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Wavelength Podcast Ep. 201: Refinitiv Labs on Unstructured Data
Sanjna Parasrampuria, head of Refinitiv Labs in Asia discusses the technology behind sifting through unstructured data.
Data Integration, Interop Drive State Street’s Alpha Platform Strategy
The bank and Charles River are planning the next phase of enhancements to the Alpha trading platform.
BoE's Post-Trade Reform Efforts Will Need Full Industry Cooperation
The central bank's report on the future of post trade will face the same competitive interests that have hindered previous attempts at eliminating inefficiencies and bringing automation to the back office.
New Constructs Builds Data Biz, Taps Former BNY ConvergEx CEO Meserve for Board
After experiencing demand for the raw data it collects from financial statements, New Constructs has enlisted an advisory board to help expand takeup of the data.
Transforming and Optimizing Corporate Actions Processing
This webinar investigates the challenges and opportunities facing capital markets firms when it comes to their corporate actions strategies. Industry experts discuss the technologies they are implementing to automate what is historically a manually…
UBS Head of Tech: How Virtual Desktops Keep Workers Plugged in During the Pandemic
The Swiss bank’s A3 system offers a blueprint for remote working as the industry looks to life beyond coronavirus.
SIX’s Purchase of BME Boosts Presence but Tech Challenges Lie Ahead
Exchange partnership will deliver benefits of scale but rationalizing trading infrastructure will take time, say observers
People Moves: ICE, Aquis Exchange, Liquidnet, BNP Paribas, TradeX, Gresham Technologies, SIA
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Hester Serafini (pictured) who has been appointed president at ICE Clear Europe.
Deutsche Börse to Exit Regulatory Reporting Business
Sources say a pricing war and cost pressures are causing service providers to reconsider their regulatory reporting businesses.
This Week: HKEX, ICE, Clearstream, Broadridge, IHS Markit and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Tora Adds Fixed Income to Trading Platform
The new capability will make the provider's offering a multi-asset trading platform.
Bloomberg Tackles Remote Implementations in APAC with New Tech
The vendor has added several video conferencing platforms in the past few months to better support clients.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 200: The Reunion Special
Previous hosts of the podcast, Dan DeFrancesco and James Rundle join Wei-Shen and Tony this week to celebrate the occasion.
MayStreet Gets $21M Funding to Support Cost of Data Expansion
The vendor will use the funding to expand its data collection activities worldwide and hire resources to staff the effort.
Red Hat’s CTO Explains Edge Computing Buildout
The provider of open-sourced solutions is working with firms to build and refine their edge computing environments.
CryptoCompare Eyes Asia Cryptocurrency Indexes
The cryptocurrency data provider and index operator plans to exploit demand for digital currency trading in APAC by launching index products in the region.
Banks Eye More Open Source in Light of Covid-19
Driven by common industry pain points and unforeseen complications, capital markets firms have begun using open-source technology more widely.
Outsourcing and the Buy Side—Coming Around Again
Outsourcing certain business functions to specialist providers is not a new phenomenon across the capital markets. But times are changing. Even before the onset of the coronavirus (Covid‑19) pandemic, buy-side firms had begun taking a long hard look at…
HSBC Beefs Up Internal Chatbot for Remote Working
The bank plans to deploy its virtual assistant to 300,000 users to improve the working-from-home experience.
Finos Sees Opportunity for Open Source in RegTech Space
The nonprofit is reaching out to regulators to determine where open source could ease regulatory burdens on financial institutions, while keeping them competitive with tech companies.
Big xyt Readies New Liquidity & Trade Analytics Tools
The vendor is beta testing three new data and analytics tools that will give greater insight into their best options to liquidate positions quickly during volatile market conditions.
People Moves: CFTC; Eventus Systems, Rozetta, RJ O'Brien, Outset Global
Some of the key people moves from this week, including CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert (pictured), who joins the Iosco board.
Fador Taps Fintech Experts for Advisory Board
Fador has enlisted a cadre of partners who will bring their expertise to his consulting business.
Quant Firm Deploys New Metric for Covid Sensitivity
Los Angeles Capital debuts a new factor for measuring stocks’ sensitivity to the pandemic.