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After contentious Opra upgrades, vendors brace for a faster future
Upgrades to the datafeed widely used to gauge the current market price for options contracts went into effect in February after three separate delays, which market participants say were caused by persistent bandwidth issues at some important recipients.
Smashing barriers: How shortwave frequencies are making trading firms faster
Improvements in shortwave radio frequencies could be a leap forward in the latency race. But given the costs and technical challenges, is it worth the investment?
Ice builds out low-latency trading connectivity in Asia
The enhancements will be completed by the first half of 2023.
Academics use granular data for futures market predictions
Researchers at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences are using granular futures data from BMLL for research on less-covered futures markets.
This Week: Cboe, Ice, ABN AMRO/Temenos & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Where have all the blockchain startups gone?
Building a startup is hard. Building a blockchain startup is harder. More than 10 current and former financial blockchain builders and users detail their experiences of trying to cut their teeth on a once-darling tech, and the lessons they’re still…
Euronext’s datacenter move on schedule despite supply chain issues
Despite chip and hardware shortages, the exchange group says it is on track to go live with the new datacenter on June 6.
Waters Wrap: Examining Digital Asset’s DLT strategy (and its broader implications)
Digital Asset has slowly expanded its influence with exchanges in the APAC region, and this year has made additional inroads in the US and Europe. Anthony examines the company's wins and losses over the last seven years.
This Week: BNY Mellon/Milestone Group, IHS Markit, Broadridge/China Renaissance, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: When will Big Tech providers turn sights on the market data space? (And deep learning)
In recent years, the major cloud providers have expanded their service offerings specific to capital markets firms. Some industry observers believe it’s just a matter of time until they get involved in market data M&A activity.
Avelacom buys Brazilian infrastructure specialist to accelerate LatAm expansion
Network provider says the deal arms it to operate in uniquely nuanced regional markets.
Bridging the gap: Broadridge looks front-to-back with acquisition of Itiviti
The deal signals a transformative move for Broadridge into the front-office space to help clients simplify their front-to-back technology stack. But some industry observers are skeptical about how it will achieve this.
US competing consolidators grapple with pricing uncertainty as SEC, exchanges battle over new Sip regime
Vendors who want to provide consolidated market data under the SEC’s new system can’t make plans until they know how they are going to be charged for market data. But the fee schedules are mired in legal action and confusion.
Waters Wrap: Interop trends that will shape 2021 projects (And silencing the pit)
Anthony brings in some guests to give predictions about what interoperability will look like over the next 12 months and what firms need to start preparing for today.
Crunch Time for Covid-Era Tech
Covid culture is set to continue this year, as are the associated changes to working practices in the financial markets and the technologies that support them. Max wonders what the new ‘virtual’ reality will look like in 2021 and beyond.
Machine Learning in the Capital Markets 2020: ML Spreads During Pandemic
WatersTechnology looks at how 10 different firms are embedding machine learning algorithms into their platforms and tools.
Waters Wrap: Machine-Learning Models Suffer from Covid (And Exchanges in the Cloud, Pt. 2)
Anthony says that while machine-learning models have been hit-and-miss during the pandemic, NLP is taking on greater importance. He also looks at how exchanges are looking to move their core matching engines to the cloud.
This Week: Tora, AcadiaSoft, Itiviti, Citi, Finastra, SEI & More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Banking Experts: Tech Isn't the Whole Solution to Financial Crime
The industry and researchers are challenging the touting of privacy-enhancing technologies as a cure-all for KYC/AML failures, and advocating systemic reform.
Trust Issues: As Zero-Trust Architectures Mature, Bank Infrastructures Face 'Growing Pains'
Coronavirus has heightened the need for IT and data security, exposing areas for potential improvement. One option is to lock down sensitive areas using a practice called Zero-Trust Architecture, which offers a host of benefits, but brings with it some…
Avelacom Claims Fastest Nasdaq-Brazil Route for Data, Trading
Avelacom's CEO says the 18-month project was one of the hardest ever undertaken by the company due to challenges related to doing business in Brazil.