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This Week: CME Group, Genesis, McKay Brothers and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Difficult transitions: Asset managers struggle to map future ESG risks
Investment firms have a role to play in incentivizing the green transition, but they must have forward-looking data.
SS&C looks to leverage Blue Prism’s RPA capabilities to improve reconciliations, onboarding
After acquiring Blue Prism earlier this year, SS&C is looking to pair its Chorus business process optimization tool with the RPA specialist.
Waters Wrap: ASX, Cboe and evolving exchange technology
As ASX’s Chess replacement project stalls yet again, Anthony wonders if the exchange is at risk of falling behind the likes of Cboe, Nasdaq and CME, which are making major investments in cloud technology.
Finos will host common domain model for Isda, Isla and Icma
The non-profit will provide a neutral, open-source repository to help the trade associations govern and maintain the CDM.
Firms challenging Cusip file new lawsuit alleging antitrust violations, breach of contract
A broker-dealer and two investment managers have filed a new, joint complaint against the quartet of companies associated with management of the Cusip numbering system.
If a stock falls in private markets and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
ApeVue’s data shows that Blockchain.com and Kraken, both private markets, are down since April 1, which is in line with the broader crypto marketplace.
This Week: DTCC, Enfusion, Trading Technologies, Clearstream & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Lower cross-border latencies open HFT opportunities
Automated and high-frequency trading in Asia have generally lagged behind US and European markets. But as low-latency data availability increases, that may soon change.
Retooling repo: How Broadridge, Bloomberg, Tradeweb, and JP Morgan are modernizing repurchase agreements
From brokers to trading platform providers, players in the repo market are focused on initiatives around reducing settlement fails, increasing automation, and streamlining operations.
Market and reference data management: Challenges abound
The extent to which capital markets firms are able to accurately and transparently analyze their market and reference data spending, while simultaneously managing and optimizing their usage, is not an area that has always received a lot of attention, but…
The surprising industries luring data talent away from Wall Street
Capital markets data specialists are finding their skills in high demand—but not from where you might think.
Outsourcing across the buy side: Look before you leap
This paper investigates the extent to which firms have embraced outsourcing across the global investment management industry, key benefits they can reasonably expect on the back of outsourcing business processes and technologies to a specialist third…
Waters Rankings 2022 Winner's Interview: S&P Global Market Intelligence (Performance and Attribution)
S&P Global Market Intelligence won the best performance measurement and attribution system provider category in this year’s Waters Rankings.
Post-Trade Automation: The Race Toward Efficiency
Broadridge's Danny Green sits down with Victor Anderson and discusses his firm's recent acquisition of Itiviti, technology mutualization, and the back-office pain points currently impacting Broadridge’s clients.
Waters Wrap: Ion’s fixed income EMS & how tech development theory is changing
Some of the largest trading platform providers have embarked on major integration projects in recent years. As fintech disruption continues, Anthony says this is not a fad, but an evolutionary shift.
People Moves: EDM Council, Jacobi Asset Management, Versana, SIIA, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Linda Avery (pictured), who joins the EDM Council's board of directors.
Amid macro storm clouds, a silver linings playbook for fintech
Banks and VCs believe inflation and rising interest rates will result in winners as well as losers