ION Enhances Fixed Income Solutions with XTP Execution Integration

ION has successfully integrated its fixed income solutions with XTP Execution (XTPE), extending client access to various futures markets. This integration enables banks and brokers to enhance front-office efficiency and access liquidity across a broader range of venues. ION XTPE, an automated trade workflow solution for cleared derivatives trading, now offers ION’s fixed income clients seamless access to major global exchanges and local markets through a network of execution brokers.

The integration aims to reduce support and infrastructure costs, streamline global trading operations, and provide clients with enhanced connectivity and agility. Tommaso Di Grazia, Head of Fixed Income Product Development, commented: “We are in continuous dialogue with our clients to understand their evolving needs, such as the need for a consolidated trading platform that can transform front-office efficiency. The integration will offer our clients the enhanced connectivity and agility they need to differentiate in a challenging market landscape.”

This move is part of ION’s broader strategy to expand client options and improve internal cost efficiency.

REGnosys Contributes Rosetta Language to FINOS

REGnosys has contributed its proprietary language, formerly known as the Rosetta DSL (Domain-Specific Language) and now renamed Rune, to the Fintech Open-Source Foundation (FINOS). This move is part of REGnosys’s broader mission to foster industry-wide collaboration and innovation in regulatory reporting through open-source solutions.

Rune, the language underpinning REGnosys’s digital regulatory reporting solution, is now governed by FINOS. This open-source initiative allows for contributions, testing, and sharing of regulatory logic in a system- and technology-agnostic manner.

Rune integrates seamlessly with REGnosys’s Rosetta, an award-winning data modelling platform also available for free to the community. This integration enhances the platform’s capabilities, making it a robust tool for regulatory reporting.

Major financial institutions, including BNP Paribas, JP Morgan Chase, Standard Chartered, Pictet, and DTCC, are supporting and implementing Rune-powered projects. These projects aim to enhance operational efficiency and resilience in regulatory reporting.

Rune has been successfully deployed in production for ISDA’s Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) programme, which uses the Common Domain Model (CDM) to express trade reporting rules as machine-executable code.

Leo Labeis, Founder and CEO of REGnosys, emphasizes the vision of community-driven compliance. Eleanor Kelly, Global Head of Markets Regulatory Change and Control at JP Morgan Chase & Co., highlights the benefits of expressing data requirements through open-source technology.

Syed Ali, Managing Director of Repository & Derivatives Services at DTCC, supports the use of standardized, machine-readable logic for regulatory reporting.

Scott O’Malia, Chief Executive of ISDA, praises the cost-effectiveness and accuracy of the ISDA DRR. Jane Gavronsky, Chief Operating Officer at FINOS, welcomes Rune to the FINOS portfolio and emphasizes its potential to revolutionize regulatory reporting.

Key Features of Rune (Rosetta DSL)

Rune enables a unified representation of data and business logic, allowing various financial market applications to communicate effectively. It abstracts business logic from technical implementation, ensuring that the logic remains consistent and comprehensible across different systems.

The language is designed to be accessible to non-programmers, such as operations and compliance professionals, who can directly write regulatory logic. This accessibility helps bridge the gap between domain experts and IT implementation.

Rune is built to be technology-neutral, leveraging the Eclipse Modelling Framework (EMF). This ensures that models can be represented in a standard format (Ecore) and easily integrated into various technology stacks, whether on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments.

The Rosetta platform includes code generators that translate models written in Rune into executable code. This automation simplifies the deployment of regulatory logic across different programming languages and systems, enhancing operational efficiency and accuracy.

As an open-source project under FINOS, Rune encourages community contributions. The platform provides a collaborative environment where users can create, edit, and share models, fostering industry-wide cooperation and innovation in regulatory reporting.

Rune has been deployed in production for regulatory reporting, particularly within ISDA’s Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) programme. It uses the Common Domain Model (CDM) to express trade reporting rules as machine-executable code, enhancing transparency and compliance across global financial institutions.

