Emerging Technologies
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.
Collibra to Tap Google AI Talent, Add 200 Staff in ’19
A funding deal led by Google's private equity affiliate will expose Collibra to machine learning and AI expertise at the search giant.
CAT’s Tale: How Thesys, the SROs and the SEC Mishandled the Consolidated Audit Trail
WatersTechnology investigates the torturous journey to create a stock-trading database for the US, and where the project goes from here.
Truvalue Taps ESG Vet Kuh for Indexes
With years of experience creating ESG benchmarks, Kuh will lead Truvalue's entry into providing ESG indexes.
The Problem Solver: Paul Bari, Nordea
Paul Bari’s career has taken him across oceans and continents, but his true north has always been a fascination with mathematics. Now, he’s tackling not only the future of one of Northern Europe’s largest banks, but its employees, too
Qaravan Founder Joins OTC Markets Group After Acquisition
Anthony Hodson is senior vice president of market data at OTC Markets Group following its acquisition of Qaravan.
TNS to Roll Out R2G Low-Latency Tech Globally, Post-Acquisition
TNS will offer R2G's low-latency technology to clients of its own extranet service.
ChartIQ Preps Growth Spurt, Product Expansion Following New Funding
The $17.4 million investment will drive growth across all areas of the company, officials say.
February 2019: Pulling Up Roots
Returning to the original mission seems to be a theme for 2019.
Young Moves from Deloitte to Bentham IMF
New hires establish gender equality among the litigation funder's senior management team.
ICE’s Belcher Skates to London to Head EMEA Data Biz
After several years at ICE Data Services and Interactive Data in New York, Belcher returned to London last year to take up a new role heading ICE's data business in EMEA.
SEC Taps FIF Vet Kimmel to Oversee CAT Implementation
After a decade leading data industry association the Financial Information Forum, Kimmel is well-versed in directing industry-wide initiatives.