Buy-Side Technology/News
Nomura’s Head of Digital Warns of AI’s Predictive Limitations
The investment bank’s deputy chief digital officer says machines cannot predict markets, as the bank consolidates trading operations and builds an AI trading platform for fixed income and FX.
Euroclear to Roll Out Fixed Income Data Services
The post-trade firm and custodian will launch new data services for fixed income liquidity and APIs for its reference data offerings.
Oracle Leverages Deep Learning To Detect Financial Crime
Oracle is using deep learning to find matching patterns for graph analytics within its compliance platform.
Cboe Plans Comeback in Crypto Markets
The US exchange is again planning to offer crypto derivatives, while after previous attempts to gain regulatory approval to list crypto ETFs were thwarted.
BlackRock and UBS Seek Partnerships to Expand in China
Relationships with Chinese banks and asset managers will help global firms to better develop and distribute products to investors in the country.
People Moves: LSEG, BNY Mellon, Matthew Nelson, Jennifer Grancio and LiquidityBook
A look at some of the key 'people moves' from last week, including Arne Staal's move to LSEG and BNY Mellon's new global FX COO, Paresh Shah.
This Week: SimCorp, Nasdaq, FactSet/Snowflake, IBM
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
FIS Acquires Virtus to Expand Managed Services in Credit Space
FIS is looking to integrate Virtus technology platforms into its back-office solutions.
Isda Wants Regulators to use its Model to Draft Rules
The trade association is looking to offer its Common Domain Model to rulemakers.
LSEG: Cloud Enables Better Visualization Tools
Advances made in the exchange group's cloud program have filtered down to help improve its data offerings.
This Week: Fidelity Digital Asset, State Street, HSBC, Instinet, INTL FCStone, Quantopian
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Ahead of Test, CAT Faces Hurdles with Reporter Agreement
Sources say broker-dealers have not yet signed an agreement allowing them access to the test environment.
SEI Expanding API Usage to Better Partner with Fintechs
SEI will work with other companies to build third-party applications connecting to its wealth platform.
Wells Fargo Exec: Banks Struggle To Feed Hungry AI
Vast amounts of data and processing could hinder exploitation of emerging tech, says Ravi Radhakrishnan as it partners with MIT-IBM Research lab.
This Week: AWS Quantum, Nomura/Pico, Broadridge, Instinet
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Nice Actimize to Add More Visualization, Machine Learning to Surveillance Platform
Planned upgrades for 2020 include more data on graphs and new machine learning models.
RBC Capital Markets Seeks Analytics Vendors
The investment bank is looking to partner with companies like Pyramid Analytics for better insight.
APIs to Help with Regulatory Differences Over Dark Trading
Technologists urged to adopt a more flexible plug-and-play approach using APIs, as concerns grow about the FCA and Esma's differing attitudes toward dark trading.
LSEG Building New Algo-Testing Tool
The exchange group is developing new regtech products while looking to move these offerings to the cloud in 2020.
Fundament Expanding Tokenized German Real Estate Offering
For it's real estate token, 90% of investment is coming from institutional firms.
Universal-Investment Building Amazon-Style Offering For Funds
The Frankfurt-based firm still has to get regulatory approval for the blockchain project, but aims to start beta testing next year.
AFME Calls for pan-European Crypto Asset Taxonomy
The industry body has urged EU lawmakers and stakeholders to become leaders in delivering a common regulatory framework for digital assets.
Qontigo to Release Index Building Platforms
The company, a merger of Axioma, Stoxx and Dax, will offer factor indices and ESG-based index creation.
3Forge Looks to Expand its Visualization Capabilities
The company also tapped an independent party to conduct speed tests on its platform.