North America
Crypto Compliance Vendor iComply Nabs Thomson Reuters’ Pinn
Pinn will bring his expertise of KYC, financial crime and risk intelligence to the cryptocurrency arena.
Asset Control Lures Back Wolaver as Americas MD
Nathan Wolaver returns to Asset Control to lead American business operations.
Sberbank's Weller Joins Saxo Bank as Middle-East Chief
Copenhagen-headquartered bank appoints former Sberbank managing director for top role.
Xceptor Appoints Cooper CFO
Data automation vendor Xceptor hires Sharon Cooper as CFO and Shaleen Dastur as US sales director.
Burton-Taylor Adds Analysts to Boost Research
The pair will contribute to developing and creating new research as the firm increases its areas of coverage beyond market data industry share statistics.
Protectionism Seeps into the Capital Markets
What started with Brexit and the election of Donald Trump is now taking hold in India—protectionism.
Four Twenty Seven Looks to Grow Climate Data for Banks, Asset Managers
Traders and portfolio managers use the data to assess risk and to develop portfolios that are environmentally conscious.
Symphony Raises $67M More for Platform Expansion
Symphony CEO David Gurle explains how the vendor plans to use its latest funding round.
MT Newswires Preps Asia Equities News Ramp-Up, Expands IM Commentary Access
The vendor is expanding the breadth and depth of its international coverage, as well as the distribution channels for existing content.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 115: The CME Buys NEX Group
Anthony and James discuss the potential ripple effects stemming from this latest deal in the fixed-income space, fintech investment and Brexit.
Sentieo Raises $6M Seed Funding for Expansion
San Francisco-based data and research platform Sentieo has raised $6million in seed funding from institutional and individual investors to help the company expand its product offering and accelerate international growth plans.
RegTek.Solutions Makes Two Senior Sales Hires
New appointments will support the vendor’s growth in North America and Europe.
The Big Shorts: How Buy-Side Stock Holdings Disclosures Reveal Firms’ Short Sale Strategies
With short trading activity frequently accounting for more than 50 percent of a stock’s total traded volume, according to Finra, and some “spectacular” short trades recorded in the past year, short sales can be both profitable and risky. Max Bowie…
AIM Continues North American Expansion With New Hires
Data management software provider AIM adds several new hires to manage its North American expansion as it accelerates the availability of its GAIN data management suite
February 2018: See You in Court
With compliance and collusion both under the microscope, Max says law courts could play a bigger role in ensuring a healthy and competitive data marketplace.
GLEIF Releases Golden Copy Files In Beta
Newly released GLEIF Golden Copy Files makes the LEI data pool easier to access and process, and there are hopes it might even inspire innovation.
MDX Confirms Wurster as US Sales Head
Wurster, who has been wiorking with MDX for over a year as a consultant, will bring 20 years of experience of sales from the banking and brokerage industries to grow MDX's presence in North America.
Duco to Open Asia Office, Enhance Product Offering After $28 Million Investment
The investment will help Duco grow its staff by about 140 percent and incorporate machine-learning tools into its offering.
Vanguard Pilots Blockchain for Index Data Management
While blockchain has not quite lived up to its hype as the replacement for almost every part of the trading lifecycle, financial firms are finding it useful in managing some of the “less-sexy” and data-heavy processes that most firms have to carry out…
Northfield Info Bows News Analytics-Based Risk Model Data
The new service will deliver more accurate predictive risk models without any changes on the part of clients, officials say.
AFTAs 2017: Best AI Technology Initiative—FIS
Control Centre uses a combination of traditional workflow rules and RPA.
AFTAs 2017: Best Collaboration Initiative—SS&C Advent and Maitland
The collaboration led to the integration of the firms' seperate data management solutions.
AFTAs 2017: Best Front-Office Initiative—State Street Global Exchange
The Quantextual Idea Lab blends AI with human expertise.
AFTAs 2017: Best Communications Infrastructure Provider—IPC Systems
Unigy has become a standard tool for communication across market participants.