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Jumping ship: Concerns raised over LSEG’s 2022 Docklands datacenter move
The project comes at a time when Euronext is considering a datacenter move, and sources speculate that Six might also be another candidate to migrate. Market participants are split on the news of the LSEG migration, with some calling it “frustrating,”…
Has Covid stopped the clocks on FX timestamp efforts?
Budget reallocation may not be the only factor stalling standardization progress, say market participants.
Vendors Continue to Move Products, Services to the Cloud: Some Examples
Last year, most (if not all) financial technology providers either completed or started major projects that involved moving their products and services to the cloud. WatersTechnology looks at 15 of the more interesting cloud-migration initiatives from…
Bloomberg Enlists NLG to Write News Summaries
The data provider is using natural language generation to summarize news articles and write automated stories.
Banking Experts: Tech Isn't the Whole Solution to Financial Crime
The industry and researchers are challenging the touting of privacy-enhancing technologies as a cure-all for KYC/AML failures, and advocating systemic reform.
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.
European Commission Picks FactSet for Risk Data
The EU authority is buying three datasets from the vendor, which it will use to track supply chain risk in the single market.
IPC Looks to Partner with Additional Transcription Service Providers
The comms and networking provider is expanding its service after partnering with OpenFin.
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.
OneMarketData Advances on Cloud Migration and Extends Asset Class Coverage
The vendor will roll out new coverage across OTC derivatives, fixed income, and FX in the third and fourth quarters.
Multicast: The ‘Holy Grail’ for Getting Exchanges to the Cloud
Cloud providers are hunting for a way to bring multicasting to the cloud for low-latency market data distribution, unlocking the gateway for traditional exchanges to shift core infrastructure to the cloud without negatively impacting high-speed trading.
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.
Don't Cut Alt Data Spend, HSBC Data Manager Warns
Slashing budgets will lead to inaccuracies as banks turn to alt data for fraud detection and to monitor customer behavior during the coronavirus crisis.
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.
Despite New Approaches, Industry Still Divided Over Data Licensing
Data licensing agreements remain a source of contention for the industry, as suppliers look to differentiate offerings via disruptive pricing structures.
FactSet Embraces Web Technologies for Workstation
The research and data giant is using OpenFin to build out web capabilities for its Workstation platform.
Weighing the Benefits: Hardware Vs Software
In the pursuit of new ways to eliminate latency from the market data distribution and trading processes, vendors have invested in hardware-acceleration technologies, such as FPGAs. But with commodity chips now giving specialist hardware a run for its…
Velocimetrics Looks to Add Functionality to Performance Analysis Solution
Network traffic capture and analytics integration to allow traders to have a forensic record of transaction lifecycles and do real-time monitoring.
TREP’s Tipping Point? An Examination of Refinitiv’s Market Data Platform
Refinitiv—and by extension, TREP—has experienced a fair amount of disruption over the last two years. Competitors are lining up to cut into the platform's market share.
TISA Assesses Vendors for Mifid II Reporting Solution
The regulatory reporting utility product for fund managers is targeted to go live by mid-2020.
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.
Bloomberg Advances on Cloud Data Strategy
The global data giant is working with clients to deploy its data services from the three main cloud providers.