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Fighting FAIRR: Inside the bill aiming to keep AI and algos honest
The Financial Artificial Intelligence Risk Reduction Act seeks to fix a market abuse loophole by declaring that AI algorithms do not have brains.
Waters Wrap: The rise of AI washing… and regulation washing?
The SEC recently levied fines against two investment advisors over “AI washing”. Anthony takes issue with the announcement.
After contentious Opra upgrades, vendors brace for a faster future
Upgrades to the datafeed widely used to gauge the current market price for options contracts went into effect in February after three separate delays, which market participants say were caused by persistent bandwidth issues at some important recipients.
Man Group’s proprietary data platform is a timesaver for quants
The investment firm’s head of data delves into its alt data strategy and use of AI tools to boost quant efficiency.
European firms prime for lopsided settlement in North America and at home
With T+1 imminent in North America and increasingly likely to traverse the Atlantic, operations and trading professionals in Europe are fighting on two fronts.
Nasdaq CEO: GenAI ‘a whole new opportunity’
Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman and other top execs outlined a range of use cases for generative AI and other emerging technologies during its Investor Day.
Bloomberg updates risk analytics platform to cope with FRTB regional shifts
The data giant is also rolling out updates for climate risk and asset liability management on its platform.
As T+1 looms, non-US firms consider out-of-hours trading
Pruned settlement cycle forces foreign buy-siders to explore automating the FX leg of securities trades.
Hot topic: SEC climate disclosure rule divides industry
Proposal likely to flounder on First Amendment concerns, lawyers believe.
BMLL to expand coverage to Level 1 and Level 2 historical data
The London-based market data provider is aiming to provide higher quality data than its new competitors, but it faces an uphill battle.
CME moves core data to the cloud, readies new data products, analytics
The exchange group has migrated its core data to the cloud as part of its 10-year partnership with Google Cloud, and is now looking ahead to further migrations and leveraging the cloud to power new data products.
S&P completes ‘operational integration’ of IHS Markit, ups focus on genAI, new regtech tool
With the IHS Markit merger now behind it, S&P Global is set to release RegGPT and other AI-enabled products.
Blood, sweat, and tiers: how the SEC’s exchange rebates proposal could reshape US equities markets
The proposal to overhaul volume-based rebates for agency brokers may create significant shifts in liquidity, order routing, and competition. And industry practitioners are split on whether it’s for better or for worse.
TMX advances plans to launch US equities ATS
New trading solutions and market data sources underpin the Canadian exchange group's growth strategy.
This Week: BMLL makes historical datasets available on Snowflake; Tradeweb; Interop.io; and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
AI expert warns of algo-based market manipulation
An artificial intelligence professor warns of machine learning ‘arms race’ for regulators against those seeking to use new technologies to manipulate financial markets.
This Week: Europe’s Mifir review, FIA Tech, TRG Screen, UPI implementation, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Regulators’ FRTB estimates based on faulty premise—industry study
US market risk capital requirements could more than double if banks abandon IMA
Bloomberg’s Figi extends crypto inroads
In partnership with data provider Kaiko, Bloomberg has rolled out identifiers for almost 8,000 crypto assets as institutions increasingly look for structure and uniformity in a maturing sector.
Quant shop preps NLP-powered index for physical climate risk
Sharp rise in extreme weather events prompts PGIM Quant to aim for better climate-risk pricing
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Generative AI is here to stay, even if the path forward is unclear
Chatbots and large language models dominated the AI conversation this year with the expectation that 2024 will bring more innovation and use cases to the forefront.
Fixed income in 2023: Mergers, modernization, and mysteries, oh my!
Between tech revolutions, secret EMSs and electronified bonds, the fixed-income market saw major advancements over the last 12 months
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BMLL adds Canadian data amid global expansion strategy
The market data vendor plans to add more equities and futures exchanges in 2024.
Managing the FX challenge for T+1
As firms prepare for T+1 in May 2024, DTCC’s Val Wotton says they should also consider the complexities for cross-border trades.