Investment management
Aegon Asset Management Partners with ACA Compliance for Surveillance
The firm is using ACA's Decryptex to identify fraudulent trading behavior.
This Week: BNY Mellon; Amazon/Digital Asset; TP ICAP; Hazeltree; SimCorp & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
People Moves: Liquidnet; Broadridge, dv01, Cutter & more.
A look at some of the key people moves from the past week, including Vicky Sanders (pictured).
SimCorp Builds Out Real Estate Offering for Alternatives
The vendor is also experimenting with machine learning to help the buy-side sift through the vast amount of unstructured alternatives investment data.
DZ Bank Plans Machine-Readable Add-On for InGen Platform
The German bank developed the platform in its Innovation Lab and is currently working on updates.
Liquidnet Targets Long-Term Investors with New Business Unit
The new business unit will unify Liquidnet's last three acquisitions: Prattle, RSRCHXchange, and OTAS.
Man Group's Numeric Leans on Python for New Research Platform
Man Group's Gary Collier discusses the hedge fund's strategy of adopting a single platform for its funds.
Satellite Images Drive Climate Conversations
Investment firms are turning to pictures from the sky to understand environmental impacts for alpha generation.
Investec: For Alternative Data, Learn How to Fail Fast
Investment firms have the upper hand when dealing with expensive data vendors, says Investec’s Nico Smuts.
Acadian: Beware Quant Snake Oil
The quant firm’s Seth Weingram lays out his principles for the effective use of machine learning.
People Moves: Symphony, Finos, Neptune Networks, REGIS-TR
A look at some of the key "people moves" from the past week.
Ex-Goldman Sachs MD Joins Kingswood Board
Robert Suss brings background in wealth management to UK-based financial advisement firm.
Asset Managers Chase Signals in ESG Noise
Machine learning can tell stories from large datasets to drive alpha, say quants.
Fund Houses Get Picky Over Where to Use Machine Learning
Buy-siders have limited their usage of deep learning techniques due to haziness over their inner workings.
Itiviti Looks to Capitalize on Bloomberg's SSEOMS Exit
Its new CEO says there are 79 roles Itiviti is looking to fill to help fuel the company’s future growth.
BNY Mellon to Offer Custodial Data via BlackRock's Aladdin
This is the first time that Aladdin has been opened to external providers.
Bloomberg Plans to Exit SSEOMS, KYC Business Lines
Sources say that this will allow the information giant to focus on more valuable business lines.
Barnett's Big Plans for Rimes
Former LGIM CDO Andrew Barnett has a vision for his new job as head of product strategy at Rimes Technologies.
State Street Aims to Bolster ESG Offering with Latest Partnership
State Street is teaming up with Harvard professor George Serafeim to create solutions that help institutional investors find ESG materiality.
Hermes Ramps Up Cloud DevOps Strategy
Shift to Azure has dramatically increased investment manager's ability to push new code, engineers say.
Young Moves from Deloitte to Bentham IMF
New hires establish gender equality among the litigation funder's senior management team.