Real-time risk management
South Africa’s equity markets court HFTs with tech upgrades
Competition for flow has driven innovation in connectivity, risk, and data provision.
BoE model risk rule may drive real-time monitoring of AI
New rule requires banks to rerun performance tests on models that recalibrate dynamically.
Post-acquisition, Ion’s List eyes OTC market
List is integrating its Janus product suite with Clarus Financial Technology’s OTC risk management system.
Bloomberg’s Aim-Port integration highlights broader industry interop push
The data giant is creating tighter back-end interoperability between its buy-side platforms and using APIs to connect with other third-party providers.
This Week: KPMG/Volante Technologies, LiquidityBook, Northern Trust & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Tech vendors rethink risk in era of surging options volume
As options volumes soar, technology vendors are thinking about new risks posed when legacy infrastructure meets increasingly complex markets.
This Week: LSEG/Quantile, Ice, Morningstar/Sentifi, SimCorp/FundApps, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Post-trade in the cloud: Startup RQD aims to reimagine clearing
With the post-trade space poised for major change, startup clearing firm RQD says a new cloud-based platform will help it respond to client needs and new business opportunities.
Bloomberg deploys math, not AI, to blend risk management and portfolio construction
The Mac3 GRM risk solution is live for equities users, uses no AI or machine learning, and will be rolled out to more asset classes next.
Meme stocks: Data providers conflicted on offering investment analyses
While some alternative data providers are jumping in on the meme-stock craze by producing new datasets and analyses geared toward risk management and alpha generation, others—perhaps rightly so—are staying cautious.
GameStop post-mortem: Alt data world confronts eroding barrier between online and real life
After Redditors staged an epic short squeeze against a handful of hedge funds, some in the industry are left wondering whether today’s models and data techniques are prepared for world where online often equals real life.
Silent Eight Preps Transaction Monitoring Tool
The firm is testing the tool with a few clients before making it available to a broader audience.
Torstone to Integrate Risk Calculations into Inferno
The vendor will add trading position flow and risk calculations to the platform this year, as it continues to integrate functions from recent acquisition Percentile.
Bloomberg to Offer Next-Gen Risk Models to Enterprise, Terminal Clients
In addition to consolidating the Port risk models for terminal users and enterprise clients, the data vendor is looking to use advanced risk models to create better hedging strategies for equities.
Cboe Buys Hanweck and FT Options in Dual Acquisition
The exchange group has made a strategic double buy hoping to boost capacity in solving portfolio and balance sheet risk for clients.
OKEx Expands Crypto Derivatives Offering
The Malta-headquartered digital asset exchange has upgraded its trading architecture, with an eye on futures and options trading features.
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.
Machine Learning Shakes Up Classical Financial Risk Modeling
BlackRock, MSCI, and La Française are some of the firms looking to replace traditional, linear risk models.
Barclays Leads Pack on $14 Million Funding Round for Cloud9 Platform
The platform aims to modernize communications among counterparties and deliver sophisticated data analytics.
Minium Signs Marex Spectron as First Client
Cinnober subsidiary inks maiden deal for risk-management platform.
Rival Systems Introduces New VAR Feature
Chicago-based firm adds Value at Risk to its latest risk management offerings.