Analytics
Waters Wavelength Podcast: IBM’s Likhit Wagle on modernizing mainframes
IBM’s general manager of global banking and financial markets joins the podcast to talk about the importance of modernizing mainframes.
People Moves: Exegy, Luma, Capco, CAIS and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Julian Elliot (pictured), who joins Integral as senior product officer.
Patchy data thwarts consolidated tape hopefuls in Europe
Vendors grapple with unstandardized data reporting and data gaps in their push to develop a consolidated tape, as the EU prepares to unveil its latest legislative plans.
This Week: Finos, Northern Trust, DTCC, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: CME & Google—the first domino falls
Anthony explores some of the unanswered questions—and potential ripple effects—that come with the new partnership between CME and Google.
This Week: Trading Technologies, Goldman Sachs/Digital Asset, SimCorp/Citi and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Vendors push voice data across the trade lifecycle
Through partnerships and acquisitions, communications vendors are integrating voice data into different parts of the trade lifecycle to offer more sophisticated analytics and easier user interfaces.
Competing CTPs won’t work, warn EU firms, calling for single tape provider
As the industry awaits upcoming EC proposals, some firms are voicing concerns that mandating multiple CTPs could create fresh problems around data fragmentation and connectivity costs.
Bank of Montreal begins 2nd phase of cloud migration and development strategy
Similar to its competitors, BMO wants the future development of financial services tools to be cloud-native. The bank expects 30% of workflows to be moved to the cloud within three years.
Six partners with BMLL for best execution analysis
The Swiss exchange is using the vendor's data and analytics to provide insight to brokers around Swiss EBBO liquidity.
This Week: Cboe, Euroclear; Société Générale, Bloomberg/Sustainalytics
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
SimCorp makes push into managed services
The Danish vendor is in the early stages of moving into accounting services. In later phases, it plans to expand services across the back and front office.
Anna Service Bureau upgrade aims to evolve with emerging data landscape
Modernization will help numbering agency data hub adapt to new technologies and improve data quality post-Isin review.
This Week: SmartStream, LSEG/Finbourne, FactSet/Cobalt, DTCC, BNP Paribas, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
After Refinitiv deal, LSEG Labs builds machine-learning market impact tool
Geoff Horrell talks about the Lab’s innovation strategy after the Refinitiv acquisition, deep learning, and the ideation process.
Ex-UBS Asset Management CDO takes aim at challenge of data discovery
Suvrat Bansal’s startup aims to make it easier to get data into the hands of those who need it, but who may not know it exists, faster.
Northern Trust focuses on alpha generation with recent investments, partnerships
Northern Trust has invested in three firms this year, which now sit in its investment data science division as part of its Whole Office strategy.
This Week: Deutsche Borse; State Street; IHS Markit; MSCI; & more
A summary of the week's financial technology news.
SFDR pushes fund administrators to rethink ESG offerings
Some fund admins prefer to build ESG products in-house, while others, notably Northern Trust, consider it ‘inefficient’ from a cost and time perspective.
BlackRock to grant funds power to track climate risks
The Aladdin platform, which holds trillions of dollars, aims to show whether funds are burning the Earth or saving it.
SimCorp takes ‘Aim’ at EDM space with DataCare rollout
Since launching DataCare in April 2020, the vendor has signed up eight clients, including Zurich Group Investment Management.
People Moves: Canoe Intelligence, Transcend, Clear Street, Gresham Technologies, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Vishal Saxena (pictured), who joins Canoe Intelligence as chief technology officer.
This Week: CME/IHS Markit, Bloomberg, OpenExchange, Equinix, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.