LECG LLC, a subsidiary of the strategic advisory firm LECG Corporation, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Secura Group LLC, a privately held consulting firm focused on financial services and regulatory compliance. "Secura has a long history of
A new TABBGroup research note, "Reg NMS Launching the Next Arms Race," reports that brokers' trading systems are changing at an even faster pace in response to the implementation of Reg NMS by the SEC, requiring even higher levels of
ACE Software Solutions, provider of payment and STP applications for the financial sector, has launched the PELICAN product suite, to provide applications for payments, STP, SWIFT connectivity and SEPA compliance needs. ACE's PELICAN framework, based on SWIFTReady Gold accredited technologies,
Although MiFID is due to come into force on 1st November 2007, Etheios, an investment management consultancy, believes it is a racing certainty that not all of the member states in the EU EEA will be ready for implementation of
Charlie McCreevy, the European Union's internal market and services commissioner, in a New York appearance warned against creating a regulatory superstate, as regulatory authorities around the world come to grips with cross border markets and trading. Speaking on Wednesday night,
The Risk Consulting Division of Quadrant Risk Management International is providing consulting and advisory services to Man Group plc. The scope covers various aspects of Governance, Risk and Compliance for the Man Group in its brokerage division, Man Financial. "We
GL TRADE, a provider of integrated multi market software applications for financial institutions, has decided to offer, free of charge, market data collection services to all institutions seeking to publish prices within the framework of MiFID for the deregulation of
The Financial Services Authority has set out proposals for a shorter and more outcome focused Training and Competence (T&C) Sourcebook that will apply only to retail firms and business. The FSA says this is part of its drive to simplify