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In a world of data-cost overruns, inventory systems are a rising necessity
The IMD Wrap: Max says that to avoid cost controls, demonstrate the value of market data spend.
GenAI offers promise, complexity for research management
Research management system providers are building on their AI capabilities using LLMs to improve the research process, but challenges remain.
BMLL adds Canadian data amid global expansion strategy
The market data vendor plans to add more equities and futures exchanges in 2024.
Millennium Management enlists Google for building custom tech solutions
Google Cloud’s capital markets director Rohit Bhat details the cloud giant’s buy-side strategy.
People Moves: Enfusion, Acadian, LSEG, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space.
This Week: Octaura, Fix/ISO, Delta Capita/Montis, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: Bloomberg-Azure, Ice Data Services, Burton-Taylor, 7Ridge, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Big bank mergers, big cuts in data spend? Not so fast, experts say
With hundreds of millions of dollars spent per year on data and associated technologies, a merger the size of UBS’ takeover of Credit Suisse has the potential to take a huge chunk out of data vendors’ revenues. What’s the path forward?
Should I stay or should I go? What data execs can expect from the UBS–Credit Suisse merger
With major job cuts expected to result from the acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS, how will such big changes impact those in data and technology roles at the firms?
Market data consumers buy the same products at massively different price points
A new study finds that asset managers are paying several times more than their peers for the same services—but why? And can it be fixed? Does it need to be?
Index fees fatigue: Regulators, startups move in on the big 3 providers’ $5 billion business
Users of index data often complain about the fees they have to fork out, particularly to the likes of S&P, FTSE Russell, and MSCI. WatersTechnology examines the state of the industry and what will disrupt the status quo.
Waters Wrap: Big Tech, exchanges and a rapidly evolving market
Following LSEG’s partnership with Microsoft, Anthony talks with some industry participants to explore what this might mean for exchange tech going forward.
End of Bloomberg’s pandemic provision sparks opportunity—for BBG and terminal upstarts
Middle- and back-office staff at banks and buy-side firms who have become accustomed to remotely accessing Bloomberg terminals at home under a disaster recovery provision could set off a surge of new remote data terminal subscriptions.
People Moves: Tradeweb, Ion, Burton-Taylor, HKEx, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Thomas Pluta (pictured), who joins Tradeweb as president-elect.
2021: The year when Big Tech ‘Googled’ the financial markets and liked the results
Now that cloud has become widely adopted by financial firms, Big Tech companies are seeking to leverage their other services to become more ingrained in the workflows of the capital markets.
Waters Wrap: CME & Google—the first domino falls
Anthony explores some of the unanswered questions—and potential ripple effects—that come with the new partnership between CME and Google.
Waters Wrap: ESG’s growing influence on market data consolidation (And exchange data)
Anthony explains why he thinks ESG will play a major role in the anticipated market data consolidation that’s to come. He also looks at moves made by some exchanges to cut out the data vendor middleman.
Waters Wrap: When will Big Tech providers turn sights on the market data space? (And deep learning)
In recent years, the major cloud providers have expanded their service offerings specific to capital markets firms. Some industry observers believe it’s just a matter of time until they get involved in market data M&A activity.
Waters Wrap: Market data & consolidation—a never-ending timeline (And rise of the fees)
While last week it was announced that Exegy and Vela are merging, Anthony says that the deal is only a sign of what’s to come in the market data space. He also poses some questions about the LSE raising its Sedol fees.
Exegy, Vela merge; say scale will fuel further acquisitions
The deal will create growth synergies between the vendors' trading systems, and provide an execution capability based on Exegy's trading signals.
This Week: TP Icap, Confluence, Bloomberg, Iress-Cosaic, Tradeweb, SmartStream, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news