Data Management
UBS Evidence Lab Uses Machine Learning for Maritime Datasets
Financial services firms have been looking to maritime data for economic insight during the coronavirus pandemic.
Enlighten Tech Helps Northern Trust Find Resources to Share the Covid Workload
To keep its asset servicing functions running smoothly, Northern Trust is using technology from performance management analysis software vendor Enlighten to identify available resources.
IHS Markit Rolls Out New Buy-Side Derivatives Risk Modeling Platform
The product combines emerging technologies to offer speed, scale, and new perspectives on credit spreads and portfolio performance by overlaying financial data with alt data.
AI Can Drive Reconciliations Efficiency In Period of Increased Volume
As the coronavirus drives trading volumes, post-trade processing is increasingly an area of operational risk, and firms should consider automation, analyst says.
BlackRock’s Head of Sustainable Research: Covid-19 Could Bring Green Recovery
The ESG space is gaining attention as asset managers try to navigate today's volatile markets. Andre Bertolotti believes this to be more than fad.
Despite New Approaches, Industry Still Divided Over Data Licensing
Data licensing agreements remain a source of contention for the industry, as suppliers look to differentiate offerings via disruptive pricing structures.
NatWest Markets Restarts Rollout of Axe Data Add-In After Covid-19 Disruption
The bank has partnered with ipushpull to develop an Excel bolt-on for clients with axe data who do not have access to Symphony.
Start-up Fund Manager Hunts for ‘Joy’ During Pandemic
Infusive Asset Management is blending traditional and alternative datasets to find companies and services that bring “joy” to consumers.
Nasdaq ‘Rolls’ Report on Legal Cannabis Industry Data
The report provides data on Canada's legal cannabis market for US investors associated with the industry.
SEC, Exchanges Clash Over Revised Consolidated Tape Plans
US equity exchanges have pushed back aggressively against an SEC order directing them to submit a revised plan for operating the consolidated tapes of US equities quote and trade data.
Delivering a Winning Data Strategy—Optimizing Your Data Ecosystem
This webinar focusses on the intricacies of the industry’s data supply chain, suppliers’ and consumers’ day-to-day pain points and how they can be remedied, the crucial role that cloud plays as a catalyst for enablement and change, and the solutions and…
TRG Adds Contract Usage Rights Data to FITS Inventory Platform
The new rights management capability allows firms to manage compliance with the terms of their data contracts in the same system they use to manage their data inventory and costs.
Bloomberg Debuts ‘Data License Plus’ to Aid Data Management During Covid-19
The DL+ service aims to help remote-working data professionals to more easily understand details of data from Bloomberg Data License.
FISD Advances Alt Data Standards, Taps Pritchard to Boost Engagement
Explosive interest in the alternative data sector is driving FISD membership growth as demand to participate in its alternative data group soars.
FactSet Embraces Web Technologies for Workstation
The research and data giant is using OpenFin to build out web capabilities for its Workstation platform.
Amid Public Market Volatility, Emerging Technologies Boost Investor Confidence in Private Markets
As the private markets grow, so does investor appetite for them, particularly as public markets hurt. Emerging technologies are helping.
BlackRock Onboards 8 Aladdin Clients Remotely
The asset management giant has turned to collaboration tools to help with client implementations during the pandemic lockdown.
This Week: ICE, Nasdaq/R3, BMLL/OpenFin, DASH
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Four Asset Managers Explain How They Incorporate ESG Data
Execs From UBS AM, Lazard AM, DWS, and East Capital look at incorporating ESG data into their investment practices for more holistic views of risk and opportunity.
Capital Markets—What Data-Driven Innovation Looks Like in 2020
This webinar explores industry executives' experiences of data-driven innovation, as well as the challenges and opportunities they have encountered. With reference to specific use-cases, the panel examines the transformative effects of cloud, big data,…
Goldman Sachs Revamps Virtualization Infrastructure
The investment bank is leveraging Red Hat's OpenShift technology to better manage its global footprint of virtual machines.
MT Newswires Eyes International Expansion for Pre-IPO & Small-Cap News
The newswire's latest service will focus on providing coverage of pre-IPO and small-cap listed stocks to increase their exposure to investors hungry for greater transparency into these market segments.
Geolocation Data Spotlights Covid Recovery
Hedge funds are using geolocation data to both spot signs of a pandemic recovery and to see its ripple-effect damages.
To Tackle ‘Covid Economy,’ Facteus Adds Real-Time Consumer Spend Data to Revenue Predictor
When Facteus (then known as ARM Insight) designed Enlightmint prior to the coronavirus outbreak, it never envisaged that its target users would be interested in receiving data in real time.