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Better tech brings threat of two-speed trading in fixed income
Smaller asset managers may get left behind as automation allows the big players to prosper.
Interop tech buys time for buy-side fixed-income traders
A few buy-side traders and portfolio managers spearheading a drive for greater interoperability are reaping the rewards of increased workplace efficiency. Is interoperability the fixed-income panacea the buy side has been looking for?
AFTAs 2023: All the winners and why they won
Here are the winners of the 30 categories in the 2023 American Financial Technology Awards. This year's multi-category winners are JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Northern Trust and Wells Fargo.
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A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: Examining ASX’s CHESS do-over
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Settlement ‘instructions’: Firms look to US for guidance as Europe braces for T+1
Operations professionals in Europe look across the pond for lessons in managing shorter settlement cycles.
Bloomberg deploys new chatbot tool to Terminal
The offering allows users to surface data and notifications from internal systems without ever having to leave Instant Bloomberg chatrooms.
RBC outlines hybrid cloud strategy, eyes genAI use cases
Technological innovation doesn’t always reap promised rewards. RBC’s head of cloud engineering talks about why the Canadian bank’s hybrid cloud strategy worked, and how it is approaching generative AI.
Industry unsure of SEC’s new short-selling transparency rule
Does the SEC’s recent 10C-1a rule provide sufficient transparency while protecting traders’ short-sale positions from a GameStop-style backlash? The data will be key.
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This Week: Nasdaq; Symphony/Google; Interop.io and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Using genAI for post-trade processing could reduce failures, fines
Shortening settlement times are pressuring firms to do more, faster. IBM’s Soren Mortensen argues that genAI and ML can help eliminate errors and speed up post-trade processes.
Better tech brings threat of two-speed trading in fixed income
Smaller asset managers may get left behind as automation allows the big players to prosper.
UK pushes financial firms to adopt privacy-enhancing technologies
Lawmakers and vendors are set to usher in an era of mutualized data insights. Are banks ready?
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The team in London, plus Shen, gives an update on the rules all media relations teams should follow.
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