Leading financial institutions such as JP Morgan Chase, BNP Paribas, and DTCC have implemented Rune-powered solutions to improve their regulatory reporting processes, demonstrating the language’s practical benefits in real-world applications.

The Rosetta platform, which includes the Rune DSL, offers a comprehensive solution for developing, testing, and deploying regulatory models, providing tools for design, data translation, deployment, and monitoring. This integrated approach ensures that firms can manage their regulatory obligations more effectively, leveraging the power of open-source collaboration to stay ahead of evolving compliance requirements.

Validus Risk Management Introduces Automated Pre-Trade Checks in TradeView Platform

Validus Risk Management, the independent financial risk advisory and technology firm, has introduced new automated pre-trade checks within its TradeView platform, which aim to streamline risk management workflows and increase operational efficiency. TradeView, designed specifically for private capital managers, now features configurable pre-trade checks to ensure policy conformity, automated prompts for trade deviations, and customisable guardrails for trade flexibility and control. Additionally, trade request rationales and allocation support are now saved for audit trails.

Later this year, Validus plans to further enhance TradeView with real-time Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) and a liquidity management optimiser, which will aim to support better hedge decision-making and trade allocation. TradeView, part of the broader Validus technology ecosystem, Horizon, integrates seamlessly with RiskView and PortfolioView, providing clients with comprehensive risk management, order workflow, and performance monitoring tools through a single dashboard.

Broadridge Integrates Futures and Options Platform with TNS for Enhanced Market Data and Connectivity

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. has integrated its global Futures and Options (F&O) Software-as-a-Service platform with Transaction Network Services (TNS), in a collaboration that aims to simplify market data management and reduce operational risk for clients. TNS, through its mission-critical infrastructure in financial markets, will provide global exchange connectivity for order routing and market data access.

Mike Johnson, General Manager of F&O at Broadridge, highlighted the benefits of the integration, commenting: “With the addition of TNS, futures commission merchants and agency brokers will now have access to simplified, market data while benefiting from reduced implementation costs and improved time-to-market,” adding that this strategic move aligns with the industry trend of firms shifting away from self-hosted trading infrastructure towards more flexible and efficient SaaS-based solutions.

Tom Lazenga, General Manager of TNS Financial Markets, emphasised TNS’s commitment to delivering fast and resilient connectivity solutions, supporting Broadridge’s clients with access to over 130 exchanges across 25 countries.

Bloomberg Adds Data for Compliance with EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Bloomberg has added a data offering to the Bloomberg Terminal that collates data that companies have started to report in line with the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The offering is also available via Data License for scalable enterprise-wide use.

CSRD expands the range of firms that need to disclose ESG data publicly and broadens reporting to over 1,000 metrics covering both financial and impact materiality criteria, with reporting requirements coming into play in 2025.

The CSRD offering is based on a mapping of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) to existing Bloomberg data fields and includes historical data for a subset of fields reported by companies voluntarily or under previous regulatory requirements. Additional fields will be created to ensure clients can access mandatory quantitative disclosures covering both financial and impact materiality. Companies required to report in 2025 are already included in Bloomberg’s coverage, which will be expanded to include companies that will start to report in 2026.

GDF, ANNA and DTI Foundation Join Forces to Promote Standards for Digital Asset Industry

Global Digital Finance (GDF), a members association and platform for open innovation in digital assets in financial services, has partnered the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and Digital Token Identifier (DTI) Foundation to support the development of standards and best practices in the digital asset industry. The partnership is designed to help drive awareness and adoption of market standards that can build stronger, transparent and more efficient bridges between traditional finance and the digital asset ecosystem.

Galilee Asset Management Selects Clearwater to Consolidate Fund Activities

Galilee Asset Management, a specialist in fund and wealth management primarily in equity and fixed income, is planning to replace in-house developed order consolidation solutions with Clearwater JUMP, a Clearwater Analytics offering designed to consolidate fund and wealth activities across the investment lifecycle.

