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This Week: DTCC shelves Investor Kinetics; LTX’s BondGPT; Citi HK settlement; and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Digital assets trade processing: The roadblocks and the road ahead
Institutional investors want digital assets, but have several key concerns. Kristin Hochstein of ISITC explores some ways to improve investor confidence in the space.
FCA may offer its market data to surveillance tech start-ups
The regulator is concerned that rapid AI adoption will favor incumbent vendors; it aims to launch a sandbox.
Glue42 and Finsemble merge, reshaping interop vendor landscape
The niche interop market previously dominated by Glue42, Finsemble, and OpenFin is evolving—and so are the vendors themselves.
Waters Wrap: On cybersecurity, regulators and ‘victim blaming’
In the wake of the Ion hack, regulators are pushing for firms to beef up their cyber defenses. Anthony says that they'll need to mind their words and tread carefully, as cloud, machine learning and open source take off.
US Libor cessation: DTCC helps fill the void
In the run-up to the transition from Libor to an alternative reference rate at the beginning of July this year, DTCC’s Ann Marie Bria looks at the various permutations impacting market participants and the role DTCC is playing in helping firms navigate…
People Moves: BNY Mellon Pershing, Tradeweb, HKEx and more
A look at the past month’s people moves within the tech and data space.
What does it take to put a database in the cloud?
There are several ways to migrate an old legacy system to the cloud, but there's always a trade-off.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 265 (Conferences in a post-Covid world)
Tony, Shen, and Reb discuss the future state of industry conferences.
High-profile deals signal appetite for fixed-income growth
Amid renewed interest in the bond market, big firms are making strategic acquisitions to get in on the action.
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best data governance solution—Fundipedia
Product: Fundipedia Data Management
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best research provider/vendor—Morning Consult
Product: Morning Consult Intelligence
Waters Wrap: Goldman Sachs and the facts and fiction of being data driven
Neema Raphael, CDO and head of data engineering for Goldman Sachs, explains what he believes it means for a firm to be data driven.
This Week: EU CT updates, OpenFin, DTCC/Nomura, TMX/Clearstream, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best market data provider (vendor)—Refinitiv, an LSEG business
Products: Real-time market and historical data, and reference data products
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Most innovative market data project—Refinitiv, an LSEG business
Product: Refinitiv Real-Time–Optimized
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best low-latency data or technology provider—Refinitiv, an LSEG business
Product: Refinitiv Low-Latency Solutions
Three steps to build resilience to cyber attacks
As cyber criminals grow more sophisticated, and regulators bear down on banks and their third parties, there are three steps firms can take today to boost their resilience to cyber threats, says Jason Harrell of the DTCC
EU lawmakers struggle to find common ground on equities CT
The debate over a consolidated tape for European equities heated up when a second contender for the role of provider emerged during the EU’s trilogue process. But as the bloc’s three legislative bodies try to reach a compromise, commercial interests are…
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best alternative data initiative—Sentifi Group
Product: Sentifi Intelligence
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best ESG data initiative—Sentifi
Product: Sentifi ESG Intelligence
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best corporate actions data provider—SIX
Product: Global Corporate Actions
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best alternative data provider/vendor—Solve
Product: Solve Market Data Platform