Emerging Technologies
Murky road ahead for consolidated tape plan administrator in the US
The business unit of the new equities data plan could revolutionize pricing and accessibility in the public feeds of NMS data, say hopefuls to the role, but litigation and lack of clarity obscure the path forward.
This Week: SmartStream, LSEG/Finbourne, FactSet/Cobalt, DTCC, BNP Paribas, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
After Refinitiv deal, LSEG Labs builds machine-learning market impact tool
Geoff Horrell talks about the Lab’s innovation strategy after the Refinitiv acquisition, deep learning, and the ideation process.
Ex-UBS Asset Management CDO takes aim at challenge of data discovery
Suvrat Bansal’s startup aims to make it easier to get data into the hands of those who need it, but who may not know it exists, faster.
Northern Trust focuses on alpha generation with recent investments, partnerships
Northern Trust has invested in three firms this year, which now sit in its investment data science division as part of its Whole Office strategy.
Waters Wrap: On people and thinking outside the box when hiring
Anthony explains that Wall Street is too cookie-cutter when it comes to producing and attracting talent. As tech keeps on rapidly evolving, banks and asset managers are going to need to look beyond the usual ranks to find specialist skills.
Driving Change and Doing Things Better
SmartStream Sibos Series
SmartStream’s Cloud Offering: Steadfast, Scalable and Secure
SmartStream Sibos Series
SmartStream’s Managed Services: Joining the Dots and Responding to Clients’ Demands
SmartStream Sibos Series
Observational Learning and Exception Management Take Center Stage
SmartStream Sibos Series
From burst to bust: What happens when cloud runs dry?
After years of initial resistance, the capital markets have come to depend heavily on the compute capacity of the public cloud. But increasing market volumes are rapidly outpacing the cloud capacity that organizations thought would be sufficient for…
This Week: Deutsche Borse; State Street; IHS Markit; MSCI; & more
A summary of the week's financial technology news.
BofA and HSBC: at the intersection of cybersecurity and neurodiversity
Closing the growing gap between adequate enterprise cybersecurity protection and available resources is fraught with obstacles, so Bank of America and HSBC are pursuing an unconventional approach: seeking out neurodiverse talent with a knack for pattern…
SmartStream Sibos Series: Victoria Harverson
Victoria Harverson, global head of business development for SmartStream Air, chats to Victor Anderson in the run up to Sibos 2021.
SmartStream Sibos Series: Peter Hainz
Peter Hainz, global head of product management for cloud & managed services at SmartStream Technologies, chats to Victor Anderson in the run up to Sibos 2021.
SmartStream Sibos Series: Mark Morris
Mark Morris, head of sales for managed services at SmartStream Technologies, chats to Victor Anderson in the run up to Sibos 2021.
SmartStream Sibos Series: Haytham Kaddoura
Haytham Kaddoura, CEO of SmartStream Technologies, chats to Victor Anderson in the run up to Sibos 2021.
More banks flirt with machine learning for CCAR—but risks persist
The superior computational grunt of neural networks is attractive to lenders, but a lack of explainability presents a significant downside.
Cloud: Capital markets’ Swiss Army knife
The best uses of the cloud so far have been as an enabler of performance and innovation. The best uses yet to come could reshape AI. So, Max warns, if you think cloud is about cutting costs, you’re thinking about it all wrong.
Waters Wrap: Will privacy-enhancing tech for the back office fall flat?
Anthony says that banks should be more concerned with cleaning up the technical debt accumulated in the back office, rather than dumping money into bleeding-edge technologies.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: State Street’s COO on acquisition strategy
Lou Maiuri, chief operating officer at State Street, joins the podcast to discuss State Street’s acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman’s Investor Services business.
The Modern Commodities Trading Lifecycle: How Technology is Transforming Business Processes
Sinara explains how it is leveraging its software expertise to overhaul and modernize business processes that have traditionally been focused around outdated and less efficient manual touchpoints