Automation
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.
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
Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards 2019 Winners' Circle
JP Morgan Turns to Machine Learning for Options Hedging
These new models sidestep Black-Scholes and could slash hedging costs for some derivatives by up to 80%.
Liquidnet Builds Netflix-like Functionality for Buy Side
The company is leveraging AI to make investment suggestions and dig out sentiment from spoken announcements.
Trade Finance as an Asset Class: Rough Seas Ahead
As global banks seek to promote trade finance as an investable asset class to the buy side, the sector’s lack of technology and data infrastructure have come to light.
Brown Brothers Harriman Experiments with Machine Learning
The firm is developing machine learning models internally to optimize the reconciliation process and detect price anomalies.
BrokerTec Introduces RFQ For European Repo Market
The RFQ model is part of a growing trend towards electrification in the repo markets.
ISDA Deploys Reporting Blueprint for Derivatives Markets
ISDA's Common Domain Model (CDM. 2.0) aims to standarize regulatory reporting and bring greater automation to derivatives trading.