Emerging Technologies
McGovern to Lead BBH’s Recently Unveiled Fintech Business
Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed Michael McGovern as head of the firm’s Investor Services business unit, comprising middle-office services, Infomediary, and software-as-a-service technology aimed at buy-side firms and other capital markets…
Denmark Unveils its Fintech 'Hygge'
Could Denmark compete London as Europe's biggest fintech hub?
Millistream Taps CarboKinetic for London BizDev Push
Carbonnier will handle aspects of Millistream's marketing, communications and business development, focusing on its growing customer base in London.
FactSet Selects ChartIQ’s HTML5 Charting Technology
FactSet had previously built its own charts, but decided to look at third-party options for this iteration
TS Pairs OTAS Analytics withTradeSmart OEMS Platform
Integration will support buy side's best execution requirements under European regulations.
Data, Tech Sales Exec Wood Joins Horizon
Wood has more than 25 years of experience in banking and data and technology sales.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 76: Radziemski Talks Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation & Public Cloud Adoption
Former-Lord Abbett CIO Michael Radziemski sits down with James and Anthony to talk about three big topics: machine learning, robotic process automation and public cloud adoption.
Startup Regulatory Document Management Vendor ClauseMatch Gets £1.25M Funding
The additional funding will help the vendor expand its global coverage.
Money.Net Bolsters Content with AP News
Integrating AP news will boost Money.Net's political-economic news coverage, officials say.
Markit Hires Cerniglia to Lead CLO Pricing
Cerniglia will bring her more than 20 years of experience in pricing structured products to head IHS Markit's CLO pricing team.
Regtech Players Launch Industry Association
Based in Switzerland, the non-profit association will represent and promote the interests of consumers and providers in the regtech field.
Sell Side Forges Ahead with Ambitions for Live Blockchain
John reviews recent announcements from blockchain consortium R3 and the Digital Trade Chain Consortium
Cinnober Appoints Mattias Granlund as Deputy CTO
Silicon Valley veteran Granlund joins Cinnober to strengthen technology portfolio and strategies.
FT Partners Adds London Presence with Former Morgan Stanley Banker Schipporeit
The :London office, headed by Timm Schipporeit, will provide specialist M&A advisory services to European fintech clients.
GoldenSource, McObject Ally for High-Performance EDM Solution
The partnership will integrate McObject's high-performance database technology with GoldenSource's market and reference data management tools to meet the data analysis requirements of new regulations.
FSB: No Systemic Risk from Fintech Now but Counsels Future Vigilance
International regulators say it's too soon for fintech such as blockchain or robo-advisors to pose a threat to financial stability, but warns that caution is still necessary.
Burton-Taylor: ICE’s IDC Acquisition Drives Record Exchange Data Revenues
Minus the impact of Interactive Data's acquisition, the underlying increases in exchange data revenues overall show no sign of slowing.
SEC Integrates AI and Machine Learning for Risk Assessment
The regulator began using machine learning after the 2008 financial crisis and is working on creating more machine-readable documents.
The Walls Really Do Have Ears
The awful inevitability of cyberattack—and how the threats are only growing
Performance Measurement Takes Pole Position at Buy-Side Firms
The evolution of sophisticated tools around performance analytics have solved problems but created new challenges
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 75: An Update on the Julia Programming Language; AI & Alternative Data; Digital Currencies
Julia Computing's Viral Shah talks about the programming language he helped create and what's ahead for it. Then James and Anthony talk about the pairing of AI & alternative data, digital currencies, and Game of Thrones.
Updata Incorporates Platts Data into Analytics Workstation
The integration will allow Platts subscribers to view the vendor's data in Updata's Analytics workstation.
As Investors 'Warm' to Responsible Investments, ISS Stakes Claim to South Pole’s Climate Data Biz
ISS will combine South Pole's climate data and analytics business with its existing responsible investment division.
Accern Taps Chmiel for Capital Markets Expertise
Chmiel's 30-year career in data and technology sales has included stints at Bloomberg, SunGard and OneMarketData before joining Accern.