eflow has formed a strategic partnership with Iress, bringing trade surveillance and compliance workflow tools into closer alignment with Iress’ trading infrastructure for regulated market participants.
The partnership is designed to connect trading activity more directly with the surveillance and reporting processes that follow it, as financial institutions contend with tougher transparency, market abuse, and best execution obligations across multiple jurisdictions. Rather than relying on separate systems joined together downstream, the two companies are offering a more integrated route between execution, oversight, and compliance response.
eflow said the partnership will help users strengthen controls, streamline processes, and manage reporting obligations more effectively. Ben Parker, chief executive of eflow, said: “Today’s financial markets are subject to increasing regulatory complexity, with nearly three in five (58%) compliance decision-makers citing keeping pace with regulatory change as a top concern, particularly for global organisations operating across multiple jurisdictions. Iress is a global leader in the trading technology space, with an impressive roster of regulated financial clients across the world. This partnership will enable market participants to benefit from a fully integrated and seamless solution to surveillance challenges, helping them to strengthen controls, streamline processes and meet reporting obligations more effectively.”
Iress said the agreement also reflects its strategy of working with selected third-party providers to extend access to external services within its wider trading environment. Debbie Kaye, Iress executive general manager – UK, said the partnership would support more efficient regulatory workflow, reduce operational complexity, and help clients meet evolving transparency and reporting demands.
As compliance teams look for fewer breaks between front-office activity and downstream monitoring, partnerships of this kind are becoming a more common route to system interoperability.
