Emerging Technologies
CLS Appoints Central Banker as CEO
Marc Bayle de Jessé brings markets infrastructure and payments experience to CLS.
Brown Brothers Harriman Experiments with Machine Learning
The firm is developing machine learning models internally to optimize the reconciliation process and detect price anomalies.
Refinitiv Adds to Buy-Side Offering with AlphaDesk Acquisition
The deal lets the vendor add OMS functionality to its existing trading workflow.
Wavelength Episode 163: Tony Amicangioli on Cloud, Race to Zero
The founder and CEO of HPR joins the podcast to talk about lessons learned and where the industry is heading.
Bank, Fintech Exec Gonzalez Joins Pico to Lead Americas Sales
Gonzalez has 20 years of experience in technology management and sales at financial firms and technology providers.
West Highland Nabs TR Vet Milner for Sales
MIlner spent more than 20 years at Thomson Reuters, responsible for sales of products and services across its data business.
Greenwich Analytica Taps Ex-Bank IT Exec Cohee to Lead Finance Practice
Cohee highlights cloud, big data and machine learning as disruptive changes forcing innovation at financial firms.
Zurich Insurance takes AIM at 'Data-as-a-Service'
The insurer is partnering with AIM Software to move data operations to the cloud.
BNY Mellon to Use AI for Faster Document Queries
The bank plans to expand a program that uses machine learning to pull out key terms for contracts.
Bank and Buy-Side Data Specialists Discuss Data Transformation Do’s & Don’ts
This year’s North American Financial Information Summit saw C-level execs from the buy and sell sides come together to talk about data needs.
Human Factor Is Crucial to the Alt Data Gold Rush
While tech advancements are being made, buy-side firms still rely on humans to make sense of alt data.
'Next Act: A Profile of Euronext's Alain Courbebaisse
The last decade has seen Euronext chewed up and spun out following a series of mergers & acquisitions. Once again independent, Courbebaisse is writing the exchange’s IT roadmap.
Citi Invests in ChartIQ's Finsemble
Citi is the first Series B strategic investor for ChartIQ's desktop integration platform.
OpenFin Raises $17 Million in Series C Funding
It seeks to solve desktop interoperability issues and expand cloud services with this latest investment.
Finastra Appoints Mark Miller as Finance Chief
Miller replaces Rob Binns, who decided to step down.
Itiviti Looks to Capitalize on Bloomberg's SSEOMS Exit
Its new CEO says there are 79 roles Itiviti is looking to fill to help fuel the company’s future growth.
ICE Creates Daily Credit Risk Monitoring Tool
The company is muscling into Bloomberg’s fixed income data territory with a new bond analytics service.
Former SEC Commissioner Joins IEX Board of Directors
Kara Stein joins from the SEC, where she served since 2013.
Nasdaq Names Dillard Head Of Global Information Services
Lauren Dillard was previously at Carlyle Group.
Blockchain Investments Survive the Crypto Winter
Investments into blockchain have continued to grow despite the crypto winter and the downfall of ICOs. VC investors are banking on their belief that blockchain will ultimately offer transformation across many industries,.
The Gentle Touch
Financial firms often look to Asia for expansion because of the compelling size of the region’s markets. Wei-Shen details how it could prove harder than it seems.
OTPP Taps Ord for Enterprise Data
ORd brings more than 25 years in data management and technology engineering to the role overseeing the pension fund's enterprise data operations.
Industry Steps Up Calls for European Consolidated Tape
Traders in Europe face rising data acquisition costs and increasing regulatory reporting pressures argue that a pan-European consolidated tape is long overdue.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 162: IEX on the Transaction Fee Pilot
IEX’s John Ramsay joins to talk about the SEC’s proposed Transaction Fee Pilot and why he thinks it should move forward.