Data Management
Tariffs, data spikes, and having a ‘reasonable level of paranoia’
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. Covid brought a “new normal” and a multitude of lessons that markets—and people—are still learning. New tariffs and global economic uncertainty mean it’s time to apply them, ready or not.
Saugata Saha pilots S&P’s way through data interoperability, AI
Saha, who was named president of S&P Global Market Intelligence last year, details how the company is looking at enterprise data and the success of its early investments in AI.
Data partnerships, outsourced trading, developer wins, Studio Ghibli, and more
The Waters Cooler: CME and Google Cloud reach second base, Visible Alpha settles in at S&P, and another overnight trading venue is approved in this week’s news round-up.
A new data analytics studio born from a large asset manager hits the market
Amundi Asset Management’s tech arm is commercializing a tool that has 500 users at the buy-side firm.
One year on, S&P makes Visible Alpha more visible
The data giant says its acquisition of Visible Alpha last May is enabling it to bring the smaller vendor’s data to a range of new audiences.
Accelerated clearing and settlement, private markets, the future of LSEG’s AIM market, and more
The Waters Cooler: Fitch touts AWS AI for developer productivity, Nasdaq expands tech deal with South American exchanges, National Australia Bank enlists TransFicc, and more in this week’s news roundup.
‘Barcodes’ for market data and how they’ll revolutionize contract compliance
The IMD Wrap: Several recent initiatives could ease arduous data audit and reporting processes. But they need buy-in from all parties if all parties are to benefit.
‘The opaque juggernaut’: Private credit’s data deficiencies become clear
Investor demand to take advantage of the growing private credit markets is rising, despite limited data, trading mechanisms, and a lack of liquidity.
Unleashing the power of data and technology in an age of digital transformation
How Bloomberg sees digital transformation and the strategies it employs to solve data and technology pain points for its clients.
Fitch claims 20% developer productivity boost using AWS GenAI tools
The vendors have expanded an existing deal to include new Amazon tools that have helped Fitch modernize its infrastructure and applications.
US sovereign wealth fund project highlights the private assets problem
Firms have a growing appetite for private markets, as shown by President Trump’s proposed creation of a US SWF. GoldenSource’s James Corrigan writes that to ensure success, core technology must be built on strong data foundations.
DLT and digital contracts for market data: Has the hammer found the nail?
Waters Wrap: A new platform that a custom-made DLT underpins is coming to market. Anthony examines its merits and, surprisingly, finds a lot.
Bond CT hopeful Etrading unveils free tape prototype ahead of tenders
The vendor hopes to provide the long-awaited consolidated tape for bonds in the EU and the UK, demonstrating its ability to do so through ETS Connect.
Big xyt exploring bid to provide EU equities CT
So far, only one group, a consortium of the major European exchanges, has formally kept its hat in the ring to provide Europe’s consolidated tape for equities.
Orchestrade resists SaaS model in favor of customer flexibility
Firms like Orchestrade are minimizing funds and banks’ risks with different approaches to risk management.
Hyperscalers to take hits as AI demand overpowers datacenter capacity
The IMD Wrap: Max asks, who’s really raising your datacenter costs? And how can you reduce them?
New FPGA component aims to curb co-lo costs
Hardware ticker plant provider Exegy is working on a new FPGA solution that it says will free up costly processing power on firms’ existing co-lo servers.
Market data woes, new and improved partnerships, acquisitions, and more
The Waters Cooler: BNY and OpenAI hold hands, FactSet partners with Interop.io, and trading technology gets more complicated in this week’s news round-up.
Asset manager Fortlake turns to AI data mapping for derivatives reporting
The firm also intends to streamline the data it sends to its administrator and establish a centralized database with the help of Fait Solutions.
New study reveals soaring market data spend led by trading terminals
The research finds that 2024 was a record year for overall market data spend, supported by growth in terminal use, new license schemes by index providers, and great price variation among ratings agencies.
The murky future of buying or building trading technology
Waters Wrap: It’s obvious the buy-v-build debate is changing as AI gets more complex, but Anthony wonders how trading firms will keep up.