Analytics
Waters Wrap: When will Big Tech providers turn sights on the market data space? (And deep learning)
In recent years, the major cloud providers have expanded their service offerings specific to capital markets firms. Some industry observers believe it’s just a matter of time until they get involved in market data M&A activity.
This Week: SimCorp/JP Morgan; SGX/TNS; Barclays/MarketAxess and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
People Moves: HKEx, LSEG, Esma, Finos, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from the past week, including Nicolas Aguzin (pictured), who joins HKEx as its new CEO.
This Week: IHS Markit; IceExchange/ BondLink; TickSmith/Snowflake
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Goldman inks modeling, data tie-up with MSCI
The move to cross-sell risk analytics could herald further content deals for the bank’s Marquee platform, says its sales chief.
LSEG to replatform Matching and FXall
Migration to stock exchange’s tech platform aims to deliver faster speeds and more order types.
Finra taps AWS for next-gen regulatory search tools
A long-time AWS client, Finra is using a combination of AWS tools and its own knowledge graph to generate better search results.
This Week: JP Morgan, Deutsche Börse, Refinitiv, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
This Week: ICE, IHS Markit, Commerzbank/Deutsche Börse, TNS & more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: The looming data storage wars (And Bloomberg killers)
Anthony first looks at the data storage space, explaining that fees are likely to increase for buy- and sell-side firms in the near-term. He also wonders if there’s a market in the terminal/workstation space for innovative startups to gain traction. As…
This Week: TP Icap, Confluence, Bloomberg, Iress-Cosaic, Tradeweb, SmartStream, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bloomberg on FRTB
Bloomberg's Eugene Stern and Brad Foster discuss data challenges relating to the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB).
BMLL partners with quants for HFT regulation
Researchers from a Paris university are using the provider’s data and coding environment to build models for more efficient regulatory approaches.
People Moves: Nomura; Goldman Sachs/Talos; Rathbone Brothers; and More
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Sameer Jain (pictured), who has been appointed to oversee Nomura’s IT and operations for its global wholesale business.
This Week: Refinitiv; State Street/BlackRock; SteelEye; SimCorp; FEX Global/TT
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
IBM lures banks’ critical workloads to financial cloud as ‘threat’ from big tech looms large
Having signed a trio of new banks to its financial services-specific cloud, the computing giant is betting on cutting-edge technologies like confidential computing to entice banks threatened by big tech firms.
Engineers tap machine learning to improve graph analytics
Augmenting graph analytics with AI can detect more complicated anomalies, vendors say.
IHS Markit soft launches more Risk Bureau capabilities ahead of Libor transition
The newly-acquired data giant targets the sell side with a suite of new risk-based applications meant to help banks with the transition from Libor, which is expected for the end of this year.
As asset managers look to Asia for alpha, analytics & visualization tools take center stage
PineBridge Investments uses economic and time-series data analytics provider Macrobond Financial to better its economics research, which supports its portfolio managers and the firm’s overall investment thesis.
GameStop post-mortem: Alt data world confronts eroding barrier between online and real life
After Redditors staged an epic short squeeze against a handful of hedge funds, some in the industry are left wondering whether today’s models and data techniques are prepared for world where online often equals real life.
The Pulse of the Industry 2021—ESG, Advanced Data Analytics and Data Scientists in the Spotlight
This webinar investigates the challenges facing market participants in sourcing, managing and integrating ESG data into investment workflows. The panellists discuss the various opportunities opened up to capital markets firms on the back of cloud-based,…
Linedata looks to modularize OMS, analytics offerings to compete in consolidating market
After releasing its cloud-native AMP and data analytics platforms in 2020, Linedata is looking to readjust its OMS strategy as it embraces microservices.
OTC FX options market gears up for faster electronification
The share of electronic trading in the market remains low, but a host of factors promise to change that for good.
Broadridge’s LTX bond trading platform faces uphill battle
Entering a saturated market of electronic trading technology this summer, the new AI-powered platform must clear several hurdles before it can declare success.