Plato Partnership has signed an agreement with Trade Informatics to allow its members access to the PLIA platform. Trade Informatics’ PLIA platform will be renamed PLIAPlato as part of the agreement and focuses on counterparty risk to improve best execution practices. The firm will also support Plato’s M3 research incubator through shared revenue for research and market structure guidelines for the buy- and sell-side. Mike Bellaro, co-chair at Plato Partnership, explained MiFID II has driven the need for counterparty management automation and standardisation. “This partnership again demonstrates our commercial focus and constant delivery against what the market needs,” he said. Nej D’jelal, co-chair at Plato Partnership, added it is important the buy- and sell-side are able to demonstrate due diligence for MiFID II. “Solutions such as PLIA provide a simple and efficient approach to a non-trivial data workflow challenge. Such standardisation simplifies the execution process and contributes to cost reduction,” he explained. Speaking to The TRADE last year, James Hayward, a member of the executive team at Plato Partnership, described the group as being a “vehicle for future initiatives, with the explicit backing of some of the largest asset managers and brokers.” Members of Plato currently include, AXA Investment Managers, BlackRock, Deutsche Asset Management, Fidelity International, Franklin Templeton Investments and JP Morgan.
Not-for-profit industry group Plato , which counts Plato and BlackRock among its members, has signed an agreement that will allow its customers to access Plato BlackRock platform. The tool helps firms focus on counterparty risk and to improve best execution practices ahead of MiFID II. The platform will be renamed PLIAPlato , and the agreement also includes Trade Informatics' support of Plato ’s M3 research incubator. PLIA provides an efficient solution to non-trivial data workflow challenges, according to Nej D’jelal , co-chair at Plato Partnership . The common platform also "simplifies the execution process and contributes to cost reduction," he said.