As a result, they are striving to achieve the same levels of data aggregation and analysis that their trading counterparts have had to meet for MAR, MiFID and similar regulations. In the process, they are facing the same problems in the sourcing, cleansing, analysis and governance of the required data, much of which is often siloed in different systems, stored in multiple formats and labeled with inconsistent nomenclature.

Kx is designed to address precisely these challenges and provide real-time detection of prohibited activity ranging from individual trading misconduct and suspicious transaction profiles though to cross-party collusion and insider trading. Out of the box alerts include: