News/Data Management
Acadian builds ‘green screen’ to auto-filter ESG phoneys
The $110 billion quant investor is creating an automated system to spot greenwashers.
What can HKEx’s Synapse learn from watching ASX’s game of Chess?
HKEx is looking to leverage smart contracts for its Synapse platform. Sell-side participants are generally positive as to the reasoning behind the build, but observers warn the ambitious project still has challenges to overcome.
Quoniam AM turns to machine learning for non-linear stock relationships
The Frankfurt-based asset manager is using machine learning to look at the performance of stocks with low returns, high-growth.
Exegy, Vela merge; say scale will fuel further acquisitions
The deal will create growth synergies between the vendors' trading systems, and provide an execution capability based on Exegy's trading signals.
Goldman inks modeling, data tie-up with MSCI
The move to cross-sell risk analytics could herald further content deals for the bank’s Marquee platform, says its sales chief.
Despite client concerns, LSE’s new Sedol fees take hold
Under the new fee policy, some of the largest users of the LSE’s identifier codes could see their Sedol spend more than double, though the exchange says the “vast majority” of clients will see no increase.
This Week: Bloomberg, Ice, DTCC, & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Finra taps AWS for next-gen regulatory search tools
A long-time AWS client, Finra is using a combination of AWS tools and its own knowledge graph to generate better search results.
Quandl goes live with new dataset for measuring dollar value of patents
The data vendor’s product is its first that aims to sort what it believes to be truly innovative companies from the pack.
People Moves: Bitvore, KX, Wolters Kluwer, Neuravest & more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Elizabeth Pritchard (pictured), who joins Bitvore as CEO.
Asset managers look to raw NGO data for ESG insights
Data from non-profits can be combined with ESG ratings for more bespoke investment insight, investment professionals say.
This Week: JP Morgan, Deutsche Börse, Refinitiv, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
JP Morgan: New LEI scheme could make codes cheaper
The bank is offering identifiers for free to customers under a new scheme it hopes will drive down costs for entities wanting to sign up.
Avelacom buys Brazilian infrastructure specialist to accelerate LatAm expansion
Network provider says the deal arms it to operate in uniquely nuanced regional markets.
Money.Net files Chapter 7 bankruptcy amid lawsuit
Despite a series of ambitious content expansion projects and senior hires, the low-cost vendor failed to win over institutional clients.
BNP Paribas AM turns to machine learning for carbon emissions
The asset manager is using machine learning to estimate carbon footprints for companies that do not report emissions.
Bloomberg’s new data retention policy vexes buy-side firms
Impacted users will have to pay extra costs to retain communications data for longer than two years.
People Moves: Symphony, BMLL, HKEX, CloudMargin, Tora, Baton, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Brad Levy (pictured), who will take the reins at communications platform Symphony in June, after joining the vendor in July last year.
This Week: TP Icap, Confluence, Bloomberg, Iress-Cosaic, Tradeweb, SmartStream, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news
Small alt data providers feel pressure to specialize
GTCOM-US, once a bespoke alt data shop for the buy side, has narrowed its offering to focus on Chinese datasets as the largest alt data players get even bigger.
‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo says DLT could have aided in Archegos
The former CFTC chair says managing collateral by using distributed ledger technology would enable the better oversight of risks.
This Week: Refinitiv; State Street/BlackRock; SteelEye; SimCorp; FEX Global/TT
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Citi, other banks set to ink ‘Octopus’ deal for new multi-bank CLO platform
Sources say initiative is designed to fend off higher fees and disintermediation in case established multi-dealer platforms start trading CLOs.
Engineers tap machine learning to improve graph analytics
Augmenting graph analytics with AI can detect more complicated anomalies, vendors say.