Cloud
Covid Provides RPA a Chance to Shine, but Skeptics Remain
The pandemic has highlighted the need for greater automation, leaving some retail banks to embrace RPA, which could seep into the wholesale capital markets.
Pandemic Fuels New Wave of Surveillance Tech
Firms are investing in new solutions for monitoring the front office in lockdown conditions, but the latest technologies raise concerns about privacy and intrusion.
UnaVista Rolls Out Reporting Analytics for Performance and Market Surveillance
The regulatory business is developing enhanced analytics to improve reporting accuracy and identify signs of market manipulation.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 197: A Look at Innovation
Benjamin Quinlan, CEO and managing partner at Quinlan & Associates discusses innovation and technology hype.
FactSet Datasets Go Live on Snowflake Data Warehouse
FactSet is the first major data provider to make content available via the cloud-based data-warehousing platform.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 196: Bloomberg’s Gerard Francis, Part 3
Bloomberg’s Gerard Francis is back on the podcast to discuss cloud computing and accessibility of data.
Trading Technologies Unveils New Futures Market Data Feed
As the fight over market data fees in the futures market heats up, the Chicago-based trading platform provider is rolling out a new platform that provides a free view of market order flow for TT platform users.
AST Launches Blockchain Share-Ownership Platform for Private Companies
The platform will make it easier for pre-IPO companies to attract funding from early-stage investors targeting privately-held growth companies.
BT Radianz to Add Chinese Alt Datafeeds
Initially, BT Radianz is looking for datasets that could help forecast consumer demand, such as sentiment, consumption, and transactional data.
IHS Markit Rolls Out New Buy-Side Derivatives Risk Modeling Platform
The product combines emerging technologies to offer speed, scale, and new perspectives on credit spreads and portfolio performance by overlaying financial data with alt data.
Banking Regulator: Beef Up Security in Covid-19 Remote Working Era
The OCC security controller warns that cybercriminals are exploiting the wider attack surface created by remote working.
Delivering a Winning Data Strategy—Optimizing Your Data Ecosystem
This webinar focusses on the intricacies of the industry’s data supply chain, suppliers’ and consumers’ day-to-day pain points and how they can be remedied, the crucial role that cloud plays as a catalyst for enablement and change, and the solutions and…
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 194: ITRS Group’s Warren on Capacity Planning
CEO of ITRS Group, Guy Warren, joins the podcast to talk about capacity planning and overspending for cloud services.
FactSet Embraces Web Technologies for Workstation
The research and data giant is using OpenFin to build out web capabilities for its Workstation platform.
BlackRock Onboards 8 Aladdin Clients Remotely
The asset management giant has turned to collaboration tools to help with client implementations during the pandemic lockdown.
People Moves: Microsoft, Ownera, Cboe, Capitolis, Clearwater and ACA
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Tais O’Dwyer (pictured), who joins Microsoft.
Banks Grapple with VPN Capacity Amid Covid-Induced Network Strain
Private network limitations and variable internet connectivity have challenged operational resiliency and business continuity plans.
UBS’s COO: 'Hybrid Pods' Accelerate Remote Working Solutions Amid Pandemic
Beatriz Martin says the bank has about 400 of these agile development teams—which were first rolled out last year—consisting of about 2,500 people across the organization.
Capital Markets—What Data-Driven Innovation Looks Like in 2020
This webinar explores industry executives' experiences of data-driven innovation, as well as the challenges and opportunities they have encountered. With reference to specific use-cases, the panel examines the transformative effects of cloud, big data,…
Goldman Sachs Revamps Virtualization Infrastructure
The investment bank is leveraging Red Hat's OpenShift technology to better manage its global footprint of virtual machines.
Charles River Pushes Ahead with Azure Cloud Migration
The vendor has, however, seen some clients pause their migration plans due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Balyasny AM's CDO: Going Quantamental with Alternative Data
Carson Boneck shares his thoughts on Balyasny's efforts to marry the best of its fundamental and quant teams.
Torstone to Integrate Risk Calculations into Inferno
The vendor will add trading position flow and risk calculations to the platform this year, as it continues to integrate functions from recent acquisition Percentile.
Bright Lights, Where Are You?
Are you suffering from cabin fever? You’re not alone. Wei-Shen writes about some of her struggles and how we need to stay positive to overcome this together.