Risk
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.
From burst to bust: What happens when cloud runs dry?
After years of initial resistance, the capital markets have come to depend heavily on the compute capacity of the public cloud. But increasing market volumes are rapidly outpacing the cloud capacity that organizations thought would be sufficient for…
SFDR pushes fund administrators to rethink ESG offerings
Some fund admins prefer to build ESG products in-house, while others, notably Northern Trust, consider it ‘inefficient’ from a cost and time perspective.
The Modern Commodities Trading Lifecycle: How Technology is Transforming Business Processes
Sinara explains how it is leveraging its software expertise to overhaul and modernize business processes that have traditionally been focused around outdated and less efficient manual touchpoints
Making the Business Case for Systematizing FX Optimization
This webinar explores the purpose-built technologies available to capital markets firms to help them systematize and add transparency to their capital optimization processes, benefiting the business, counterparties and end-investors, while also complying…
BlackRock to grant funds power to track climate risks
The Aladdin platform, which holds trillions of dollars, aims to show whether funds are burning the Earth or saving it.
Google-Greenwich: Financial firms agree on cloud's ubiquity, but vary widely on use cases
New research highlights predicted growth areas for cloud computing—and the tools it enables, such as AI and machine learning—in the capital markets. Spoiler alert: Google says cloud is becoming as ubiquitous as the search giant itself.
Alt data’s second inning: Brace for a long M&A game
The alternative data sector is still relatively nascent, and as such buy-side firms have struggled with how best to incorporate these non-traditional sources of information. While sources say that there will be continued M&A in the market, how those…
This Week: S&P Global Market Intelligence, SimCorp, SS&C, Six, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Ion expands into OTC markets with Clarus deal
With the deal, the tech titan adds real-time swaps margin analytics to its post-trade services for listed derivatives.
People Moves: FactSet, AFMA, Finos, Tradeweb and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Linda Huber (pictured), who joins FactSet as chief financial officer.
Risky business: Moody’s attempts to carve out space in overrun ESG market
In the past two years, Moody’s Analytics has acquired four vendors that the ratings specialist hopes to integrate for ESG offerings in a crowded market.
Not a drill: Alt data providers push oil and gas for investment
As the oil and gas industries say they're “greening” operations, vendors are offering ESG data and metrics to help investment professionals understand future risks and financial returns.
Capitolis to acquire LMRKTS
Deal for multilateral compression provider latest in wave of post-trade tie-ups, as SA-CCR bites
This Week: Bloomberg, Broadridge, Rimes, Glue42, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Investment bank wraps up major tech overhaul after Covid-19 setback
Stifel Europe weathered 2020 volatility and switched vendors in looking to simplify its middle- and back-office functions and increase tech investment.
Waters Wrap: On outages, teamwork & greed (And ESG innovation & consultants)
Anthony examines a proposed protocol in Europe that would help keep liquidity flowing if there’s a major exchange outage. He also discusses innovation in the realm of ESG, and Esma’s new data analytics platform.
Goldman tackles climate risk controls
Lender joins other banks in translating physical and transition threats into controls framework
People Moves: NomadData, Credit Suisse, Saxo Bank, Broadridge, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Justin Manikas (pictured), who has been appointed vice president of partnerships at Nomad Data.
A blockchain believer: Broadridge looks to expand its DLT influence
The market infrastructure provider has rolled out its blockchain-based repo transaction platform with plans to further build on the emerging technology.
Broadway Technology 2.0: Post-Ion split, the vendor reimagines its future
Broadway will look to build out its fixed income trading workflows, grow its as-a-service offering, lean into the low-code movement, while considering new asset classes to expand into—all while once again competing with Ion.
Direxion turns to Two Sigma’s Venn for thematic ETFs
The firm is using the platform as a comparison tool as it evolves its fund offerings.