Opinion
China’s AI Expansion Could Shift the Fintech Balance of Power
Wei-Shen thinks about how the battle for supremacy in AI will evolve in the near future, and what the implications of China’s advances in the field might mean for Wall Street technology.
EU’s Gaia-X Project: Reaching for Digital Sovereignty
Right now, details are scarce for the project, but Jo says that even if the initiative fails to get off the ground, it marks a big step in the bloc’s effort to achieve digital sovereignty.
Waters Wrap: Exploring New Ideas in the Alt Data Market (And Some Election Notes)
Anthony takes a look at some new alternative data offerings coming to market, and also explains why there’s so little election coverage on this website.
Notifications: the Problem Teens of Data Management
There are efforts underway to ease the burden of dealing with data notifications, but Max finds that between growing pains and automation adulthood, these notices are going through an awkward adolescence.
Waters Wrap: Goldman’s Marquee Move a Sign of Larger Industry Shift (And Refinitiv’s API Rebrand)
Anthony explores changing concept of a trading platform, and what that might mean for the future of tech development.
Waters Wrap: After Much Hype, Chatbots Start a New Conversation (And EU CT Ramblings)
Anthony takes a look at some interesting chatbot use cases that are beginning to bear fruit.
Waters Wrap: The M&A Market Heats Up (And Some Quantum Computing News)
What do Liquidnet and Trading Technologies (and others) have in common? Anthony explains. He also discusses advancement—and disillusionment—in the quantum space.
A Way Forward for the Consolidated Tape?
A recent EU-backed report has presented what might be the most viable governance model yet for the controversial project.
Financial Sector Should Commercialize Data Management Knowledge to Advance Other Industries
Just as there’s always money to be made from doing dirty jobs, there are opportunities around dirty data—especially in industries that are only now beginning to appreciate the value of being data-driven.
Waters Wrap: On Refinitiv and Old Rivalries (And FIGI & Data Governance)
Anthony explores some of the questions raised by Refinitiv's plan to move away from Eikon and Thomson One. He also looks at data governance trends, and asks why the FIGI is having such a tough time gaining acceptance.
EU Proposal Takes Aim at Major Cloud Providers
Jo writes that the EU’s new digital package could find large cloud providers operating in the bloc subject to potentially invasive oversight, as the EU strives for “data sovereignty”.
Waters Wrap: Causal Machine Learning Represents Next Evolution of AI (Plus ESG & Innovation Issues)
Anthony looks at an interesting project using causal inference by IBM and Refinitiv, and what this latest evolution of machine learning could mean for innovation in the capital markets in the future.
Quants Are Key to Judicious ESG
Meaningful data analysis is critical to the future of socially responsible investing, writes Antonia Lim of Schroders.
Waters Wrap: Is Low-Code a Movement or a Mirage (Plus the ODRL Gambit & AI’s Afterthought Problem)
Anthony Malakian looks at the industry’s digital rights project and new tech platforms that aim to revolutionize the capital markets.
Waters Wrap: How Cloud, APIs, and Open Source Are Changing the World of Fintech (And Blockchain's ZTA Play)
Anthony looks at how the lines that have traditionally defined the world of "fintech" are blurring. Also, can blockchain help with ZTA's advancement?
Does Your Board Have Zero Trust?
Financial firms’ boards are increasingly taking a more hands-on role towards IT security—thus driving adoption of important new security measures for their firms and the industry as a whole.
HKEx's Data Play Slowly Comes Together
The exchange is currently working on building its enterprise data bus for better internal data management, but Wei-Shen finds that the exchange is still short on long-term answers.
Waters Wrap: Snowflake Makes its Move (And Ref Data Headaches & Data-Sourcing-as-a-Service)
Anthony explores how Snowflake is trying to win over business in the cap markets, talks about the reference data space, and examines a new breed of data vendors.
Waters Wrap: Unintended Consequences & AI Regulation (And Mobile Trading Reg & BERT NLP)
Due to the pandemic and rapid advancements in the fields of AI and mobile technology, regulators in the US and Europe have unique challenges on their hands.
Location, Location, Relocation: Covid Prompts Firms to Re-Tool vs Reopen
It’s technology that has helped firms continue working seamlessly through the outbreak, and Max says this same technology will keep the markets running smoothly—and remotely—in the future.
EU's AI Regulations Could Lay Blame With CTO
Jo wonders if the EC's approach to regulating AI could adapt existing liability laws—with implications for individuals.
Waters Wrap: Banks Increasingly Lean on Vendors for 'Moonshots' (And Office Space Concerns & Symphony's KYC Play)
Anthony says that plenty of innovative projects are currently underway in the capital markets, it's just that banks are relying more heavily on vendors for those moonshots.
Waters Wrap: The NEX Brand Slowly Disappears (Plus Market Data Fights & AI Integrations)
Anthony looks at what's become of NEX since the CME acquisition, as well as discussions over odd lot reform and S&P's Kensho implementation.
Waters Wrap: Exchanges Look to the Cloud (And More on ESG, M&A, and Vaccine Tracking Data)
As exchanges partner with cloud providers to move more functions to the cloud, Anthony wonders if these partnerships could become competitive in the future.