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Crypto Exchange BTSE Plans Futures Trading
The new features are designed around feedback from clients and will be available from next month.
December 2018: Getting There
Data management is more about striving than finalizing.
Billions Lost Highlight Corporate Actions Tech Failures
Processing corporate actions is usually the last workflow to be automated, mainly due to the complexities involved and the weakness of underlying data. Wei-Shen Wong explains how this has changed over the last few years and what challenges remain.
Untapped Potential:The Road to Semantic Heaven
There is a movement underway to establish universal standards and the semantic ontologies that make them sing. As the industry approaches semantic utopia, questions remain about what steps need to be taken to get there and whether all the work will be…
Trouble with the Curve
As the industry scrambles to find the next best thing in a post-Libor world, the most viable emerging substitutions are based on actual transaction data, but still fall short.
Arachnys Launches CRI Platform for Financial Investigations
The vendor soft launched the platform a couple of months ago and has seen a significant rise in use, owing to enhanced regulatory responsibilities.
Deep Learning: The Evolution is Here
Advancements in AI have led to new ways for firms to generate alpha and better serve clients. The next great evolution in the space could come in the form of deep learning. WatersTechnology speaks with data scientists at banks, asset managers and vendors…
Tax Data Report: Fast-Forward into a New Era of Tax Data Management
Are you ready for a new era of tax transparency following the introduction of the Packaged Retail and Insurance-Based Investment Products (Priips) and the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) regulations?
S&P and Wolters Kluwer Partner on CECL Product
The OneSumX CECL solution combines S&P's historical default and recovery data with Wolters Kluwer's finance, risk and reporting platform.
The New Oil Rush: An Examination of the Alternative Data Market
Banks are looking to cash in on the alternative data boom, but an in-depth investigation of the alternative data market shows that they may be in for an uphill battle to claim territory.
Nice Actimize Debuts AI-Powered Platform X-Sight
The platform is cloud based and will use machine-learning strategies to develop insights.
Evolve or Die: Asset Managers Cultivate Data Science Teams
Firms are using machine learning and natural-language processing tools—no longer to grab an edge, but merely to remain competitive.
Mind Your Language: Surveillance Systems Tackle Conduct Risk
While advanced voice analytics technologies have been around for years, banks have often used them as a blunt instrument, or a regulatory checkbox. Now they are increasingly seeing them as useful tools for managing conduct risk and employee protection…
The Fast and the Curious: The Latency Barrier for Institutional Crypto Traders
Institutional investors want to enter the crypto space but the lack of infrastructure around guaranteed latency and access to real-time market data is hindering a wider entry into the field. By Emilia David
Axioma Buffs Risk Platform with Data Cache and Dashboards
The separate cache stores risk calculations so reports don't have to be rerun and are generated faster.
The New Guard: Ryusuke Yokoyama, JPX
Ryusuke Yokoyama sits down with Wei-Shen Wong to discuss his three-decade career at the TSE and JPX, how the exchange is looking to help the industry improve its settlement cycles and how the company is experimenting with blockchain and AI technologies…
Flow Traders Deploys Corvil’s Intelligence Hub
The AI-driven intelligence hub will deliver real-time insights to enhance its risk management.
Thomson Reuters Partners ModuleQ for Business Intelligence
The application will provide professional investors with personalized business insights, using AI-driven technology.
Africa’s Sleeping Fintech Giant Stirs
The growth of fintech hubs, and a populace comfortable with digital banking and mobile technology, could signal a new era for African market technology.
Storebrand AM Completes Move to SimCorp Dimension
Norway’s largest private asset manager finalizes the last leg of its technology consolidation project.