News/Data Management
New entrants want to feed bond market’s hunger for data
In the absence of a consolidated tape for debt securities in the EU, vendors with different approaches to distributing fixed-income market data are emerging.
Obituary: Telerate founder Neil Hirsch dies at age 74
Former employees praise the kind and caring CEO who made millions from data but still knew staff by name.
EC drafting proposal for derivatives consolidated tape
Commission official says beta version ready for testing in 2023 will also include equities, bonds and ETFs
Broadway Technology 2.0: Post-Ion split, the vendor reimagines its future
Broadway will look to build out its fixed income trading workflows, grow its as-a-service offering, lean into the low-code movement, while considering new asset classes to expand into—all while once again competing with Ion.
People Moves: Broadridge/Itiviti, Tora, DTCC, Maystreet & more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Ray Tierney (pictured), who has been appointed president of Itiviti.
Meme stocks: Data providers conflicted on offering investment analyses
While some alternative data providers are jumping in on the meme-stock craze by producing new datasets and analyses geared toward risk management and alpha generation, others—perhaps rightly so—are staying cautious.
This Week: BlackRock/Cassini Systems, Standard Chartered, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Farewell, Oats: Finra announces retirement date
Finra has told firms to stop reporting trades to the Oats tape from September 1, as the SEC's Cat becomes the definitive audit trail for US securities markets activity.
JP Morgan fast-tracks market data licensing tools
The bank is developing solutions to help internal teams understand compliant usage and entitlements.
Nordea: Licensing changes could make RPA too expensive
The Nordic bank is looking for ways to mitigate costs as software vendors define new policy categories to capture robotic workers.
People Moves: Acin, NeoXam, BNY Mellon, Northern Trust, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from the past week, including Tracy Clarke (pictured), who joins Acin as non-executive director and strategic consultant.
Ex-Gain Capital CEO pays $1M for bankrupt Money.Net assets
Stevens may plan to give Money.Net a new lease of life targeting wealth management clients.
ThisWeek: Glue42/Deephaven Data Labs, Brown Brothers Harriman, Dash Financial and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Quantum computing experts voice explainability fears
Big speed-ups for quantum-powered models could prompt bigger questions from regulators.
Vanguard overhauls EU data strategy to better manage analytics, regulatory needs
The asset manager’s CIO for Europe aims to centralize responsibilities from its UK and EU offices for how its business in the region manages data and develops new investment products.
One step closer: How exchanges are seeking tighter relationships with clients
Increasingly, exchanges are trying to get closer to their customers, in a bid to better understand how they use market data. This move may come at the expense of data vendors that are being gradually squeezed out of the exchange-client relationship.
Technical difficulties: OpenFin says it’s committed to FDC3, while others have their doubts
After quietly pulling its Finos membership this year, OpenFin’s involvement—at least in the public forum that governs it—with the interop standard it has championed for years, continues to dip. Though the vendor has re-affirmed its commitment to FDC3…
This Week: FlexTrade Systems, NeoXam, Eventus Systems, Substantive Research
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
IBM’s ‘Cloud Satellite’ targets banks convinced of decentralized trading model
The tech giant believes a hub-and-spoke model is the future of trading. In part, it is using its new cloud offering to lure financial services firms that are looking to open remote offices to find new talent.
Esma to ink deal for big data capabilities
The regulator is ditching its legacy architecture to cope with massive volumes of reported data and new supervisory responsibilities.
This Week: SimCorp/JP Morgan; SGX/TNS; Barclays/MarketAxess and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Oats retirement imminent as Cat maintains data quality, Finra says
Oats reporting could be fully migrated to the Consolidated Audit Trail and the Oats system retired as early as June 30.
Inside RBC’s Aiden project: 5 years of deep learning
Aiden, a trading platform launched last year, is the product of five years of experimentation with deep learning by RBC Capital Markets on top of an additional five years of hypothesizing about what best execution would one day require.
Beyond ratings: Vendors look to fill ESG data gaps
Start-ups and non-traditional data providers are exploiting niches where investment professionals can't rely on ratings.