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This Week: FCA, Plato/Turquoise, Franklin Templeton, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
The IMD Wrap: It’s the data, Cupid!
As BlackRock buys Preqin, and LSEG strikes a data deal with Dow Jones, Max notes that in data, strange bedfellows breed valuable offspring.
This Week: BlackRock/Preqin, Trading Technologies, FIA Tech and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
The IMD Wrap: Talk about ‘live’ data, NAFIS 2024 is here
This year’s North American Financial Information Summit takes place this week, with an expanded agenda. Max highlights some of the must-attend sessions and new topics. But first, a history lesson...
As crypto ETFs become reality, benchmark providers take center stage
The SEC’s approval of the first spot bitcoin ETFs will expose a growing number of traditional market participants to the maturing world of crypto data, a moment that some—such as CF Benchmarks, BlackRock’s benchmark provider—have been eagerly awaiting.
People Moves: Etrading Software, MarketAxess, Trumid, Nasdaq, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space, including Matthijs Geneste (pictured), who will head up EU regulatory data services for Etrading Software.
This Week: Nice Actimize, S&P Global, MarketAxess, Cboe, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Best overall technology provider for 2023 winner’s interview: BlackRock
BlackRock won Best overall technology provider for 2023 in the recent Buy-Side Technology Awards
BlackRock developing AI copilots for Aladdin
The world's largest asset manager hints at new AI assistants for investment management clients.
Waters Wrap: A glimpse of 2024 through the looking glass of 2023
Anthony examines some of the biggest stories from the past year to preview what might be ahead.
Alliances and experiments: Trading firms get innovative in 2023
Rebecca offers a recap of the year's most notable technology use-cases led by sell-side and buy-side institutions.
Fixed income in 2023: Mergers, modernization, and mysteries, oh my!
Between tech revolutions, secret EMSs and electronified bonds, the fixed-income market saw major advancements over the last 12 months
This Week: Danske Bank/Netdania, Tradeweb/BlackRock, TMX, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: On EMSs, regulation, and (among others) BlackRock Aladdin
Regulators in the US and Europe have turned their sights on execution management system providers. Anthony examines some of the questions the industry is trying to answer.
What is Aladdin Trader? BlackRock’s fixed-income tool still a mystery
Sources tell WatersTechnology that Aladdin Trader will expand on the platform’s ‘limited’ execution functionality.
BST Awards 2023: Best buy-side portfolio analysis tool—BlackRock
Product: Aladdin
New crypto Isins seen as ‘really important’ step for TradFi adoption
Execs at TP Icap and Societe Generale say the identifier removes a major barrier for crypto acceptance.
Waters Wrap: Reading the fixed-income tea leaves
A lot gets made about how much fixed income has been electronified. Anthony says that “percentage” ignores the important technological evolutions and strategic shifts being made by the vendor community.
This Week: Broadridge/TSE, BlackRock, Tradeweb, Finos, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
BlackRock forecasts return to fixed income amid efforts to electronify market
The world's largest asset manager expects bond markets to make headway once rates settle.