Emerging Technologies
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 232 (AI networking and virtual conferences)
On this episode of the Wavelength Podcast, Wei-Shen brings on Annie Wu, who works on all of WatersTechnology’s events, to chat about the challenges of running a virtual event.
Waters Wrap: Buzzwords and the hype machine (And editorial judgment)
Anthony previews some of the major trend topics that WatersTechnology will look to cover over the next eight months.
Is history repeating itself?
Broadridge’s acquisition of Itiviti presents many opportunities but also raises many questions about the combined company’s future. For a glimpse into that future, Wei-Shen Wong takes a look into Itiviti’s past.
OpenFin outgrows container tech origins with Workspace UI launch
New interface will standardize notifications, user interactions and content presentation.
Waters Wrap: The looming data storage wars (And Bloomberg killers)
Anthony first looks at the data storage space, explaining that fees are likely to increase for buy- and sell-side firms in the near-term. He also wonders if there’s a market in the terminal/workstation space for innovative startups to gain traction. As…
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Dealing with Gen-Z
Robert Wigley, chairman at UK Finance, joins the podcast to talk about how companies can appeal to new and young talent.
BNP Paribas AM turns to machine learning for carbon emissions
The asset manager is using machine learning to estimate carbon footprints for companies that do not report emissions.
Symphony suspends Sparc pending registration talks with CFTC
The comms provider may have to register its RFQ workflow and messaging tool as a Sef, or perhaps permanently shut down the business line.
Waters Wrap: Would DLT really have prevented Archegos? (And thoughts on Itiviti)
While Christopher Giancarlo says distributed ledger technology could’ve helped prime brokers better monitor their risk exposures to Archegos Capital Management, Anthony (and others) are not so sure about that. He also looks at the Broadridge-Itiviti deal.
Banks, asset managers weigh trade-offs in third-party tools for machine learning
Although many banks and asset managers still prefer to build models in-house, off-the-shelf products are maturing.
Small alt data providers feel pressure to specialize
GTCOM-US, once a bespoke alt data shop for the buy side, has narrowed its offering to focus on Chinese datasets as the largest alt data players get even bigger.
‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo says DLT could have aided in Archegos
The former CFTC chair says managing collateral by using distributed ledger technology would enable the better oversight of risks.
Waters Wrap: Big Tech takes control of cutting-edge encryption (And consortium flat circles)
In addition to growing their cloud presence in the capital markets, Big Tech companies are, unsurprisingly, taking the lead on encryption and security in the cloud. Anthony sees positives and negatives. He also looks at bank-led consortiums.
IBM lures banks’ critical workloads to financial cloud as ‘threat’ from big tech looms large
Having signed a trio of new banks to its financial services-specific cloud, the computing giant is betting on cutting-edge technologies like confidential computing to entice banks threatened by big tech firms.
Citi, other banks set to ink ‘Octopus’ deal for new multi-bank CLO platform
Sources say initiative is designed to fend off higher fees and disintermediation in case established multi-dealer platforms start trading CLOs.
Engineers tap machine learning to improve graph analytics
Augmenting graph analytics with AI can detect more complicated anomalies, vendors say.
Users clash with ASX over changes to its DLT settlement system
Industry groups and tech experts are worried that proposed last-minute changes will introduce new risks.
Not all digital securities were created equal
Cusip’s Matthew Bastian explains that a tokenized asset offering is not the same as other products that get tagged as being a digital asset. The differences are becoming more important as the capital markets industry continues to explore these new…
A kick in the privates: In-demand unlisted stock trading faces tech, transparency challenges
Private stocks are opaque, illiquid, behave differently from public markets, and lack the same infrastructure as public marketplaces, creating back-office integration challenges for firms that want to trade these stocks in a more liquid manner. But as…
IPC adapts business lines for interoperability push
The communication software provider is containerizing its trading ecosystem for apps to play nicely with each other.
This Week: Cboe, Google Cloud/SEB, Trading Technologies, BrokerTec, Tora/BondCliq, Tradeweb
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
GameStop post-mortem: Alt data world confronts eroding barrier between online and real life
After Redditors staged an epic short squeeze against a handful of hedge funds, some in the industry are left wondering whether today’s models and data techniques are prepared for world where online often equals real life.
People Moves: BestEx Research, Macrobond, Gresham, Baton, and more
A look at some of the key “people moves” from this week, including Dave Conner (pictured), who joins BestEx Research as managing director of client services.
Waters Wrap: The ‘nightmare’ of ripping and replacing an OMS (And ESG regulations)
Anthony explores why it is that bank CTOs are so reluctant to switch out an order management system. He also wonders if changes to the SFDR ESG proposal will make the regulation toothless.