Negotiating Favourable Prime Brokerage Agreements
Recently TRAction’s co-CEO Sophie Gerber spoke at Finance Magnates Pacific Summit 2024 in Sydney, alongside other industry experts Andrew Wood (Institutional Sales Manager – IG Prime), Martin St-Hilaire (Managing Director – Titan FX), and Astrid Raetze (Principal and Director – ABML Legal). The panel features insightful discussions about the following topics: Differences between Liquidity Providers, […]
The Complexities of ISO 20022 XML for Transaction Reporting
ESMA went live with SFTR in accordance with the ISO 20022 XML methodology in July 2020. This is the first time an EU transaction reporting regulation went live with XML being the only format available for submission. This XML structure was created to provide an industry-wide framework to be used by all financial standards initiatives. Coming into effect in 2023, the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) REFIT will be adding ISO 20022
ASIC Rewrite – What Additional Information Do I Need To Report?
One of ASIC’s goals is to align the Australian reporting regime with international standards. Harmonising the data collected according to the critical data elements introduced in the CDE Guidance aims to improve data quality for sharing between regulators globally.
Unique Transaction Identifier (UTI) – Explained
ESMA, the FCA, ASIC and MAS are placing greater emphasis on Unique Transaction Identifiers (UTIs) and their consistent application between counterparties as part of their roll-out in 2024 of updated derivative reporting requirements in their jurisdictions.
EU EMIR Refit – Top 6 Changes That You Need to Know
The EU EMIR Refit rules begin on 29 April 2024. This revision is meant to align EU EMIR with global standards and improve data quality, as such there have been major changes introduced.
TRAction & oneZero: Enhanced Trade Reporting Integration
TRAction, a leading provider of trade reporting service, and oneZero, a global leader in multi-asset enterprise trading technology solutions, have announced a new enhancement to their existing integration. TRAction, which specialises in regulatory reporting to simplify compliance for brokers, offers its clients a range of pre-built integrations with trading platforms to help minimise the manual processes […]
TRAction & Duco: Enhanced Data Solutions, Trade Reporting
TRAction has partnered with Duco, the AI platform for enterprise data automation, to provide its clients with reconciliation services. As part of TRAction’s updated service offerings which commenced in 2024, clients on EMIR and MiFIR Premium and Assured plans will receive reconciliations as part of their service. This will involve a three-way reconciliation which compares […]
RTS 27 and 28 – The 2024 Status of These Reports in UK and EU
With the separation of EU and UK requirements and the beginning of divergence, determining whether your firm needs to complete RTS 27 and 28 reports can be very confusing. We summarise the current status of each report across both regimes.
What is a fractional share? Are they reportable under EMIR and MiFIR?
There are two distinct financial instruments commonly referred to as “fractional shares”.
FCA – Market Watch 76
FCA – Market Watch 76: Observations on ‘flying’ and ‘printing’. Flying and printing is a term used in financial markets to describe misleading practices where firms manipulate bids, offers, or executed trades to give a false impression of liquidity on price. Clients or other market participants may take investment decisions based on this false or misleading information.