Automation
Robo-raters Help Banks Vet Vendors for Cyber Risk
These specialists are touting services for monitoring third parties amid tougher rules on outsourcing risk.
Deutsche Bank's Bezuidenhout Explains Symphony, WeChat Usage for Trade Queries
The bank is looking to extend this feature to other asset classes in the future.
Broadridge CEO Tim Gokey Maps Out Technology Path
Gokey discusses Broadridge's aim to be a one-stop shop for users and how it sees emerging technologies as its future.
IBM and Bank of America Prep Financial Services-Specific Public Cloud
With security, privacy, risk, and control in mind, the duo have teamed up to provide an all-encompassing public cloud utility for the financial sector.
Jupiter Asset Management Taps RPA for Manual Process Automation
The asset manager is reviewing various processes to see what kinds of automation could bring efficiency.
Confluence & StatPro: A Sign of the Buy-Side Times
Confluence has a big job ahead integrating StatPro’s various analytics tools.
Confluence Buys StatPro
For £161.1 million, Confluence has purchased StatPro. Both companies stand to gain more global clients, and users can expect new products meant to alleviate pain points felt by the buy side.
Barclays: The Future of Post-Trade is a Common Utility Platform
Financial firms are pushing for a distributed market infrastructure model through efforts like Isda's Common Domain Model and distributed ledger technology.
Liquidnet Targets Long-Term Investors with New Business Unit
The new business unit will unify Liquidnet's last three acquisitions: Prattle, RSRCHXchange, and OTAS.
SimCorp to Allow Buy-Side Clients Plug-and-Play Access to Start-Ups
The Danish vendor is looking to partner with fintechs to allow for buy-side firms to benefit from minimal integrations and to reduce contractual barriers.
AI’s Next Phase – Thriving Through Implementation
Many in financial services are trialing artificial intelligence (AI) applications, with projects increasingly sophisticated in methodology and ambition. WatersTechnology, in partnership with SmartStream, recently convened a Chatham House-style discussion…
Symphony Pivots to Market Solutions and Workflows as Part of Rebrand
FIrm unveils new applications and features for the platform during its annual Innovate conference.
Clearstream Head Warns of Limitations of Simple AI
Revamping systems for STP is more useful than robotics applied to limited aspects of operations and workflow.
GreenKey To Release Front-End Dashboard For Analyzing Audio Data
The new tool, called the Blotter, will be a window into unstructured audio data as a form of operational alpha for the buy and sell sides.
China Industrial Securities Taps Bloomberg for its Buy-Side Offering
Regulation and growth have pushed the investment firm to go with Bloomberg’s front-to-back suite of solutions.
The Rise of the Robot Quant
The latest big idea in machine learning is to automate the drudge work in model-building for quants
Brown Brothers Harriman's Welch Explains Bank's Use of Artificial Intelligence
The bank has a number of projects using emerging technologies, one of which optimizes the process of detecting price anomalies.
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Charles River Looks to Automate Fixed Income Trade Lifecycle
As part of its automation move, Charles River will also offer MarketAxess’ automated fixed-income execution capability.
Deutsche Bank Develops Bot to Automate Parts of OTC Workflow
The already-developed bot is now awaiting incremental testing before it goes into production within six months.
Mizuho Finds New Ways to “Activate” its Data Using AI
The Japanese bank has already automated handwritten form processing and is experimenting with AI to make use of its unstructured data.
Northern Trust Automates Regulatory Reporting With Confluence
Confluence provides asset manager clients with automation capabilities for financial and regulatory reporting amid growing pressure and shrinking industry-wide headcount.
Kooltra Launches Cloud-Based Back-Office Tool for FX Market
The first rollout of the offering is geared toward smaller and new brokers looking to outsource their back-office tech.
SmartStream’s Model Client Approach
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