An Introductory Article Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations are emerging as a mainstream theme in the capital markets. Associated with sustainability, the ESG concept integrates environmental and social concerns...
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After years of investment in front office technology to streamline workflows in the face of squeezed trading margins and higher trading costs, investment banks and brokers now are focusing on...
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Part 3 of 3 Since the installation of first transatlantic undersea cable, trading technology providers were tasked with simple mandates: Deliver information faster, from as many sources as possible and...
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In 2021, demand for third-party data in financial institutions is growing, fuelled by the wide availability of innovative technology that can analyse many different data types and by the huge...
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In June 2020, the Bank of England (BoE) created a Post-Trade Technology Market Practitioner panel to look at the future of post-trade systems and processes. The subsequent report posited that...
Read MorePart 2 of 3 Since the installation of first transatlantic undersea cable, trading technology providers were tasked with simple mandates: Deliver information faster, from as many sources as possible and...
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Over the last decade, cash equities trading has experienced a high degree of technological and business consolidation, driven by the downward pressure on margins in cash equities brokerage.
Since the installation of first transatlantic undersea cable, trading technology providers were tasked with simple mandates: Deliver information faster, from as many sources as possible and help investors and market operators to make better decisions and implement them quickly.
Despite experiencing unprecedented circumstances in 2020, financial institutions are required to remain compliant with regulatory mandates that were designed for quite different operational conditions.
GreySpark Partners’ review of Symphony Innovate 2020 conference event’s key themes and trends leads to consideration of the value that Symphony Communication’s software and ecosystem have for the capital markets financial services firms client base globally, beyond the collaboration tool itself.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about an unprecedented set of challenges that are impacting the entire financial services global workforce both personally and professionally. Already months into the crisis and many financial institutions are still struggling to adapt to what is, in effect, a prolonged financial shock with a human resource issue at its heart.
As COVID-19 puts operational resilience in the regulatory spotlight, GreySpark considers the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposals on operational resilience, published just prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.