Articles by Hamad Ali
Sell side pushing for bilateral connectivity for fixed income
Fixed-income liquidity providers, battling tighter margins, want to execute directly with clients, but are buy-side and tech firms willing to absorb the connectivity costs?
IHS Markit plans ‘low-code, no-code’ configuration for EDM platform
The vendor is working on a drag-and-drop feature as part of a wider shift towards a low-code or no-code configuration environment.
Not a drill: Alt data providers push oil and gas for investment
As the oil and gas industries say they're “greening” operations, vendors are offering ESG data and metrics to help investment professionals understand future risks and financial returns.
Dutch asset manager turns to decision trees for currency predictions
APG has improved prediction accuracy for G10 currency movements after adopting decision tree-based machine learning.
SF quant firm uses 'nearest neighbor' machine learning for equities predictions
Creighton AI is using a regression-based approach to machine learning to help make predictions about the excess return of a stock relative to the market.
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.
Direxion turns to Two Sigma’s Venn for thematic ETFs
The firm is using the platform as a comparison tool as it evolves its fund offerings.
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.
Video surveillance data: Useful or not?
While some technology vendors say video communication surveillance can help monitor serious compliance breaches, others see such data as a source of additional contextual information.
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.
Vendors add surveillance support for WhatsApp alternatives
Concerns about data leakage have driven some users to rival privacy-focused messaging apps like Telegram and Signal, as WhatsApp policy changes come into force on May 15.
People Moves: HSBC AM, Trumid, SIX, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Paul Griffiths (pictured) who has been appointed global head of institutional business at HSBC Asset Management.
This Week: Deutsche Boerse, HSBC, S&P Global, Linedata, FlexTrade/QuantFeed & more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
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.
Banks, asset managers weigh trade-offs in third-party tools for machine learning
Although many banks and asset managers still prefer to build models in-house, off-the-shelf products are maturing.
Engineers tap machine learning to improve graph analytics
Augmenting graph analytics with AI can detect more complicated anomalies, vendors say.
Traders: Consolidated tape could drive corporate bond market automation
The EC is pushing for a tape for fixed-income instruments, and market participants say it could speed up electronification, if implemented properly.
Magnetic tape looks to find a new life at banks in a cloud-based world
IBM, which recently set a new world record for tape storage, says a lot of its financial services clients use the medium for storage as its cheaper and safer than other digital storage options. Others are skeptical of tape’s long-term prospects.
People Moves: Acadian Asset Management, TraditionDATA, West Highland, FMSB, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Andy Moniz (pictured), who has been appointed director of responsible investing at Acadian Asset Management.
This Week: Two Sigma/Northern Trust, NeoXam/Richelieu Gestion, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.