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MarketAxess builds strategy around X-Pro
MarketAxess profits were down in Q1, but revenues were up and automation volume hit a record $94 billion.
Waters Wrap: GenAI and rising tides
As banks, asset managers, and vendors ratchet up generative AI experiments and rollouts, Anthony explains why collaboration between business and tech teams is crucial.
Canada’s triparty repo launch aims to fill C$60bn void
Test trades on TMX/Clearstream platform represent “quantum leap” for creaking funding markets.
Best reference data integration provider—SmartStream Technologies
Product overview—SmartStream Reference Data ServicesSmartStream Reference Data Services (RDS) provides firms with and manages timely and accurate trade and regulatory data, making it easier for them to access and consume for a variety of…
Best reference data managed service—dxFeed
Product overview—dxFeed Market Data IaaSIn recent years, dxFeed, a subsidiary of Devexperts, has received increasing numbers of requests from firms to handle their data infrastructure in addition to the provision of market data itself…
People Moves: NorQuant, Tradition, Duco, HKEx, SimCorp, Hazeltree, Xceptor, Broadridge, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space.
This Week: S&P to link Visible Alpha with Capital IQ; BlackRock/Securitize and more
S&P closes Visible Alpha deal, preps integration with Capital IQS&P Global this week closed its previously announced acquisition of consensus forecast estimates provider Visible Alpha for an undisclosed sum. The company also outlined plans to…
Ice moves to meet demand for greater cloud, AI capabilities
The exchange also outlined competitive advantages behind managing its data and cloud strategy internally during its Q1 earnings call on Thursday.
Northern Trust building internal cloud data ‘marketplace’
Using a mix of in-house expertise and third-party technologies, the firm has constructed a cloud-based data mesh that gives internal staff access to proprietary datasets and analytical tools to deliver greater insights into client activity.
Bank-led consortium takes aim at position reporting
Five banks, including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and HSBC, have joined forces to mitigate interpretation and implementation errors in position reporting disclosures.
FactSet looks to build on portfolio commentary with AI
Its new solution will allow users to write attribution summaries more quickly and adds to its goal of further accelerating discoverability, automation, and innovation.
How Ally found the key to GenAI at the bottom of a teacup
Risk-and-tech chemistry—plus Microsoft’s flexibility—has seen the US lender leap from experiments to execution.
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The IMD Wrap: Beginning of the end for data audits?
This week, there’s exciting news for data bean-counters in the form of a partnership between two vendors that could change the way we view and track data usage and audits.
This Week: BBH, AllianceBernstein add data solutions, Deutsche Börse-Nodal Exchange, and more
A summary of some of the latest financial technology news.
Consortium backs BGC’s effort to challenge CME
Banks and market makers—including BofA, Citi, Goldman, Jump and Tower—will have a 26% stake in FMX.
S&P debuts Spark Assist genAI copilot, draws up ‘Blueprints’ of combined datasets
S&P’s Kensho subsidiary has rolled out new emerging tech products leveraging AI to explore and combine the vendor’s wealth of datasets to solve common use cases.
Symphony boosts Cloud9 voice offerings with AI
The messaging and collaboration platform builds on Cloud9’s capabilities as it embraces the AI wave in what CEO Brad Levy calls “incremental” steps.
Can exchanges leverage new tech to claw back ETF share from RFQ platforms?
Systematic trading strategies and proliferating data are bringing efficiency to an otherwise-fragmented European ETF market.
MSCI counts the cost of bank M&A, looks ahead to custom indexes, AI
Cancellations of overlapping contracts following a bank merger put a dent in MSCI’s earnings, but management remains upbeat about the potential of recent acquisitions and new technology developments.
Nasdaq reshuffles tech divisions post-Adenza
Adenza is now fully integrated into the exchange operator’s ecosystem, bringing opportunities for new business and a fresh perspective on how fintech fits into its strategy.
Liquidnet sees electronic future for gray bond trading
TP Icap’s gray market bond trading unit has more than doubled transactions in the first quarter of 2024.
Witad Awards 2024: Technology innovator of the year (vendor)—Christy Bremner, SS&C Technologies
Christy Bremner, senior vice president, Institutional & Investment Management (I&IM) division at SS&C Technologies, wins technology innovator of the year (vendor) in the 2024 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Verafin launches genAI copilot for fincrime investigators
Features include document summarization and improved research tools.
Waters Wrap: Open source and storm clouds on the horizon
Regulators and politicians in America and Europe are increasingly concerned about AI—and, by extension, open-source development. Anthony says there are real reasons for concern.
This Week: HKEx's new derivatives platform; GoldenSource; Quonian-SimCorp, and more
A summary of some of the latest financial technology news.
Chris Edmonds takes the reins at ICE Fixed Income and Data Services
Edmonds is now leading ICE’s fixed income and data business as the rush to provide better data and analytics in fixed income builds.