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Waters Rankings 2023 winner's interview: Duco
Duco won the best reconciliation provider category in this year’s Waters Rankings.
Waters Rankings 2023 winner's interview: S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence won the best artificial intelligence technology provider category of this year’s Waters Rankings.
The loan market has a new identifier, but the path to adoption isn’t clear
The CEI aims to bring interoperability to loan trading, but it’s entering a market dominated by a long-standing incumbent.
This Week: Tradeweb, LSEG, TMX Group, SimCorp
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Generative AI: The philosophical considerations
Steve Rubinow joins the podcast to discuss artificial intelligence and the hype cycle of generative AI.
How exchanges are becoming more than just marketplaces
Wei-Shen examines how exchanges are branching out and pursuing new ventures that could bring them fresh revenue streams.
Shall we compare thee to a multilateral trading venue?
As regulators confirm that perimeter guidance applies to tech firms, the focus shifts to enforcement.
BoE model risk rule may drive real-time monitoring of AI
New rule requires banks to rerun performance tests on models that recalibrate dynamically.
TMX, CanDeal strike deal for Canadian benchmark transition
Canada is one of many countries moving away from opinion-based benchmarks like Libor in favor of alternatives based on observable trade data. TMX and CanDeal are working to deliver a new rate which will take over as Canada’s official loan benchmark next…
Underwhelming sales dominate Broadridge earnings call
The company’s Q4 call also hinted at developments in its use of AI in fixed income markets.
Ex-LSEG execs partner to offer data strategy consulting
Dunlap and White have held senior roles on the buy side, sell side, and at vendors and exchanges, over careers spanning more than 30 years each.
Asia Awards 2023 winner's interview: RavenPack
RavenPack won the best ESG data provider category in this year’s Asia Awards.
This Week: TNS, Cboe, State Street, ICE, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Data projects underpin Cboe’s growth strategy
APAC expansion and strong indices performance are stepping stones in the Chicago-based exchange’s development.
What’s the market for Ion Markets?
With whispers swirling that Ion’s chief executive is looking to cash out on his tech conglomerate, big changes could be coming to the world of fixed-income software.
Amazon bullish on AWS growth, signals more investment in generative AI
Tech giant’s cloud computing arm grew customer base in Q2 despite cost-cutting among users
ICE: LLMs drove 60% increase in ICE Chat trades
The exchange revealed it has been working with LLMs for a decade to drive automation around its messaging platform. Now, it’s looking for more uses across all asset classes.
LSEG to step up AI and Fabric development, preps Eikon sunset
With Acadia integration now complete, exchange group signals next steps in its Microsoft tie-up and announces launch of new FX matching platform later this year
Gleif hopes to entice LEI laggards with new digital identifier
The vLEI has ambitions to become the backbone of digital trust.
HSBC hikes tech spend, scales up AI projects
The bank is hoping to turn higher technology costs to its advantage, investing in its new digital trade platform and increasing its exploration of generative AI.
Waters Wrap: Big Tech’s subtle plans for capital markets domination
Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft aren't just cloud providers anymore—and their tentacles are going to spread deep into trading systems going forward.
Institutions see everything to play for in UK’s DLT sandbox
Industry welcomes flexible issuance limits, but rues derivatives’ exclusion as a missed opportunity.
People Moves: Northern Trust, Finbourne, HKEx, Broadridge, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves within the tech and data space, including Benze Lam (pictured), who becomes Northern Trust’s Hong Kong head.
Connective tissue: S&P's InvestorAccess enables secondary market-like trading of primary issues
Through a combination of its own technology and partnerships with fixed-income mainstays Bloomberg and Tradeweb, S&P is looking to create end-to-end workflows to simplify trading of primary bond issues for both buy-side and sell-side firms.