Emerging Technologies
Money.Net Woos Strategists, Quants with Matlab Integration
Integrating Matlab opens up Money.Net to financial engineers, data scientists, analysts and academics.
CLS Explores Distributed-Ledgers Potential for FX Netting Service
The service will suit FX trades settled outside the CLS settlement service and is built on Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source solution led by IBM.
CLS to Develop Payment Netting Service Using Distributed-Ledger Technology
The service will suit FX trades settled outside the CLS settlement service and is built on Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source solution led by IBM.
Hanweck Hires CMO, Support Engineer
The new hires are designed to support ongoing growth at the vendor, in addition to other sales and account management hires made earlier this year.
Phase One of Swift's Global Payments Innovation Initiative Pilot Completed
Fifteen global banks tested the design and functions of Swift’s new initiative, while ten others prepare for the service’s launch.
Icap Provides US Treasury Pricing, FX Spot Rates to Wind Clients
Icap and Wind expand an existing deal for Wind to distribute Icap data in mainland China.
BME Helps Bolivia's BBV to Move Away From Outcry Pits Toward Electronic Trading
The rollout is being done in two stages, with fixed income currently being the focus, followed by the implementation of the primary market and trading in other non-standardized securities and repo trades.
CBOE Agrees $3.2B BATS Buy to Boost ‘Non-Transactional' Data, Index Revenues
The acquisition will significantly increase the share of CBOE's revenues that do not depend directly on transactions.
Open Access Derivatives Project CurveGlobal Goes Live
CurveGlobal is an interest rates derivatives venture that will offer low fees and no market data charges
Machine Learning Could Help Filter Social Media's ‘Noise'
Panelists from WorldQuant, Thomson Reuters, OneMarketData and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago discussed the challenges of tapping into the power of social media.
CBOE Agrees to Buy Bats for $3.2 Billion
The operator of the largest US options exchange looks to expand on offerings and global reach with purchase.
SGSS Connects Hungarian CSD with T2S Platform
Keler will connect to the Target2-Securities (T2S) settlement platform during the fourth migration wave in February 2017.
Opening Cross: Convergence Part 2, and Why It’s Crucial in an Age of Data Divergence
Divergence of datasets and data types will inevitably create convergence of data management functions.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 36: Thomson Reuters-Redi Deal, Chicago Trading Technology Summit
Dan and Anthony discuss Thomson Reuters’ purchase of Redi and the most recent Waters event.
Metalogix Hires New CEO
Ben Levitan, who previously led IMN, joins content collaboration provider
Accenture Announces Editable Blockchain Prototype, Internet Reacts
Dan looks at both sides of the argument focusing on Accenture's new blockchain development.
Thomson Reuters Acquires Redi, Looks to Grow Buy-Side Trading Capabilities
Michael Chin, global head of equities at Thomson Reuters, and Rishi Nangalia, CEO of Redi, speak to WatersTechnology about the deal.
Consultancy Names Ulrich To Lead RIXML Effort
Former Deutsche Bank executive takes over as director of RIXML.org
Infront Integrates Research from RSRCHXchange
Infront’s institutional buy-side clients can now access and procure research through the RSRCHXchange platform.
Singapore, Collateral & SS&C’s Latest Acquisition: A Week in Review
John considers some of last week’s top BST stories, including SS&C’s acquisition of Wells Fargo’s fund administration business.
Web Financial Hires Beebeejaun, Diehl
Between them, Beebeejaun and Diehl have almost 50 years of experience in the data industry.
Data Vet Richards Joins Quandl Board
The alternative data platform hopes to leverage Richards' more than 30 years of data industry experience.
Thomson Reuters, Scottrade Add New Constructs ‘Forensic' Research
The vendor and broker are making New Constructs' insight from analysis of SEC filings footnotes available to clients.
Opening Cross: The Convergent Series: Data Science Friction
Is the emergence of CDOs undoing the separation of market data and reference data functions? And is that the right way to go?