Asset management
BlackRock and AccessFintech partner, LSEG collabs with OpenAI, Apex launches Pisces service, and more
The Waters Cooler: CJC launches MDC service, Centreon secures Sixth Street investment, UK bond CT update, and more in this week’s news roundup.
How an asset manager employs analytics to evaluate performance
Channing Capital, an institutional investment firm managing nearly $5 billion in assets, uses Aapryl to analyze its performance.
Secondaries market growth triggers data issues for investors
Private market secondaries have exploded, but at the cost of significant data challenges for investors. Simon Tang, Accelex’s head of US, explains how unstructured data formats are causing transparency issues and slowing the industry’s growth.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 328: FundGuard’s Lior Yogev
He joins the podcast to discuss legacy tech stacks at asset management firms.
Northern Trust Asset Management enlists network theory to construct alpha signals
The $1.3 trillion asset manager will publish a paper later this year detailing how measuring network effects helps it better understand persistent drivers in trends.
SS&C sets early roadmap after Calastone buy
CEO Bill Stone also said on SS&C’s earnings call that Blue Prism, AI are helping to push growth.
M&G Investments braves cost headwinds in pursuit of AI
The UK asset manager’s AI ambitions started with the creation of a data lake to ensure high-quality data is being fed into models.
Numerix strikes Hundsun deal as China pushes domestic tech
The homegrown tech initiative—‘Xinchuang’—is a new challenge for foreign vendors.
As agentic AI comes into play, buy side weighs outsourced options
Asset managers wanting to use sophisticated forms of AI must square their interest in the tool with mounting cost pressures.
As costs rise, buy-side CIOs urge caution on AI
Conference attendees encouraged asset managers to tread carefully when looking to deploy AI-driven solutions, citing high cost pressures.
Project Condor: Inside the data exercise expanding Man Group’s universe
Voice of the CTO: The investment management firm is strategically restructuring its data and trading architecture.
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.
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.
Orchestrade resists SaaS model in favor of customer flexibility
Firms like Orchestrade are minimizing funds and banks’ risks with different approaches to risk management.
To unlock $40T private markets, Hamilton Lane embraced automation
In search of greater transparency and higher quality data, asset managers are taking a tech-first approach to resource gathering in an area that has major data problems.
European exchange data prices surge, new study shows
The report analyzed market data prices and fee structures from 2017 to 2024 and found that fee schedules have increased exponentially. Several exchanges say the findings are misleading.
AI co-pilot offers real-time portfolio rebalancing
WealthRyse’s platform melds graph theory, neural networks and quantum tech to help asset managers construct and rebalance portfolios more efficiently and at scale.
From no chance to no brainer: Inside outsourced trading’s buy-side charm offensive
Previously regarded with hesitancy and suspicion by the buy side, four asset managers explain their reasons for embracing outsourced trading.
Case study: Data monetization—NeoXam DataHub
MFEX by Euroclear is a B2B fund distribution platform, with more than 2,000 fund distributors and 2,500 fund management companies using the platform.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 292: Fencore’s James Crosby
James Crosby joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of buy side tech and data decisions.
SS&C fights ‘Frankenstein’ perception with further Advent, Eze integration
With the Genesis platform as the tech stack’s foundation, the vendor is looking to provide a front-to-back offering that allows end-users a paced introduction to the cloud.