CloudMargin, maker of a cloud-based collateral management workflow tool, to provide a one-stop solution for the front-to-back office processes of collateral and margin management. The collaboration coincides with the just announced… Read More >>
