Neuberger Berman to Use Velocity for EMIR Reconciliation Neuberger Berman, a New York-based, private, employee-owned investment management firm, will be using a platform from cloud-based reconciliation software vendor Fund Recs for trade reconciliation via the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) guidelines. The firm, which oversees $418 billion in client assets, will use the Fund… Read More >>
Fiserv Plans N.J. Hub for 2,000 New Jobs
Berkeley Heights Is Site of New Fiserv Campus Payments and financial technology vendor Fiserv is expanding its presence in New Jersey via a new location in Berkeley Heights that will bring approximately 2,000 jobs to the area, officials say. “The planned Fiserv campus will serve as a strategic center of excellence for technology and product… Read More >>
IHS Markit Acquires Trade Reporting Vendor
Catena Technologies Becomes Part of IHS Markit IHS Markit, a market data, analytics and solutions vendor, reports that it will be able to offer a solution that integrates transaction reporting with other post-trade and compliance workflows via the acquisition of Catena Technologies, a regulatory trade reporting provider for an undisclosed sum. The combination with IHS… Read More >>
E.U. Derivatives Reporting Will Get Funky After Brexit
The U.K. and E.U. negotiations over Brexit appear to be at a critical moment as the negotiators for both sides have just presented a preliminary agreement. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will unveil the deal to her cabinet and England this week. However, the initial pushback to the agreement has ranged from negative to skeptical,… Read More >>
Merrill Lynch Fined $45M for Derivatives Reporting Failures
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Bank of America — Merrill Lynch (BAML) £34.5 million ($45.7 million) for failing to report derivatives transactions between 2014 and 2016. The enforcement action — which relates to 68.5 million exchange traded derivative transactions — is the first of its kind against a firm for failing to… Read More >>
FTF Awards Gala Q&A: Time to Rethink Regulatory Reporting?
(Editor’s note: Regulators are pushing for more transparency into the parties involved in the pre- and post-trade processes, says Arun Karur, vice president at Sapient Global Markets. This will mean more work for end-user firms, and that the flow of regulation and regulatory reporting will not be slowing down, says Karur, who took time out… Read More >>
ANNA Advances ISIN Effort for OTC Attributes
ANNA Subsidiary Conducts Industry Outreach A subsidiary of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) has gathered feedback on developing over-the-counter (OTC) International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) attributes in order to ease MiFID II reference data reporting. ANNA serves as the registration authority for the ISIN under appointment by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO),… Read More >>
Special Report: Coping With the Challenges of Regulatory Reporting
In this special report, FTF News delves into the many challenges that global financial services firms face when they have to meet the multiple, complex and sometimes overwhelming requirements of regulators overseeing major financial markets. As financial reform has taken root since the global financial crisis, regulatory reporting to multiple authorities across many geographies has… Read More >>
SIX Securities, Clearstream Partner to Target Ops Woes
SIX Securities Services, the Swiss central securities depositary (CSD), and Clearstream, an international CSD, are joining forces to develop new services and solutions to better combat tighter regulation, reduced margins and increased competition. It has been well documented that regulation such as the E.U.’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and the European… Read More >>
FINCAD Debuts Web App for F3 System
FINCAD, a valuation and risk analytics vendor for derivatives portfolios, has added a web-based portfolio analytics and risk application to its F3 offering in an effort provide a more straightforward interface and improved usability, officials say. The FINCAD F3 with the new F3 WorkStation is being targeted at quants, portfolio managers, traders, and risk managers… Read More >>
