Analytics
Waters Wrap: The buy side, the changing nature of buy v. build, and how fintech has evolved
Neal Pawar, the former CTO of AQR and current COO of Qontigo, chats with Anthony about some of the major trends that are changing how asset managers interact with the vendor community, and how this shift mirrors the most significant evolutions in capital…
Post-acquisition, Ion’s List eyes OTC market
List is integrating its Janus product suite with Clarus Financial Technology’s OTC risk management system.
Advancements in NLP bring focus to document insight
Vendors are looking to provide AI models to help financial professionals get more value out of unstructured data sources.
Waters Wrap: Fintech funding—follow the money
As funding for startups and young companies dries up due to inflation and rising interest rates, Anthony looks at some of the vendors that have received monetary infusions this year to see if there are any patterns to be gleaned.
People Moves: FactSet, Talos, Broadridge, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Neal Pawar (pictured), who joins Talos as a strategic adviser.
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.
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.
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.
Rival platforms battle to control electronic trading of CLOs
Octaura has the backing of dealers, while Kopentech is leaning into its buy-side roots
People Moves: Tradeweb, Ion, Burton-Taylor, HKEx, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Thomas Pluta (pictured), who joins Tradeweb as president-elect.
Bloomberg integrates with Insightful Technology to cover ‘explosion’ of communication channels
Insightful monitors in the range of 120 different communication channels and 40 different datasets, which will be integrated into Bloomberg Vault, among other BBG compliance systems.
A consolidated effort: State Street and FactSet look to take interop to the next level
Firms aim to provide a front-to-back data flow for asset managers, forming “deeper relationships” with their clients.
Putting location in its place: Geolocation data market contractions highlight importance of cost, context
All is not well for providers of geolocation data, with some slashing staff or shutting down entirely. Those still thriving are the ones who realize it’s no longer all about “location, location, location.”
Financial crime vendors respond to Ukraine demand
Anti-money laundering laws and sanctions have brought complexity to banks' KYC/AML processes. Some vendors are responding by investing in their systems.
People Moves: Broadridge, Tradeweb, Ice, FCA, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Rana Yared (pictured), who joins the board of Tradeweb as an independent director and a member of the audit committee.
SocGen to move datacenter footprint in Americas to AWS, Azure
SG Americas plans to significantly reduce and even close datacenters in the US as a result of moving to the cloud and defining controls around cloud and data governance.
Escaping the ‘data swamp’: GoldenSource aims to improve data lake, warehouse analytics
As part of its cloud migration, the EDM vendor is launching an end-to-end ‘lake house’ service to help firms better manage their data.
FactSet blends ML, NLP for predictive data analysis
The vendor is drawing on its vast collection of data to develop predictive signals for credit ratings, shareholder activism and more.
People Moves: TP Icap, ACA Group, BNP Paribas, Morningstar, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Marie Luchet (pictured), who joins ACA Group as managing director of ESG.
Project Octopus becomes Octaura, killing BofA’s Instinct platform and Citi Velocity trading protocol
Backed by the banks in the Project Octopus consortium, the new, independent company will launch this year with a focus on new trading protocols and integrated data analytics. At the same time, Bank of America will sunset its single-dealer loan trading…
Best Data Analytics Provider—Bloomberg
Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards 2022
Academics use granular data for futures market predictions
Researchers at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences are using granular futures data from BMLL for research on less-covered futures markets.
Beyond the 'big red blob': UBS sees future in data mesh for analytics
The Swiss bank has started a journey to implementing mesh data architecture, a new concept for federated data availability in enterprises aimed at getting value out of analytical data.