Emerging markets
Interactive Brokers looks beyond US borders for growth opportunities
As retail trading has grown in volume and importance, Interactive Brokers and others are expanding international offerings and marketing abroad.
Sell side ramps up outsourced trading desk services for still-skeptical buy side
A raft of new entrants are offering outsourced trading services to buy-side firms, anticipating a wave of takeup among larger asset managers, driven by cost and coverage needs. But are they aiming too high?
How Russia’s war on Ukraine impacts the global IT industry
Businesses with staff based in Ukraine reckon with an unprecedented juggling act.
People Moves: DTCC, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Trading Technologies, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Frank La Salla (pictured), who joins DTCC as its next president and chief executive officer.
New datasets illuminate risky ‘pledged securities’ for investment analysis, due diligence
Until now, information around this opaque type of dataset has been hard to find, though it’s becoming increasingly important to financial analysts.
This Week: Bloomberg, MSCI, Liquidnet & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
People Moves: MarketAxess, FCA, Cowen, IQ-EQ, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Nash Panchal (pictured), who joins MarketAxess as chief information officer.
An EU Consolidated Tape: Advancements made in 2021, but still far to go in ’22
The second half of the year saw some long-awaited progress in the mission to fill the void of a consolidated tape in the European Union.
Power to the People
Information is a valuable commodity in the financial services industry, although its real value is only fully realized when it is interpreted and shared across the business. This is the domain of Macrobond, which not only provides the broadest and…
New entrants want to feed bond market’s hunger for data
In the absence of a consolidated tape for debt securities in the EU, vendors with different approaches to distributing fixed-income market data are emerging.
The ESG Holy Grail doesn’t exist… yet
As buy-side firms strive to stand out in a maturing ESG-driven market, they will look for data in areas where coverage is still poor.
Beyond ratings: Vendors look to fill ESG data gaps
Start-ups and non-traditional data providers are exploiting niches where investment professionals can't rely on ratings.
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.
Quants Find New Ways to Identify Inventive Companies
Buy-side firms are using patent and other types of data to identify trailblazer companies from phonies.
People Moves: Fitch Group, 3d Innovations, BCS, Torstone Technology
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Heidi Lanford (pictured), who has been appointed chief data officer at Fitch Group.
Qontigo Releases New 'Linked' Risk Model Covering Global Equities
The new offering blends existing Axioma risk models into a single, nuanced risk assessment.
This Week: S&P Global/Intapp/DealCloud; Rimes; Stifel/Nasdaq & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Four Asset Managers Explain How They Incorporate ESG Data
Execs From UBS AM, Lazard AM, DWS, and East Capital look at incorporating ESG data into their investment practices for more holistic views of risk and opportunity.
Tellimer Group Launches New Insights Platform
The platform will use natural language processing to deliver curated research from analysts covering emerging markets.
Gresham Technologies Looks to Asia for Growth
The fintech company, which provides recon, onboarding, compliance, risk, and data services, is also looking to expand its alternatives coverage in the US.
People Moves: Euronext, RJO, CloudMargin, And More
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Georges Lauchard, new chief operating officer at Euronext (pictured).