Organization & strategy
S&P completes ‘operational integration’ of IHS Markit, ups focus on genAI, new regtech tool
With the IHS Markit merger now behind it, S&P Global is set to release RegGPT and other AI-enabled products.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Symphony’s Brad Levy
Symphony’s CEO Brad Levy joins to discuss the future direction for the company and ESG data and analytics.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Numerix’s new CEO
Emanuele Conti joins to discuss his new role as the head of Numerix, the company’s M&A strategy, and his vision for the future.
People Moves: Broadridge, Siepe, Tradeweb and more.
A look at some recent people moves within the capital markets and data space.
Post-acquisition, Ion’s List eyes OTC market
List is integrating its Janus product suite with Clarus Financial Technology’s OTC risk management system.
After Refinitiv deal, LSEG Labs builds machine-learning market impact tool
Geoff Horrell talks about the Lab’s innovation strategy after the Refinitiv acquisition, deep learning, and the ideation process.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: State Street’s COO on acquisition strategy
Lou Maiuri, chief operating officer at State Street, joins the podcast to discuss State Street’s acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman’s Investor Services business.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 234 (Vaccine shots and anxiety)
Wei-Shen and Tony once again talk about mental health at the workplace and how firms should encourage their staff.
People Moves: Bitvore, KX, Wolters Kluwer, Neuravest & more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Elizabeth Pritchard (pictured), who joins Bitvore as CEO.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Dealing with Gen-Z
Robert Wigley, chairman at UK Finance, joins the podcast to talk about how companies can appeal to new and young talent.
People Moves: BestEx Research, Macrobond, Gresham, Baton, and more
A look at some of the key “people moves” from this week, including Dave Conner (pictured), who joins BestEx Research as managing director of client services.
HKEx's Data Play Slowly Comes Together
The exchange is currently working on building its enterprise data bus for better internal data management, but Wei-Shen finds that the exchange is still short on long-term answers.
Meet Cosaic, the New Name for ChartIQ and Finsemble
The move is intended to bridge clients' perception gap between its ChartIQ charting and Finsemble smart desktop integration businesses.
ChartIQ Tightens Charting & Finsemble Integration, Readies Rebrand
Having developed two separate product lines to showcase its charting and smart desktop integration offerings, ChartIQ is now bringing them closer together to solve client needs.
R3: Digital Asset Exchanges Will Expand Range of Traded Assets
The development of digital asset exchanges could disrupt capital markets by introducing new asset types and extending trading hours.
People Moves: BNP Paribas, Pico, Ideal Prediction, Causality Link, JonesTrading and SS&C
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Florence Porchet (pictured) who joins BNP Paribas as head of CIB Latin America.
UBS Cuts Outsourced Tech Jobs
The investment bank has eliminated thousands of roles and revamped its approach to outsourcing over the last two years.
Moody's Acquires Buy-Side Risk Analytics Platform RiskFirst
The deal will help Moody's expand its pension-fund footprint in the UK, and for RiskFirst to expand in the US.
Intrinio Raises $5 Million for Data R&D, Institutional Push
The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based vendor will use the funds to expand its data coverage and increase its footprint in the institutional investor space.
Bloomberg Plans to Exit SSEOMS, KYC Business Lines
Sources say that this will allow the information giant to focus on more valuable business lines.
Hod Heads Strategy at Digital Asset
The data and fintech veteran will be responsible for identifying new areas of potential opportunity for the distributed-ledger technology vendor.