Protocol
It’s just semantics: The web standard that could replace the identifiers you love to hate
Data ontologists say that the IRI, a cousin of the humble URL, could put the various wars over identity resolution to bed—for good.
Deutsche Bank works on standardized protocols for asset tokenization
The bank is looking at its role as an asset servicer to ensure the safety of tokenized assets and investor protection. It plans to have a limited prototype by November.
Broadridge’s LTX looks to GenAI as it competes for market share
LTX has pinned its hopes of breaking into the fixed-income market on innovative use of AI. But how successful has its approach been, and what is it up against?
For MarketAxess, portfolio trading buoys flat revenue in Q3
The vendor is betting on new platforms like X-Pro and Adaptive Auto-X, which helped forge a record quarter for platform usage.
Can FIX fix patchy exchange outage communications?
A FIX working group is hoping to standardize the way that venues communicate with the sell side when markets fail.
Terminal velocity: MarketAxess bets on algo trading as electronification of fixed income gathers speed
MarketAxess hopes to bring fresh ideas from other asset classes with acquisition of multi-asset algorithm provider Pragma.
MarketAxess looks to proprietary data and automation with new offerings
The fixed-income trading provider’s Adaptive Auto-X automation tool and new data offerings were a bright spot amid lackluster Q2 earnings.
This Week: Europe’s Mifir review, MarketAxess, FIA, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
The ecosystem trap: Why app stores perpetuate vendor lock-in
And how FDC3 appD can solve this problem
Confidential computing won’t save you from data breaches—but it can help
A Google exec and a Stevens Institute director lay out the potential and the pitfalls of this emerging cloud computing technology for data protection.
Industry participants: ‘Digital Token Identifier’ aims to increase interop, usage
While some trading firms are welcoming the use of a new non-proprietary code for identifying digital tokens, the onus will be on local regulators to enforce its adoption.
Where does Pyth fit in?
A small number of exchanges have joined the Pyth Network. Nyela wonders whether the on-chain data distribution model fits in with the swift rise of data marketplaces.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Fixed income execution & innovation
This week, Spencer Lee, chief markets officer at TS Imagine, joins Tony on the podcast to discuss execution issues and innovation within the fixed income space.
Waters Wrap: The buy side, the changing nature of buy v. build, and how fintech has evolved
Neal Pawar, the former CTO of AQR and current COO of Qontigo, chats with Anthony about some of the major trends that are changing how asset managers interact with the vendor community, and how this shift mirrors the most significant evolutions in capital…
Pick a lane: Anna DSB to rival CDM coded swaps reporting?
Dual machine-executable rules are set to create choice—and maybe bifurcation—for swaps reporting
Adaptive pushes low-latency open-source messaging
The London-based consultancy is looking to engage firms and exchanges on its Aeron messaging technology, which it acquired earlier this year.
In finance, all APIs are not created equal
With the rise of APIs, it’s easier than ever for companies to position themselves as open to collaboration and eager to provide access, but some of these access points tell a different story under the hood.
FDC3 updates interop standard with 2.0 rollout as adoption grows
Finos gets ahead of FDC3’s critical mass by making breaking changes to the desktop interop standard, including baked-in data exchange.
Project Octopus becomes Octaura, killing BofA’s Instinct platform and Citi Velocity trading protocol
Backed by the banks in the Project Octopus consortium, the new, independent company will launch this year with a focus on new trading protocols and integrated data analytics. At the same time, Bank of America will sunset its single-dealer loan trading…
FDC3 creator sets sights on cloud-based interop with new company
Nicholas Kolba’s new venture aims to provide cloud-based interoperability for financial services apps—free of desktop containers and proprietary implementations.
Academics use granular data for futures market predictions
Researchers at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences are using granular futures data from BMLL for research on less-covered futures markets.