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 >>
Barclays, Goldmans & JPMorgan Endorse DTCC’s GTR
Barclays, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan have added their names to a growing list of major financial services firms endorsing the Global Trade Repository (GTR) service of the DTCC as a way to fulfill pending regulatory reporting requirements for securities financing transactions (SFTs). French banking giant Société Générale and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) also intend… Read More >>
RegTek.Solutions Targets SFTR Data Quality
Vendor RegTek.Solutions is launching a service that provides data quality assurance intended to help firms meet the requirements of the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The European regulation is intended to bring transparency to securities financing transactions (SFTs), and will require participants to report all SFTs to… Read More >>
