Analytics
This Week: Goldman/Finos; JP Morgan/Baton; Caixa AM; IHS Markit
Catch up on some of the past week's financial technology news.
People Moves: Finastra, Luminex, Itarle, West Highland & More
A look at some of the key "people moves" over the last week, including Lisa Fiondella (pictured), who joins Finastra.
Asset Managers Likely Overestimating Their Alt Data Capabilities
UBS Asset Management’s CDO & Element22's founder look at some of the challenges facing the alt data space.
Bad Clocks Block FX Best-Ex
To get a good deal in fast-moving FX markets, buy-side firms need to know the time. Some of them don’t.
Qontigo to Release Index Building Platforms
The company, a merger of Axioma, Stoxx and Dax, will offer factor indices and ESG-based index creation.
Banks Begin Exploring Homomorphic Encryption Use Cases (Part 2)
Josephine Gallagher explores some of the real-life applications of homomorphic encryption in development and the main roadblocks to its adoption.
SmartStream Goes to Market With Fresh Air
Sibos 2019 was a significant event for SmartStream Technologies, marking the official launch of SmartStream Air, the firm’s cloud-native, AI-enabled reconciliations platform that is set to shake up the reconciliations industry. Victor Anderson caught up…
FactSet, Finnova Ally for Swiss Bank Data Portals
Under the agreement, Finnova will populate portals aimed at the corporate, wealth management, and retail customers of its Swiss bank clients with data and analytics from FactSet.
Confluence & StatPro: A Sign of the Buy-Side Times
Confluence has a big job ahead integrating StatPro’s various analytics tools.
AI in the Cloud: How the Two are Making for a Perfect Match
As more financial institutions are starting to expand their usage of AI, they are turning to the cloud to help scale up. However, there are things to consider before doing so. Wei-Shen Wong examines.
Linedata to Tap Machine Learning for System Fragmentation Monitoring
The company plans to test machine-learning models in the coming months to automatically fix IT system fragmentation.
Brokers Tackle Pro v. Non-Pro Data Cost & Compliance Challenges
Max Bowie digs deep into how firms are making sure they classify data consumers correctly to avoid paying unnecessary fees.
IHS Markit Boosts Asian Credit Liquidity Measurement with MSCI
The vendor will also expand its proxy pricing into the maturing fixed income markets outside of core regional financial centers.
A Look Inside UBS's Quantitative Evidence & Data Science Team
Led by Bryan Cross (pictured), the asset manager's QED team aims to blend quant and fundamental to find unique solutions to new problems.
Bureau Van Dijk Rebuilds Risk Management Platform
Bureau Van Dijk's Compliance Catalyst has been rebuilt ahead of plans to move the platform to the cloud, as well as navigate the EU's fifth anti-money laundering directive.
People Moves: BMLL, DriveWealth, Blockchain, GCTA
A look at some of the key "people moves" over the past week, including Howard Surloff (pictured, right), who joins Blockchain.
Embracing the Numbers: Analytics to Improve Trader Performance
As passive strategies and fee compression cut into active returns, buy-side firms are turning to internally generated data.
Alt Data Providers Struggle To Stand Out
Adopting an optimal and sustainable business model, as well as staying on the cutting edge of analytics, are two hurdles still to be overcome by alternative data providers looking to keep their heads above water.
AlgoDynamix Pulls Trigger on ‘Magnum’ Price Forecasting Tool
The new tool captures crowding and clustering effects that can help forecast large price movements.
Luma Developing Structured Products Analytics Modules
The new modules are expected to be released in the second quarter of 2020.