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People Moves: NomadData, Credit Suisse, Saxo Bank, Broadridge, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Justin Manikas (pictured), who has been appointed vice president of partnerships at Nomad Data.
This Week: BNY Mellon/Milestone Group, IHS Markit, Broadridge/China Renaissance, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
A blockchain believer: Broadridge looks to expand its DLT influence
The market infrastructure provider has rolled out its blockchain-based repo transaction platform with plans to further build on the emerging technology.
Rimes shutters market surveillance business amid strategy overhaul
The data management firm is undergoing a multi-year program to unravel its surveillance business, as it looks to throw its weight behind its flagship data offerings.
ASX automates corporate actions with issuer forms
The exchange group has completed the multi-year program aimed at standardizing data capture and message delivery using the ISO format.
AML models face explainability challenges
Data gaps and potential biases must be accounted for in approaches to tackling money laundering.
People Moves: BMO, Drawbridge, FinLync, GoldenSource, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Lindsay Black (pictured), who has been appointed managing director of strategic initiatives in BMO's data & analytics group.
This Week: Oracle/Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust, Charles River, Simcorp, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
New entrants want to feed bond market’s hunger for data
In the absence of a consolidated tape for debt securities in the EU, vendors with different approaches to distributing fixed-income market data are emerging.
Obituary: Telerate founder Neil Hirsch dies at age 74
Former employees praise the kind and caring CEO who made millions from data but still knew staff by name.
Brown Brothers Harriman continues AI ‘transformation’ of fund accounting unit
A new tool that helps business users test and validate their own POCs is set to join the bank’s ranks alongside its other AI projects implemented over the last two years: Linc, Guardrail, and Ants.
People Moves: Anna, Cowen, UBS, HKEx, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Slawomir Zajac (pictured), who will represent Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych SA on the Anna board.
This Week: Symphony, Digital Asset/Nasdaq, State Street, Finos & more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
EC drafting proposal for derivatives consolidated tape
Commission official says beta version ready for testing in 2023 will also include equities, bonds and ETFs
Broadway Technology 2.0: Post-Ion split, the vendor reimagines its future
Broadway will look to build out its fixed income trading workflows, grow its as-a-service offering, lean into the low-code movement, while considering new asset classes to expand into—all while once again competing with Ion.
Direxion turns to Two Sigma’s Venn for thematic ETFs
The firm is using the platform as a comparison tool as it evolves its fund offerings.
Banks fear Fed crackdown on AI models
Dealers say the agencies’ request for info could prompt new rules that stifle model innovation.
People Moves: Broadridge/Itiviti, Tora, DTCC, Maystreet & more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Ray Tierney (pictured), who has been appointed president of Itiviti.
Meme stocks: Data providers conflicted on offering investment analyses
While some alternative data providers are jumping in on the meme-stock craze by producing new datasets and analyses geared toward risk management and alpha generation, others—perhaps rightly so—are staying cautious.
This Week: BlackRock/Cassini Systems, Standard Chartered, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Farewell, Oats: Finra announces retirement date
Finra has told firms to stop reporting trades to the Oats tape from September 1, as the SEC's Cat becomes the definitive audit trail for US securities markets activity.
WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2021: All the Winners and Why They Won
Here are the 25 vendor and end-user category winners of this year's WatersTechnology Asia Awards.
Deutsche Bank leverages AI for securities services
The bank’s client segmentation offering creates more targeted post-trade offerings, while its prediction engine can help reduce settlement failures.
JP Morgan fast-tracks market data licensing tools
The bank is developing solutions to help internal teams understand compliant usage and entitlements.