Machine learning
Banks Race to Adapt AML Systems for the Coronavirus Age
Lenders expect regulatory lashing if controls fail to keep pace with changes in criminal behavior.
Amid Public Market Volatility, Emerging Technologies Boost Investor Confidence in Private Markets
As the private markets grow, so does investor appetite for them, particularly as public markets hurt. Emerging technologies are helping.
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,…
Covid-19 Piles Pressure on Fund Accounting
Fund administrators are dealing with unprecedented volumes of pricing information and exceptions.
On Cobol and Legacy Systems: Covid-19 Turmoil Calls For Change
Financial industry experts say the time to start future-proofing was yesterday.
JP Morgan Investment Insulates Limeglass Start-Up Amid Coronavirus
The research start-up is growing its team and is in discussions with clients, despite Covid-19 disruption, after the bank acquired a stake.
This Week: State Street/Microsoft; Refinitiv/Global Relay; SimCorp/Anima; TSE & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Covid-19 Tumult Tests AI Fund Returns
Some machine learning strategies have coped well, but others began to struggle as panic mounted.
Morgan Stanley’s AlphaWise Uses Alt Data to Track Coronavirus
The bank’s research business is using artificial intelligence, traditional consumer surveys, and visualization techniques to monitor the impact of Covid-19.
Ping An: NLP Takes on Greater Importance in Turbulent Times
The firm's chief scientist discusses how NLP is being used to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and how it can be applied for financial services.
Mosaic to Launch Mobile Version of Data Analytics Platform
The functionality is already available for tablets, with the cell phone version expected in the third quarter.
AI Fraud Systems Frazzled by Covid-19
Seismic changes in customer behavior are seeing machine learning solutions throw out false positives.
STAC Preps Benchmark Expansion to AI, Analytics
By benchmarking the performance of AI systems, STAC will help firms identify best-of-breed components for creating platforms with the best overall performance.
In Expansion Beyond HFT, FPGAs Eye AI
After a decade of supercharging low-latency applications, Wei-Shen Wong explores how FPGAs are pushing into new areas of the capital markets, driven by interest in AI & ML.
CLS Assembles Data Science Team to Decode FX Volatility
The information services division at the FX settlement specialist is recruiting data analysts for a special project.
Lighting Up the Black Box: A Must for Investors?
Many quants contend that you must be able to interpret machine learning in order to use it.
MEMX Goes with Nasdaq for Market Surveillance
The Members Exchange plans to be live with the platform by its launch date of July 24, despite market volatility.
Datactics Takes 'Human-in-the-Loop' Approach to Machine Learning
The data quality and matching specialist is testing an entity resolution model for better transparency and explainability.
Data ‘Disconnect’: New ML Tools Stuck Solving Old Data Problems
Experts advise using machine learning to solve data quality challenges before applying it to alpha-generating strategies.
S&P Global Platts Taps Kensho's AI to Solve Commodities' Big Data Woes
Following initiatives with S&P Global Market Intelligence, Kensho Technologies is tackling new projects for sibling department S&P Global Platts.
Transforming NLP: A Look at New Tools Being Used by Banks
The evolution of natural language processing is rapidly progressing. Jo Wright takes a look at BERT, one of the more game-changing innovations that is helping to transform the field of machine learning in the capital markets.
'Data Mining is Bullsh*t' — An Examination
With the growth of alternative data in the capital markets, firms are struggling to find value, and are disillusioned by the loss of time, human capital, and money. Goldman Sachs’ Matthew Rothman believes this has created a situation where vendors and…
This Week: BNY Mellon; Amazon/Digital Asset; TP ICAP; Hazeltree; SimCorp & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Fuzzy Data Stalls ESG Alpha Hunt
Quants searching for ESG signals have reached very different conclusions. Mostly they blame the data.