Data Management
Data Standardization Remains Top ESG Roadblock
As asset managers seek to incorporate ESG factors into their portfolios, they are facing challenges—particularly around data consistency. Some say custodians could offer solutions.
GoldenSource Taps Trading, FinTech Vet Pulandaran
Pulandaran will continue to drive Asia-Pacific's status at the fastest-growing region of GoldenSource's business, officials say.
TP Icap Nabs Ex-Nex Exec as Data CTO
London-based Anderson will be responsible for overseeing construction of a pipeline of new data and analytics products.
Standards Leaders Set Sights on Upper-Level Ontology for Industry
TC 68 chair sets 2020 goal for industry-wide upper-level semantic ontology.
M Science Rolls Out Weather Data, Visualization Tools for Portfolio Managers
M Data Viz provides granular data on weather events by state and region to support investment processes.
TRG Screen Splits Technology, Product Roles, Names New CTO
Splitting out the vendor's development and product functions will help the company scale as it accelerates its growth, officials say.
Asset Control Makes a ‘Pass’ at Buy Side with Managed Service
The vendor believes that offering its software platform as a managed service will future-proof its delivery model, as well as open it up to new classes of clients.
Google Plans Foray into Asset Management with AI Data Tools
The technology giant is rolling out tools to asset managers who need to use machine learning but have limited in-house experience.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 160: Pete Cherecwich of Northern Trust
Pete talks about privacy and convenience—and where firms tend to get tripped up when walking this balance beam.
ISIN and LEI Mapping Project Kicks Off
The initiative's first file includes more than 3.2 million ISIN-to-LEI records across roughly 25,000 unique LEIs.
BNY Mellon to Offer Custodial Data via BlackRock's Aladdin
This is the first time that Aladdin has been opened to external providers.
Bloomberg Plans to Exit SSEOMS, KYC Business Lines
Sources say that this will allow the information giant to focus on more valuable business lines.
Acquisitive Exchanges Find Dealmaking is Only Half the Battle
While the large-scale exchange mergers of yesteryear may be over for now, regional bourses are still finding themselves in the M&A crosshairs. Yet for those operators that pick up smaller rivals, technology and data integration often prove to be trickier…
T-Rex Snaps Up San Cristobal for Chief Product Officer
The former Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg exec will be responsible for guiding the vendor's current and future product strategy and deployment.
Academia Digs Into Data Through Industry Partnerships
Firms are pushing their university programs past the traditional internship structure, embedding students and researchers to work on current use cases to deliver solutions to real-life problems. Jamie Hyman reports.
Fund Managers Re-Engineer Data Workflows for N-PORT
With more frequent and granular reporting for fund managers looming, firms have had to figure out how best to connect all the data needed to meet the new requirements. This has necessitated a widespread change in how data is moved throughout an…
Wavelength Podcast Episode 159: Simon Hazlitt on Cloud Challenges
The Majedie Asset Management cofounder, who now runs cloud consultancy Supl, talks about where firms go wrong with the cloud.
Banks Forge Cloud Agreements to Split Accountability
Banks are trying to split responsibility for their operating environments with the major cloud providers. Regulators are having none of it.
Banks and Buy-Side Firms Encounter Challenges with Public Cloud Adoption
Moving to the public cloud is not as simple as flipping a switch. Anthony Malakian speaks with early public cloud adopters to find out some of the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Thasos Taps Metaxas for Chief Revenue Officer Role
Metaxas has spent more than 20 years in senior sales roles at technology providers.
Apex Cuts Data Cost of Acquisitions
The fund administrator is halfway through a project to eliminate duplicative data spend across its core business and acquisitions, reducing costs while consolidating sourcing to a core base of vendor relationships.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 158: Giancarlo’s Swan Song; Crypto Madness; DTCC/ASX Blockchains
A discussion about blockchain projects in the capital markets, the crypto space and further delays for the CAT.
OPRA to Issue RFP for New SIP Providers
The authority is seeking proposals from new potential providers, but says the move is not necessarily designed to displace current SIP operator SIAC.
Crypto at the Crossroads as Exchanges Weigh Traditional Market Structures
Questions of price discovery and centralized infrastructure point to an asset class that may have to lose its rebellious luster to become more widely accepted.