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People Moves: TP Icap, Euronext, BNP Paribas, Trading Technologies, BestEx, Planixs
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Andrew Polydor (pictured), who has been appointed head of global markets at TP Icap.
This Week: Refinitiv, State Street, FlexTrade, FactSet/Microsoft, Cboe, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
If it ain’t broke, broker it: IDBs explore new ways of selling data
As interest in OTC marketplaces grows, so does the value of data generated by brokers in those markets. But monetizing that data involves many challenges. Max looks at some potential solutions.
MayStreet hires former SEC CAT advisor as industry ‘rethinks’ market data infrastructure
Manisha Kimmel played a key role in getting the CAT running and worked at rival Refinitiv before joining the US regulator.
Waters Wrap: Dash Financial gets nabbed by Ion (And monetizing data)
Ion Group has acquired Dash Financial. Whether or not this ends up being a good marriage will come down to the people making the tech platforms, Anthony says.
Broker data policies stoke fears of ‘exchange-style’ fees and audits
Interdealer brokers are looking enviously at the way exchanges have been able to grow data revenues, providing a stable stream of profits as other business lines have declined. But following the exchange model has its own challenges.
People Moves: MarketAxess, SimCorp, Shoreline, Sova Capital, Nutanix, RIMES, Capco, LiquidShare
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Raj Paranandi (pictured), who has been appointed COO EMEA/APAC at MarketAxess.
Not so Fast: SEC’s SIP Rule Speeds Ahead, But Faces Bumpy Road
Jo is skeptical that the SEC’s finalized market data infrastructure rule will make the public market data feeds faster.
RBC Taps Salesforce and Others for Broker, Wealth Custody Platform
The full platform, leveraging an open API architecture and multiple third-party providers, will enter beta testing in early 2021.
Wells Fargo’s Head of Quant Strategy Explains HPR Deployment
Wells Fargo’s Quantitative Prime Services division has tapped HPR’s Unimus platform, starting with its market access gateway and risk management tool.
Waters Wrap: Blockchain is Still Overhyped (And Ion/Broadway Thoughts & the Consulting Boom)
In 2016, Anthony wrote that the blockchain revolution was overhyped—unsurprisingly, his opinions have not changed. He also delves into the Ion-Broadway deal, and looks at new consulting/advisory firms that have recently come to market.
IEX Makes Expansion Bid as New Limit Order is Approved
The Investors Exchange is now looking to propose a second new order type for NBBO non-mid liquidity.
Citco Launches Data Services Platform
The fund administrator’s clients can now access multiple datasets from one data lake.
How Schroders is Bypassing the Noise in News Sentiment to Identify Credit Risk
The UK asset manager is using Owlin's media analytics platform to identify negative news sentiment linked to credit risk.
Integral Goes Live with New UX for FX Platform
The vendor’s seventh generation of its single-dealer platform is built on HTML5 to allow for more customization.
Waters Wrap: Snowflake Makes its Move (And Ref Data Headaches & Data-Sourcing-as-a-Service)
Anthony explores how Snowflake is trying to win over business in the cap markets, talks about the reference data space, and examines a new breed of data vendors.
EOSE Preps Bespoke Data Sourcing Service for Financial Firms
The move is in response to inbound demand from firms seeking hard-to-find datasets.
Covid Could Cause US Regulators to Rethink Surveillance
Not having specific requirements and procedures for firms to refer to ended up putting some funds in a tough place during the pandemic’s early days.
People Moves: BNY Mellon, RJ O’Brien, CrossTower
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Mark McKeon (pictured) who has been appointed Global Head of Front-to-Back Solutions at BNY Mellon’s asset servicing business.
Post Acquisition, Gresham Looks to Integrate Inforalgo to Improve CAT Offering
The vendor is streamlining its platform for reporting to the consolidated audit trail.
Waters Wrap: The NEX Brand Slowly Disappears (Plus Market Data Fights & AI Integrations)
Anthony looks at what's become of NEX since the CME acquisition, as well as discussions over odd lot reform and S&P's Kensho implementation.
Exchanges, SEC At Odds Over Odd Lots
Industry insiders warn that the regulator’s attempts to modernize equities data by redefining trading lots will fall short of the mark if odd lot orders remain unprotected.
Trading Technologies Preps September OMS Launch
The anticipated replacement for its X_Trader platform will share a tightly integrated ecosystem with its EMS, and will debut a raft of new order handling features.
oneZero Expands into Institutional Market
The vendor has been adding members to its team with buy-side and wholesale broking backgrounds.