Connect Cloud
Compliance
infrastructure
and regulatory
reporting
Purpose-built broker-dealer compliance for FINRA-registered
firms. Institutional regulatory reporting and data delivery
for asset managers and banks.
Two lifecycle positions, one platform.
product overview
Control your transactions and optimise your operations
Connect Cloud sits at two points in the transaction lifecycle — first-touch compliance infrastructure for FINRA-registered broker-dealers, and end-of-lifecycle regulatory reporting and data delivery for institutional buyers.
FINRA-registered broker-dealers in the US market
Pre-built connectors to regulatory venues, trading systems, and downstream infrastructure
Reporting accuracy for a global institutional broker
Two lifecycle positions. One platform.
Where Connect sits in your operations depends on who you are. Both positions are purpose-built — neither is an afterthought.
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1 Broker-Dealer Compliance
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2 Institutional Reporting
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Broker-Dealer Compliance
First touch
For FINRA-registered broker-dealers, Connect is the first Gresham system a transaction touches. Trades are captured from OMS/EMS environments via FIX connectivity, reported to FINRA TRACE and MSRB within the regulatory window, and settled through BNY Pershing clearing — all within a single compliance workflow. Control Cloud reconciles what follows. Connect is compliance infrastructure, not a reporting add-on.
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Institutional Reporting
End of pipeline
For asset managers, banks, and custodians, Connect is end-of-pipeline delivery. Reconciled data leaves Control Cloud and reaches regulatory venues, downstream risk systems, and finance infrastructure through 350+ pre-built connectors to 80+ regulatory and trading venues worldwide. Gresham maintains the connectors as standards evolve — compliance coverage stays current without internal engineering resource.
Broker-dealer compliance infrastructure
FINRA TRACE reporting, MSRB, and BNY Pershing clearing — in a single purpose-built workflow.
Small to mid-sized FINRA-registered broker-dealers face a compliance infrastructure problem that enterprise platforms have consistently solved at the wrong price point and the wrong scale. A sub-minute TRACE reporting window makes manual entry operationally impossible — the obligation is automated or it is missed. MSRB reporting runs alongside TRACE in the same workflow. BNY Pershing clearing requires accurate, timely, and consistent data with no tolerance for exceptions. Historically the only solution was a bundled enterprise compliance platform built for institutional scale, carrying overhead and pricing designed for firms ten times the size.
Connect Cloud is purpose-built for FINRA-registered broker-dealers. Trades captured directly from OMS/EMS environments via FIX connectivity. FINRA TRACE reporting — Corps/Agencies, Securitised Products, and Treasuries — automated for sub-minute submission. MSRB reporting handled alongside TRACE without a separate workflow. BNY Pershing clearing and settlement connectivity accurate, timely, and maintained. A leading US broker-dealer and a mid-market fixed income dealer are live on the platform today. Pricing is typically a fraction of six-figure bundled platform costs.
Purpose-built pricing for broker-dealer scale
The FINRA TRACE obligation is non-negotiable. The pricing for solving it shouldn't require enterprise-scale justification. Connect Cloud delivers TRACE, MSRB, and BNY Pershing clearing sized for the actual compliance workflow — not the institutional overhead that comes with a bundled enterprise platform. A validated deployment at a leading US broker-dealer runs at a fraction of six-figure bundled platform costs. The compliance outcome is the same. The overhead is not.
From compliance reporting to reconciliation — one continuous platform.
Once TRACE and MSRB reporting is complete and BNY Pershing clearing is settled, positions still need to reconcile. For broker-dealers, Connect feeds directly into Control Cloud — cash, positions, and P&L reconciled against counterparty records with multi-algorithm matching and automated break management. No integration project between the compliance layer and the reconciliation layer. No separate vendor relationship for each step. The full broker-dealer workflow sits on one platform.
The Connect platform
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Pre-built connectors
350+ connectors to regulatory venues, trading systems, settlement platforms, and downstream risk and finance systems. Gresham-maintained — configure and deploy, no build required.
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Compliance workflow
FINRA TRACE, MSRB, and BNY Pershing in a single automated workflow. Sub-minute submission. No manual entry, no missed reporting windows.
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Maintained standards
SWIFT libraries and connector mappings updated on Gresham's schedule as standards evolve. Compliance coverage stays current without internal engineering resource.
Institutional regulatory reporting and delivery
Regulatory deadlines don't flex.
Your connectivity infrastructure has to.
Regulatory reporting deadlines do not flex for integration projects. EMIR, MiFID II, FINRA, MAS, ASIC — each operates on its own format, its own venue, and its own update cadence. The firms that treat connectivity as a solved problem discover its fragility at the next compliance deadline. The remediation cost in engineering time, operational disruption, and regulatory exposure consistently exceeds what a maintained infrastructure would have required.
A library of more than 350 Gresham-maintained connections cover regulatory venues, trading systems, settlement platforms, and downstream risk and finance systems. Gresham maintains them as standards evolve — compliance coverage stays current without internal engineering resource on the critical path. 80+ regulatory and trading venue connections at greater than 99% reporting accuracy for a global broker. For SWIFT MT-MX migration, LLM-assisted transformation automates approximately 80% of ISO 20022 mapping effort — pre-built, high-quality mappings for CBPR+, HVPS+, Target2, Lynx, and Fedwire. The migration has a defined scope and a clear endpoint.
MT-MX migration as a configuration exercise, not an engineering project.
SWIFT MT-MX migration forces a format transformation that most firms are building manually. LLM-assisted transformation logic in Connect automates approximately 80% of the mapping effort — pre-built mappings for CBPR+, HVPS+, Target2, Lynx, and Fedwire, ready to configure for specific market usage guidelines. The SWIFT libraries are maintained by Gresham on the Standards Release schedule, so the work done once does not need repeating at every update cycle. The migration project has a clear endpoint.
Clean data, delivered everywhere it needs to go.
Reconciled data leaving Control Cloud needs to reach risk systems, finance, general ledger, settlement platforms, and client reporting — each with its own format requirement and delivery SLA. Connect handles the full outbound delivery layer. Validated, format-compliant output to every downstream destination, with a full audit trail from reconciliation to regulatory venue. STP processing scales automatically with volume. When the numbers are right, Connect makes sure they arrive right too.
Purpose-built broker-dealer compliance. Institutional regulatory delivery. One platform.
product benefits
Connect Cloud
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Compliance automation
TRACE and MSRB obligations met within the reporting window, automatically. The full broker-dealer compliance workflow — trade capture to clearing — without the enterprise overhead.
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Pre-built connectors
Gresham-maintained connections to regulatory venues, trading systems, and downstream infrastructure. Integration projects stay off the critical path.
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MT-MX migration
LLM-assisted mapping automates approximately 80% of ISO 20022 transformation effort. Pre-built mappings for CBPR+, HVPS+, Target2, Lynx, and Fedwire — ready to configure.
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Maintained coverage
Gresham updates the SWIFT libraries and venue connections on the Standards Release schedule — compliance coverage stays current without internal headcount carrying the maintenance burden.
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