Analytics
This Week: Goldman Sachs, MSCI/MarketAxess, Cboe/ErisX, & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
People Moves: TP Icap, Nasdaq, CFTC, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Mark Govoni (pictured), who joins TP Icap as the chief executive officer of its agency execution division.
Cboe completes integrations of triple acquisition, turns focus on risk and analytics
In 2020, Cboe Global Markets acquired three businesses in rapid succession. Two years later, the tech stack integrations are complete, and the now-combined entities make up the majority of the exchange’s rebranded Risk and Market Analytics Group.
Waters Wrap: Snowflake’s cloud plans and what they mean for the interop movement
Upstart Snowflake hopes to be the global data network that brings true interoperability between data and trading platforms across the capital markets. Anthony says it’s an audacious plan, but one worth watching.
This Week: FIS/Microsoft, Bloomberg/MSCI, Higo/Tora, & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Collaborating to innovate: Franklin Templeton builds out internal/external fintech programs
The asset management giant is strengthening its investment management and data science initiative to streamline innovation within the firm.
New datasets illuminate risky ‘pledged securities’ for investment analysis, due diligence
Until now, information around this opaque type of dataset has been hard to find, though it’s becoming increasingly important to financial analysts.
Exchanges, vendors reinvent inventory management platforms to enable sales
Data sources are realizing they can leverage end-user inventory management tools to streamline their side of the data sales and licensing process.
People Moves: Cboe, Broadridge, DTCC, Liquidnet, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Stephanie Renner (pictured), who has been named senior vice president of international finance at Cboe Global Markets.
This Week: KPMG/Volante Technologies, LiquidityBook, Northern Trust & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
People Moves: Cboe, State Street, Sifma, Arria NLG, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Mark Goodey (pictured), who joins Arria NLG as managing director and innovation strategist.
Brokers eye regulatory info as growth dataset to ease banks’ compliance burden
For years, inter-dealer brokers have provided price data on the markets in which they broker trades. Now, they spy a new growth opportunity—providing tailored datasets of clients’ trading activity to help them comply with a growing and increasingly…
EDM Council pegs market adoption of CDMC framework at 3 years
Six months after the EDM Council released its guidelines for managing sensitive data in the cloud, some new names have joined the effort, and the trade body is seeking companies to join its authorized partner program.
As cybersecurity policy takes shape, are data vendors next in SEC's sights?
New rules target a range of players in the capital markets, from broker-dealers to trading venues, and the agency could be coming for data and analytics vendors and index providers.
This Week: Bloomberg; Charles River, DTCC, SmartStream & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
People Moves: BNP Paribas, HKEX, Broadway, BMLL, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Tim Baker (pictured), who joins BMLL as senior advisor.
This Week: Bloomberg/Google; SocGen; Aquis Exchange & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: Bloomberg, MSCI, Liquidnet & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Limiting fat-finger errors: Using AI, the ESA and Mosaic aim to make traders more efficient
The European Space Agency is looking to apply space technology and AI to help financial firms better manage risk and find alpha-generating signals. Mosaic Smart Data is now four years into a partnership with the organization and is taking aim at…
Waters Wrap: Google’s cap markets play portends a shift in trade tech philosophies
According to Google’s Phil Moyer, the capital markets are shifting from a world where location determined liquidity, to one where accessibility will be the main differentiator for exchanges. Anthony explores what this could mean for trading firms going…
Asset managers seek greater transparency into ESG index providers’ ratings
While there is no consensus on whether ESG ratings providers should be regulated, asset managers largely agree that more transparency into their vendors’ methodologies is needed.
One view to rule them all: Buy side firms seek to unify their data
Asset management firms still struggle to consolidate their data so that it speaks the same language across different business lines. Some new SaaS-based investment management vendors are aiming to solve this.
Waters Wrap: Data ownership & storm clouds brewing
Thanks to technological advancement, firms are finding new ways to monetize data. While the question of “who owns the data” was never a pressing one in the past, Anthony says that there are reasons to believe that will soon change.