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A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Isda 'Create' Marks Important First Step Toward Smart Contracts
WatersTechnology goes inside Isda Create to see how the organization is aiming to bridge the gap between the worlds of paper contracts and legal data.
FCA Sizes up Alt Data for Insider Trading, Irking Funds
The UK regulator is examining new data sources’ potential to confer an unfair market advantage.
Vendors Prep for Initial Margin Big Bang
Tech providers are emerging from all corners as the final phases of initial margin rules closes in, which are expected to capture over 1,000 buy-side and sell-side firms over the next 18 months.
Tech Releases Surge Ahead of Initial Margin Deadlines
The final phases of initial margin rules are expected to capture over the next two years more than 1,000 buy-side and sell-side firms, which technology providers see as potential customers.
Wrestling Over Competing Mifid II, GDPR Data Demands
The data gathering, retention and reporting requirements of Mifid II seem at odds with the enhanced personal data protection rules of the GDPR. But with careful consideration, financial institutions can balance their regulatory obligations under the two…
Buy Side Questions Value of MiFID II Cost Transparency Data
“It is a competitive marketplace and, in my experience, professional traders are quite capable of trading at a market price that is fairly independent of a specific dealer’s cost structure.”
Banks Scramble to Protect Against GDPR Data Breach Fines
Concurrent with—yet seemingly in conflict with—KYC initiatives is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, which will upend how banks treat customer data, and will levy steep fines against those who fail to comply or suffer data breaches. Alina…