Trading Tech
Deutsche Bank First Looks to Interop, Chatbot Projects After Partnering with Google
The bank will look to enhance existing capabilities and potentially introduce new solutions with Google’s help.
Banks Warn of Rise in Ransomware Attacks
Banks must improve resilience of remote-working staff, says Wells Fargo financial crime expert
Morgan Stanley’s Digital Research Assistant Knows Who You Are
The bank's AI-powered research chatbot, developed with Symphony Communications, acts as a personalized research assistant and will soon be rolled out to external clients.
Banking Experts: Tech Isn't the Whole Solution to Financial Crime
The industry and researchers are challenging the touting of privacy-enhancing technologies as a cure-all for KYC/AML failures, and advocating systemic reform.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 215: Bill Murphy on Innovation & Technical Debt
Bill Murphy, formerly Blackstone's CTO and now managing partner at Cresting Wave, talks technical debt, machine learning, blockchain, management strategy & more.
QuantConnect Brings Low-Code Principles to Quant Finance
Later this year the vendor is looking to allow users to clip together various components of an algorithmic trading strategy, making it easier for users with limited programming skills to build their own trading strategies.
Science Friction: Some Tire of Waiting for Quantum’s Leap
Use cases for quantum computing are piling up—from CVA to VAR. But so are the obstacles
TRG Screen Melds FITS, InfoMatch for Next-Gen Data Cost Management Platform
The first iterations of the new Optimize platform will be available early next year.
Asset Manager Nuveen Builds New Data Platform to Integrate ESG Information
The TIAA company has developed its own metrics and partnered with provider Zaloni for a comprehensive approach to sustainable investing.
IEX Makes Expansion Bid as New Limit Order is Approved
The Investors Exchange is now looking to propose a second new order type for NBBO non-mid liquidity.
Waters Wrap: On Refinitiv and Old Rivalries (And FIGI & Data Governance)
Anthony explores some of the questions raised by Refinitiv's plan to move away from Eikon and Thomson One. He also looks at data governance trends, and asks why the FIGI is having such a tough time gaining acceptance.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 214: BNY Mellon's Hans Brown on Innovation
Hans delves into machine learning, moonshot projects, technical debt, and what has been learned during the pandemic.
Cloud in the Time of Covid: If Not Now, When?
The cloud proved to be a saving grace for financial services firms that moved to agile environments even before Covid-19 hit. But there are still appreciable numbers of firms that continue to rely on—and are hamstrung by—legacy and in-house-deployed…
This Week: ASIC/RBA, TSE, Schroders/SteelEye, HKEx, Talos, and more
A look at some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Manulife Refines ESG Methodology and Plugs Data Gaps with NLP
The asset manager has adopted materiality tools, industry handbooks, and NLP techniques to help navigate ESG data limitations.
RPA Provides ‘Quick Wins’, But at What Cost?
Banking experts urge firms to consider re-engineering a process before turning to robotic process automation.
Dutch Banks, Zapata Computing Tap Quantum Computing for Stress Test Projects
ABN, ING and Rabobank are exploring quantum for regulatory stress tests. In the US, Zapata Computing is seeking a patent for the same.
Bloomberg's FIGI: A Case of Red Light, Green Light
After the route toward accreditation via the ISO petered out, Bloomberg is vying to establish its reference data standard as a system of record in the US, following a win in Brazil.
Milestone Group to Launch Fair-Value Feature to Flagship Platform
The vendor will make the pControl add-on globally available to clients later in 2020.
EU Proposal Takes Aim at Major Cloud Providers
Jo writes that the EU’s new digital package could find large cloud providers operating in the bloc subject to potentially invasive oversight, as the EU strives for “data sovereignty”.
Refinitiv Begins Move Away from Eikon, Thomson One with Debut of 'Workspace'
The new platform is first being targeted at advisors and wealth managers, and will eventually be available for traders, analysts, portfolio managers, quants, and developers.
Morgan Stanley, SocGen Shift Sight Line on Who's Accountable for Data
The two banks outline their ambitious data governance programs, which make business professionals culpable for their organization's data decisions.
Waters Wrap: Causal Machine Learning Represents Next Evolution of AI (Plus ESG & Innovation Issues)
Anthony looks at an interesting project using causal inference by IBM and Refinitiv, and what this latest evolution of machine learning could mean for innovation in the capital markets in the future.
This Week: MEMX, IUAM/SS&C, Northern Trust, EBS and BME
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.