Credit
MarkitSERV Delays Credit Rollout for TradeServ Platform
The vendor is live with FX NDFs on the new cloud-based platform, but credit has been pushed to 2020 earliest.
IHS Markit Boosts Asian Credit Liquidity Measurement with MSCI
The vendor will also expand its proxy pricing into the maturing fixed income markets outside of core regional financial centers.
DTCC Explores Gatekeeper Role for DLT Networks
Post-trade company looks to stay ahead of DLT curve with plans to act as CCP for firms trading on permission-based blockchains.
ING Setting Up Fintech Spin-Off for Bond Discovery Tool
The platform, called Katana, aims to help users find fixed income investment opportunities.
OpenFin Builds Out Visualization Functionality
The OS provider will focus on developing data visualization tools and prepping for the first wave of FDC3 standardized applications.
IHS Markit Considers Adding Corporate Bonds to iBoxx ChinaBond Indices
A lack of liquidity and the ability to accurately measure credit risk will be the biggest hurdles to overcome.
Trade Finance as an Asset Class: Rough Seas Ahead
As global banks seek to promote trade finance as an investable asset class to the buy side, the sector’s lack of technology and data infrastructure have come to light.
Not Random, and Not a Forest: Black-Box ML Turns White
Bayesian analysis can replace random forest with a single, powerful tree, writes UBS’s Giuseppe Nuti.
IIROC Melds Equities, Debt Surveillance on Nasdaq Smarts Platform
IIROC has used Nasdaq Smarts for market surveillance since 2010, but is consolidating equities and debt market surveillance for the first time.
Tackling China’s Onshore Bond Market
An on-the-ground look at China's growing bond market and the challenges that remain for foreign investors.
Loans Data Provider dv01 Launches Credit Risk Transfer Surveillance Service
The service will allow investors to perform deeper analytics on data from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2019: All the Winners and Why They Won
This year's SST Awards were held on the afternoon of April 12 in London. Here are this year's 31 category winners.
Digital Asset and Isda Create Rosetta Stone for Derivatives Smart Contracts
The event specification module will allow for a common DAML library that references machine-executable trade lifecycle events.
Leading Swap Dealers Join DTCC-Euroclear Margin Transit Utility
DTCC can now focus on expanding coverage of the MTU with the addition of leading dealers.
A Blueprint for Alternative Data in Asset Management
UBS Asset Management’s data chief sets out his recommendations for using alternative data in the investment process.
DTCC’s Blockchain-Powered Trade Information Warehouse Set for Late 2019 Launch
The credit derivatives processing facility will go live on the distributed ledger platform by the end of the year.
Fixed Income ESG Data: Materially Different
The ESG space is growing rapidly and gaining more attention, but one area that has been largely ignored by data providers is that of ESG information specific to fixed-income investors.
Banorte Digitizes Risk Operations
One of the largest financial institutions in Mexico is digitizing core risk and compliance functions to consolidate operations, reduce reconciliation costs and future-proof its IT infrastructure.
No-Deal Data Pacts Fail to Quell Hard Brexit Fears
UK and EU regulators agree to share data post-Brexit, but trading firms say this doesn’t go far enough.
A Look Back at Major Developments in Asia from 2018
From the data battle between the SGX and India to the ASX green-lighting its clearing blockchain project, Wei-Shen Wong looks back on topics that made headlines this past year.
DTCC Moves to Testing Phase for Trade Information Warehouse Project
The testing will include 15 global banks and is aimed to end by the first quarter of 2019.
JP Morgan Expanding Credit Tech Team
The bank is aiming to diversify and grow its credit trading technology team by 15 percent.
Orbital Insight Expands Telemetry Footprint, Considers New Delivery Service
As the startup expands the number of retailers it tracks and adds geolocation data to its offering, it will eventually deploy a PaaS model for do-it-yourself geospatial analytics.