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IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best market data provider (broker)—BGC Partners (Fenics Market Data)
Product: Fenics Market Data
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best risk data aggregation initiative—Opensee
Product: Opensee Enterprise
This Week: Overbond pairs with Deutsche Börse, Finsemble; SIX, FlexTrade partner; & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Amid tightening regulatory pressure, good data governance is key
Financial firms can’t afford to treat data governance as a one-off, check-the-box exercise. Instead, senior data management execs say, it should be treated as an ongoing series of regular health checks.
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best reference data managed service—SmartStream Technologies
Product: SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) managed service
A fully cloud-hosted exchange is coming—but for now, one piece at a time
Execs from Google, LSEG and NYSE discuss how exchanges are beginning to leverage the true potential of the cloud.
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best ESG data provider—Bloomberg
Product: Bloomberg ESG Data Solutions
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best data analytics provider—Bloomberg
Product: Bloomberg Risk & Investment Analytics
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best AI/machine learning data initiative—MarketAxess
Product: Composite+
Buy side demands better data aggregation for primary corporate bonds
With electronification and tech development increasing in fixed income, participants are looking for better data access in the primary market for corporate bonds.
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best corporate actions data initiative—S&P Global Market Intelligence
Product: Agent Validation Service (AVS)
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best counterparty data project or initiative—S&P Global Market Intelligence
Product: Credit Analytics
Coming to America: Foreign agents seek to subvert domestic tech incumbents
Vendor consolidation has given more to power to those who already hold the most power in the US. Can overseas providers who’ve already succeeded in smaller markets bring back competition?
This Week: Goldman, Cboe, Microsoft, others plan new blockchain network; LSEG/OpenFin & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
No big boost to UK dark trading after Brexit
Expected explosion in hidden equity liquidity has failed to materialize
Deutsche Börse seeks seat at tech leader table with SimCorp buy
With exchanges such as Cboe, Nasdaq, LSEG, and ICE leading the pack of exchanges that double as technology companies, the German exchange is playing catch up with its proposed offer for buy-side tech vendor SimCorp.
French regulator turns up the heat with spot checks on market data providers
The AMF’s move has left industry observers wondering if this will lead other regulators in Europe to follow suit.
Waters Wrap: Numerix, Fincad and the new world of M&A
Anthony says Numerix’s acquisition of Fincad is indicative of where technology development in the capital markets is heading.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 264 (The London invasion)
Wei-Shen, Reb and Nyela invade London for a week!