Data Management
TruFactor Aims to Capture Buy-Side Clients
After launching last year with the intent to service telecommunications companies, the alt data provider is looking to carve out a niche in finance.
Apteo Debuts ‘No-Code’ AI Predictive Analytics Platform
Originally conceived to serve the needs of financial professionals, Predictive Insights has a wide range of predictive applications, even beyond capital markets.
Barclays Blueprint for Post-trade Plumbing Puts Onus on FMIs
The institution is banking on financial market firms to drive adoption of the Isda CDM by offering it with new products and services.
Waters Wrap: The Race to the Cloud (And More on Name Changes, Reg Reporting, & Covid Data)
Anthony Malakian examines how firms are racing to the cloud to roll out new market data services. He also looks at ChartIQ's name change, the regulatory reporting space, and Lazard's Covid-19 data rollout.
This Week: Trading Technologies, Deutsche Borse, SS&C-Canoe, TNS, Clearstream-LCH, S&P, Refinitiv, Sterling TT
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
HPR Preps Market Data Entry with Databot
The Massachusetts-based infrastructure provider is looking to become a one-stop shop in the low-latency trading space.
Lazard Asset Management Revamps Data Model to Reflect Covid-19 Reality
The firm developed a short-term data strategy to avoid the use of unreliable data and better understand the effects of the pandemic on the market as it evolves.
Centralized Data Hubs—The Key to Cracking the Data Quality Conundrum
This survey report focuses on the extent to which financial services firms suffer from suboptimal data, the degree to which they acknowledge their shortcomings and the steps they have taken or are considering to remedy the situation
Regulators Defend ESG Data Requirements
Disclosures will protect end investors and increase the amount of data on ESG, supervisory authorities said at a public hearing.
Numerix Develops New Libor Transition Tool
NextGen Strategic Advisors partnered on the Oneview extension, which combines machine learning and NLP to help firms prep for Libor’s discontinuation.
Advan Research Adds GPS-Based Business Closure, Road Traffic Data
The new datasets will provide investors with insight into which companies are opening locations and generating revenues, and which locations are receiving freight shipments.
This Week: BNY Mellon, ASX, DTCC, SteelEye/UnaVista & More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Hacking Threats Growing in Work-From-Home Era, Fear CISOs
Covid-enforced remote working creates new threats and vulnerabilities for bad actors to exploit, say cyber experts
Xignite Debuts Microservices to Scale Data Management in the Cloud
The suite of microservices will allow firms with high data requirements to configure specific content and tools in the cloud.
Firms Hone Use of New Alt Datasets to Pick Covid-19’s Winners
Investment managers are starting to use alternative data to assess the pandemic’s effect on individual stocks.
Dow Jones Equips Developers with Sample Codes
The financial information giant launched a recent blueprint, Covid-19 Timelapse, a dashboard that tracks the pandemic's impact on individuals, industries, and regions.
CLS Looks for Value in Discarded Data
The FX settlement specialist's information services arm is harvesting years of abandoned data for new projects.
Liquidnet Pilots New Analytics Platforms After Acquisitions
The company's Investment Analytics unit is the combination of OTAS, Prattle, and RSRCHXchange deals.
Broker Tradition Increases Data Training for Employees During Covid Lockdown
As FISD has made it easier for data professionals working remotely to complete its FIA certification, Tradition has taken the opportunity to put its global data sales team through the certification process.
Refinitiv Labs Preps for SentiMine Release
About two dozen Refinitiv clients have early access to the tool.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 201: Refinitiv Labs on Unstructured Data
Sanjna Parasrampuria, head of Refinitiv Labs in Asia discusses the technology behind sifting through unstructured data.
Data Integration, Interop Drive State Street’s Alpha Platform Strategy
The bank and Charles River are planning the next phase of enhancements to the Alpha trading platform.
BoE's Post-Trade Reform Efforts Will Need Full Industry Cooperation
The central bank's report on the future of post trade will face the same competitive interests that have hindered previous attempts at eliminating inefficiencies and bringing automation to the back office.
New Constructs Builds Data Biz, Taps Former BNY ConvergEx CEO Meserve for Board
After experiencing demand for the raw data it collects from financial statements, New Constructs has enlisted an advisory board to help expand takeup of the data.