Instinet Launches RQ Connect
By: Erin Gifford
Offers open connectivity to third party data for research distribution, monitoring and evaluations; creates a provider-neutral hub for MiFID II research payments
New York and London, May 24, 2017 – Instinet Incorporated (Instinet) today announced the launch of RQ Connect (Research Quality Connect), a provider-neutral application within its research payment and commission management platform, Plazma®. RQ Connect enables Research Procurement Management (RPM) systems to transfer research quality assessment data to Plazma. Investment managers can review, edit and confirm this information on their desktops, and seamlessly authorize payments, notably through Instinet Europe Limited’s (Instinet Europe) certified Payment Institution license in Europe. RQ Connect unifies outside evaluation and budgeting processes with the established payment facilities of Plazma.
Ridgewood, NJ and New York, NY, May 17, 2017 — Castine LLC and ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company, are pleased to announce their collaboration to provide enhanced RPA (Research Payment Account) solutions to asset managers and hedge funds. Castine has operated in the commission management space for 20 years and is combining its RPA Centre suite of due diligence and commission management modules with ONEaccess’ research consumption data, providing buy-side firms with an end-to-end solution for RPAs.
New York, NY, May 4, 2017 – RIXML.org has created a new Interactions Working Group that brings buy-side, sell-side, and vendor firms together to create an open standard for capturing the inter-firm interactions required under the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID II”). This new open standard is designed to facilitate the process of capturing the data necessary to comply with MiFID II’s requirements for paying for advisory services.
Integration Between Leading Providers Prepares Investors For MiFID II Requirements With Greater Confidence
New York, April 12, 2017 – ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company and leading corporate access and research valuation platform and ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, today announced an agreement to offer investor clients an integrated solution that simplifies compliance with MiFID II requirements around valuing and paying for research content.
Joint solution enhances the tracking and evaluation of research to meet regulatory reporting requirements
Norwalk, CT and London, April 10, 2017 – FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications and industry-leading service, and ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company and leading corporate access and research valuation platform, announced today an alliance to provide institutional investor clients with a new suite of tools to track and value research products and services.
New Partnership Optimizes Research Management Workflow for Institutional Investors
NEW YORK, March 29, 2017 – Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, and ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company and leading corporate access and research valuation platform, today announced a partnership to provide institutional investors with solutions to seamlessly manage, track, and pay for eligible research under MiFID II. This partnership between Liquidnet and ONEaccess offers clients of both companies a more efficient technology solution for managing their interactions with research content.
New functionality helps customers meet their MiFID II requirements around consuming and evaluating research.
LONDON (February 3, 2017) – IHS Markit® (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, and ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha service and leading sell-side resource tracking and corporate access platform, today announced a strategic partnership to provide mutual customers with historical interactions and a holistic future corporate events calendar available through the Markit Interactions platform.
Corporate clients will have the potential to access new, ground-breaking analyst data and analytics to improve communications with investors
