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UnaVista fined for EMIR data failures
23 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

ESMA has fined UnaVista Limited, the London-based trade repository, €238,500 for failing to ensure data integrity and failing to provide direct and immediate access for regulators to trade data through its EMIR reporting service

Industry working group reports on cyber threat to market infrastructure
22 September 2021
Reporter: Bob Currie

An industry working group, sponsored by the CPMI-IOSCO specialist group on cyber resilience, has published a whitepaper on data protection and validation in the face of cyber threats to FMIs

AFME report warns of barriers to adopting cloud services in capital markets
22 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

A report by AFME and Protiviti reveals proposed solutions such as portability and multi-cloud strategies are likely to introduce further barriers to the adoption of cloud services

Arabesque launches AI-powered ESG portfolio manager
22 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

AutoCIO enables asset managers to configure and build customised and sustainable active investment strategies

Kyriba unlocks access to $15 trillion payment network with Open API Platform
22 September 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Kyriba Open API Platform will radically unlock fintech innovation for enterprise CFOs and their CIO counterparts," says Boris Lipiainen

JTC acquires Ireland-based Ballybunion Capital
22 September 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

JTC is to acquire Ireland-based Ballybunion Capital, a provider of management and regulatory oversight services to investment funds

Northern Trust aligns with Essentia Analytics to enhance its Whole Office strategy
21 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Northern Trust is to take an equity stake in Essentia Analytics, a provider of behavioural diagnostics and a consulting service, that utilises a cloud-based platform to analyse and address biases in thinking that impact investment performance

ALFI: You’ve got to take the ‘long term view’ with SFDR
21 September 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“You have to take ESG risk into account when managing money on behalf of clients. We do have Article 8 and Article 9 funds and we may progress that over the future but you’ve got to take the long term view with SFDR,"says HSBC's Dan Rudd

MUFG to sell Union Bank to U.S Bancorp in US$8 billion deal
21 September 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

MUFG announces an agreement to sell all shares of its MUFG Union Bank to U.S Bancorp, effective in 2022

Qomply joins forces with Euronext
21 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

According to Qomply and Euronext, by linking services, the companies will be able to provide their clients with a solution that reduces cost and eradicates the complications that often come with the integration of separate solutions

Komainu has appointed Sebastian Widmann as head of strategy
21 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in London, Widmann will be responsible for Komainu through its next stage of growth

CME Group launches sustainable derivatives clearing service
20 September 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Clearing firms and clients will now be able to demonstrate support of ESG objectives and green hedging activities through clearing, says CME Group