France-based Galilee Asset Management cites a world-class user experience, platform scalability and quick implementation as reasons to select Clearwater. Expected benefits for the asset manager include a cohesive platform for all acquired entities, accurate group-level reporting and streamlined middle-office activities to increase efficiency. “In Clearwater, we have found a long-term partner allowing us to centralise our multi-entity and multi-activity business on a single platform,” says Roni Michaly, CEO at Galilee Asset Management. “Clearwater is a technological upgrade and a strategic move to consolidate our operations, drive efficiencies, and foster sustainable growth.”

RegGenome Launches GenAI-Optimised Reg-Data Repository

RegGenome, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has launched an enriched regulatory data repository powered by Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). This solution aims to address the increasing regulatory costs and complexities faced by firms by leveraging advanced AI technologies for regulatory operations and compliance management.

A study by Accenture indicates that while 93% of compliance leaders see AI as a simplifier of compliance processes, 90% anticipate a 30% increase in compliance costs over the next two years due to traditional, labor-intensive approaches. RegGenome’s new service provides a jurisdiction-agnostic repository of rich, descriptive, and inferential metadata optimized for GenAI algorithms, facilitating the identification, interrogation, presentation, and management of regulations.

“Our GenAI-optimised data is vital for any firm investing in modernising its data infrastructure and adopting AI. As a data-only provider, we can facilitate the creation of a central regulatory data set that can feed multiple internal use cases. By adopting our data, organisations are well-positioned to leverage the transformative potential of AI,” said Chief Operating Officer Mark Johnston.

RegGenome uses a universal information structure to organize and standardize regulations, operationalizing documentation from any authority in any language. This structure is built on provenance and regulatory standards reviewed by experts at the University of Cambridge, ensuring data integrity, reliability, and relevance. The GenAI-optimized data supports the development of standards-based solutions that enhance the capabilities of foundational large language models (LLMs), enabling reliable management of regulatory changes, policy impact assessments, information retrieval, query responses, and document summarization.

“With flexible delivery methods, our data integrates into any existing application or tool, maintaining continuity with current business operations. We meet you where you are, and that is the type of freedom customers get from a pure data-only provider,” added Head of Product Jonny Scurr.

RegGenome’s data empowers organizations to conduct granular searches, receive timely updates via custom alerts, identify common regulatory obligations across jurisdictions, and efficiently route relevant regulations to appropriate teams. This foundational dataset promises to enhance existing systems and prepares organizations for the evolving regulatory environment.

Vistra and Fenergo Collaborate to Deliver Frictionless Onboarding

Vistra, a provider of business services, and Fenergo, a provider of digital solutions for know your customer (KYC), transaction monitoring and client lifecycle management (CLM), have collaborated to deliver ‘frictionless’ global onboarding for the 200,000-plus companies and funds that Vistra serves. Vistra’s Global Incorporations team will deploy Fenergo’s SaaS-based CLM product to digitally transform processes for global entity onboarding, KYC and ongoing due diligence.

Anne Dolan, head of operations for Global Incorporations at Vistra, comments: “Running a multinational business, launching a new product or fund, or expanding into new markets is never easy. Our collaboration with Fenergo means we can help our clients overcome these barriers through integrated technology and harmonised data.”

AXA XL Alternative Capital Team Selects Clearwater Analytics

AXA XL’s alternative capital team has selected Clearwater Analytics to provide strategic support for a portion of its investment portfolio. The team chose Clearwater for its proven reliability, accuracy and comprehensive ability to meet its complex accounting book of record and regulatory requirements.

“We welcome AXA XL as a Clearwater client,” says Keith Viverito, general manager of EMEA and APAC at Clearwater Analytics. “Our mission is to deliver cutting-edge solutions that simplify investment management and accounting workflows and reporting. Our solutions provide clients with investment analytics and a single source of truth for their investment portfolios across all asset classes. These solutions help clients achieve their strategic growth and investment objectives and navigate a constantly evolving regulatory landscape.”