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Informatica Sees a Future of AI-Focused Innovation Releases

Informatica has had a busy 2024, announcing major new innovations and partnerships as it brings artificial intelligence to the fore of its cloud-based data management offering. Last month the California-based company deepened its association with Databricks, providing the full range of its AI-powered Intelligent Data Management Cloud capabilities within Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform. The expanded partnership…

Financial Firms Have Widest Data Security Perception Gap: Survey

The financial services sector has the widest gap between perceptions about its data security and its vulnerability to data attacks. A survey by data security provider Dasera found that 73% of institutions questioned said they had high levels of confidence in their ability to fend off ransomware attacks, data breaches and other unauthorised uses of…

French Election Reminds Asset Managers to Expect the Unexpected

By Sam Idle, Solutions Consultant at Clearwater Analytics. **The latest results of the surprising snap French election are a timely reminder for asset managers to always expect the unexpected. The knock-on effects on their investments can create a metaphorical line at the door from anxious investors with a million questions on how their portfolios have…

QUODD Enhances QX Digital Platform with S&P Global Bond Data Integration

QUODD, the market data on-demand provider, has upgraded its QX Digital Platform to incorporate comprehensive bond data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, reinforcing its end-of-day global pricing and reference data service for wealth management clients through its QX Automate API. QUODD’s QX Digital Platform gives customers access to market data functionality and content for front,…

Post-Trade Evolution: Insights from OSTTRA’s Leadership on Industry Challenges

OSTTRA is a relatively new company formed in 2021 as a joint venture between CME Group and IHS Markit (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global). It unites four businesses that have been central to post-trade evolution and innovation for over 25 years: MarkitServ, Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset. With 1,200 employees and eight global office…

DMI Webinar Preview: How to Maximise the use of Data Standards and Identifiers Beyond Compliance and in the Interests of the Business

Data must be consistent, accurate and interoperable to ensure financial institutions can use it in their investment, risk, regulatory compliance and other processes. Without those attributes, they won’t achieve the efficiencies, surface the insights, action decisions or realise the many other benefits of digitalisation. Identifiers and standards ensure those attributes can be met. The challenge…

Duco Unveils AI-Powered Reconciliation Product for Unstructured Data

Duco, a data management automation specialist and recent A-Team Group RegTech Insight Awards winner, has launched an artificial intelligence-powered end-to-end reconciliation capability for unstructured data. The Adaptive Intelligent Document Processing product will enable financial institutions to automate the extraction of unstructured data for ingestion into their systems. The London-based company said this will let market…

Managing Cognitive Dissonance in Regulatory Compliance with Corlytics

This past 18 months has been a time of significant growth for RegTech consolidator Corlytics. RegTech Insight recently spoke with founder and CEO John Byrne to delve into the Corlytics backstory and learn more about the company’s development. Corlytics is Byrne’s fourth company. He describes how, after the 2018 financial crisis, experiences at his prior…

Investment Firms Embrace Generative AI: A Boon for Monitoring and Compliance

By Osvaldo Berrios, SME, Compliance, NICE Actimize. The financial services industry is undergoing a transformative shift, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing a central role. Investment firms are starting to explore the potential of Generative AI (GenAI) to enhance their business dealings, particularly in the areas of monitoring, surveillance and regulatory compliance. Monitoring and Surveillance One…

Kaizen’s Single Rulebook Wins Award for Best Solution for Regulatory Change Management in A-Team Group RegTech Insight Awards Europe 2024

Kaizen’s Single Rulebook has won the award for Best Solution for Regulatory Change Management in A-Team Group’s RegTech Insight Awards Europe 2024. The London-based company’s product impressed judges with its ability to streamline compliance workflows. The RegTech Insight Awards recognise established providers and innovative newcomers that offer solutions that are successfully improving firms’ ability to…