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This Week: SmartStream, BSO/Oracle, Gleif, BMLL, Genesis/XP Investimentos
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
State Street focuses on 6 data vendors for ESG analysis
State Street’s Chris Berry explains how the asset servicer winnowed 60 ESG data providers down to six, and why this strategy has proved to be effective.
Pictet Asset Management enlists Finsemble to overhaul fixed-income, FX workflows
The Swiss bank’s asset management division has been working with Cosaic for a bit over a year, and has used Finsemble to automate heavy workflows in FX pricing, money market yields, and credit.
LME overhauls tech, data stack amid calls for trading floor closure
The London-based commodities exchange has embarked on an ambitious technology and data infrastructure modernization strategy as it takes steps to close its open-outcry floor.
HKEX targets company disclosure gaps with artificial intelligence
The system monitors annual reports for issuer compliance with listing rules, speeding up a formerly manual job.
Goldman taps alt data for economic forecasts during pandemic
Economists at the bank leveraged a combination of public and third-party data to make conclusions about the future during uncertain times.
People Moves: MarketAxess, SimCorp, Shoreline, Sova Capital, Nutanix, RIMES, Capco, LiquidShare
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Raj Paranandi (pictured), who has been appointed COO EMEA/APAC at MarketAxess.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 224 (Mental Health)
Wei-Shen and Tony are trying a different format this year with the podcast, and they start by discussing mental health and ways to help and support coworkers and friends.
This Week: CME/IHS, Nasdaq, Snowflake/Clearwater, Bloomberg/Rockefeller, FlexTrade
A look at some of the past week’s financial technology news.
US pension fund teams up with academics to cut through ESG fog
Pension Reserves Investment Management and MIT’s business school are looking to improve ESG data and to reflect all investors’ views.
S&P/IHS Markit: OPIS Faces Spin-Off; Cappitech Beefs Up Regtech Frontline
Commonalities between the two firms' commodities pricing units bring them under regulatory scrutiny as they move closer to an acquisition deal. At the same time, it appears that IHS will lean into the regulatory reporting space.
A Fireside Chat with Marion Leslie (SIX)
Victor Anderson catches up with Marion Leslie on the first anniversary of her appointment as head of the financial information division of SIX, the Zurich-based data specialist.
Covid Re-Exposed Bond Market’s Liquidity Problems—Is Change Finally Here?
Three fixed-income experts look back on the bond market’s liquidity crisis spurred by the pandemic’s early days, and ponder where regulation and data-quality efforts might next lead the space.
OpenFin Builds Out Notification Center
The desktop interoperability provider will continue building other 'standard' desktop components.
Vendors Continue to Move Products, Services to the Cloud: Some Examples
Last year, most (if not all) financial technology providers either completed or started major projects that involved moving their products and services to the cloud. WatersTechnology looks at 15 of the more interesting cloud-migration initiatives from…
FactSet, Snowflake Take Aim at Financial Data Mapping Challenges
FactSet’s mapping service, Concordance, can be used on its own or with Snowflake’s cloud, enabling users to apply the offering to other datasets in Snowflake’s ecosystem.
People Moves: IBM, BNY Mellon, Capco, Volante Technologies
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Gary D.Cohn (pictured), who has been appointed vice chairman at IBM.
Waters Wrap: Why Banks Should Start Experimenting with Quantum Today (And ESG’s Next Wave)
If banks want to future-proof against quantum computing disruption, Anthony says they need to start experimenting now. But there’s another reason to start down this path: as Goldman Sach’s William Zeng explains, there’s a lot of funding that’s available…
This Week: Pimco/Man Group, Microsoft & Others, Cboe, Trumid/Goldman Sachs, Fenergo, & More
A look at some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Cohesion on ESG Standards Still Elusive, Despite Biden Win
While many expect the president-elect to take a bullish stance on environmental issues, it's unclear what a new dispensation can do for the dilemmas around ESG standards.
Crunch Time for Covid-Era Tech
Covid culture is set to continue this year, as are the associated changes to working practices in the financial markets and the technologies that support them. Max wonders what the new ‘virtual’ reality will look like in 2021 and beyond.
Goldman Sachs, IBM Lay Out Quantum Project for Derivatives Pricing
The two firms spent the better part of 2020 developing a detailed analysis of the quantum computing resources needed to achieve quantum advantage in derivatives pricing. Execs from IBM and Goldman explain why this benchmark is important for future…