Emerging Technologies
ASX Offers Free Blockchain Settlement to Lure Early Adopters
ASX plans to release the CHESS replacement in 2021 and the hope is to cut into Swift settlements.
Dash Names Venu Palaparthi as Compliance Chief
The former Tagomi exec will head regulatory affairs at the agency broker.
Cboe Gains Approval for Dutch Base
US exchange group receives regulatory nod for Amsterdam operations, and appoints a new head to run the EU entity.
LiquidityBook Opens Sydney Office
Tech vendor’s new Sydney office will serve as a springboard into the rest of Asia-Pacific.
Quodd Buy Creates ‘Full-Function’ Data Business for Acquisitive Financeware
The combination of Financeware's VMS division with Quodd's real-time data will provide a platform for the vendor to build a bigger data business.
Hermes Ramps Up Cloud DevOps Strategy
Shift to Azure has dramatically increased investment manager's ability to push new code, engineers say.
Bobby Bhakar Joins Instimatch as CTO
The Swiss vendor has hired a number of senior personnel recently and has been steadily growing its institutional client base.
March 2019: The King is Dead, Long Live the King
Introducing WatersTechnology, our new monthly magazine that brings together fintech and data journalism like no other.
The Hard, Human Lessons of RPA
Robotics’ promise to revolutionize operations by automating tasks and accelerating processes is hitting implementation roadblocks.
The Change Manager: Fabrice Silberzan, BNP Paribas Asset Management
Fabrice Silberzan is playing a key role in the transformation of BNP Paribas Asset Management. With his background working across different cultures and various roles, from IT to securities and HR, the opera-loving Frenchman has a lot of lessons to share…
HKEx Lays Out Three-Year Technology Plan
Exchange says upcoming Ronghui Tongjin acquisition will enhance its own IT strategy.
Lou Maiuri Named COO of State Street
Maiuri was 'instrumental' in State Street's acquisition of Charles River Development.
Jonathan Kellner to Lead MEMX
The former CEO of Instinet is named as the head of the newest US stock exchange.
Dinneny to Lead Fonetic’s US Expansion
The former JP Morgan and Thomson Reuters executive will focus his activities on Canada and the US.
Hod Heads Strategy at Digital Asset
The data and fintech veteran will be responsible for identifying new areas of potential opportunity for the distributed-ledger technology vendor.
ChartIQ Nabs Ex-Bloomberg Product Guru Sorenson to Drive Expansion
Sorenson's experience in driving product strategy for analytics applications will help ChartIQ accelerate its expansion.
Fixed Income ESG Data: Materially Different
The ESG space is growing rapidly and gaining more attention, but one area that has been largely ignored by data providers is that of ESG information specific to fixed-income investors.
ICE Taps Ex-Budapest Exchange Exec for CEE Data Sales
With almost 30 years' experience in the banking and data industry, Lusztig will be responsible for sales of ICE's pricing and analytics in Central and Eastern Europe and Africa.
Firms Carve Rosetta Stones for Non-English AI Surveillance
Development of machine learning and natural-language processing is now turning to languages other than English to keep a better eye on traders and the market. But how easy is it to teach a machine a new tongue?
Lucena-WSH Alliance Broadens Buy-Side Exposure to Quant Event Data Signals
Lucena will provide a pre-packaged signal based on Wall Street Horizon's earnings dates revision data, for buy-side firms without the in-house resources to analyze the raw data themselves.
February 2019: Data Migration
Financial firms aren't the only organizations making strategic moves to overcome challenges and increase quality.
Going Slower to Go Faster: Mizuho CDO Gary Goldberg
Gary Goldberg is chief data officer for Mizuho Securities EMEA. Here is how he built the data department from the ground up. Photos by Jonathan Goldberg.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 154: Bryan Cross, UBS Asset Management
Bryan Cross, who heads UBS Asset Management's QED group, joins to discuss alternative data and AI.
Stock Exchange of Thailand Hires New Head of IT
Nat Luengnaruemitchai will be instrumental in driving the exchange’s technology vision.