Articles by Joanna Wright
Industry mulls identifier schema for digital assets
As crypto markets face a reckoning in the wake of the FTX scandal, standard-setters and industry participants say identifiers for tokens are key for the industry’s stability.
Regulation of fixed income faces pivotal year ahead
Jo says the SEC’s Treasuries-focused regulatory agenda will come to fruition next year, and tech vendors will face the burden of those proposals.
BMO CIO: Open source boosts internal risk platform performance
The bank’s proprietary solution uses Apache Spark to calculate forward-looking loss scenarios in its loan portfolios.
Is disruption finally coming for the index business?
Regulatory developments and startups gaining some ground may—one day—threaten the incumbent providers in this space.
Nasdaq gears up for 1st migration in a long journey to AWS
While Nasdaq is set to begin migrating its MRX exchange to AWS’s cloud infrastructure next month, the full migration program could take 10 to 15 years to complete.
SEC deadline raises existential questions for US market data
This month, the commission must decide on a fee filing under its market data modernization efforts. Jo wonders how likely we are to see those efforts materialize any time soon.
Adaptive pushes low-latency open-source messaging
The London-based consultancy is looking to engage firms and exchanges on its Aeron messaging technology, which it acquired earlier this year.
FDC3 updates interop standard with 2.0 rollout as adoption grows
Finos gets ahead of FDC3’s critical mass by making breaking changes to the desktop interop standard, including baked-in data exchange.
Cboe migrations give exchange a foothold in Canadian equities
Exchange group looks northward in global expansion drive with completion of three trading system acquisitions
PFOF regulation and market data: What does the future hold?
As a Congressional report delves into Robinhood's response to the meme stock frenzy of early 2021, Jo wonders how future regulation of payment for order flow will impact market data pricing.
Beyond the 'big red blob': UBS sees future in data mesh for analytics
The Swiss bank has started a journey to implementing mesh data architecture, a new concept for federated data availability in enterprises aimed at getting value out of analytical data.
LSEG-MayStreet: From direct feeds revamp to reg tools, industry sources outline rationale for deal
The acquisition of the 10-year-old vendor will give the exchange group high-quality market data, low-latency direct feeds, and packet-capture capabilities, experts say.
Court thwarts exchanges’ petition to head off market data threat
The DC appeals court has denied a petition to void a rule that seeks to bring competition to the US consolidated tapes.
Is an EMS an exchange? Vendors alarmed by scope of Reg ATS amendments
Some industry participants are worried that proposed amendments to Regulation ATS could see the trading perimeter expanded to include a wide array of messaging systems.
Reg ATS: SEC 'bowing to public pressure' in reopening proposal
The US markets regulator has extended the comment deadline on a proposal to regulate Treasuries venues after it faced a storm of complaints from the public and financial industry.
Market data plans revive proposals to move odd lots onto Sips
Consultation on democratizing odd lots data closes next week, but more solutions to order protection concerns may be needed.
House bill looks to back up SEC market data efforts
Congress is stepping into the US equity market data debate as the DC Circuit Court of Appeals considers dismissing the SEC’s initiatives.
As cybersecurity policy takes shape, are data vendors next in SEC's sights?
New rules target a range of players in the capital markets, from broker-dealers to trading venues, and the agency could be coming for data and analytics vendors and index providers.
Dutch sandbox aims to broker EU consolidated tape
As data quality issues are a main impediment to a viable consolidated tape in Europe, Dutch regulator AFM has helped develop pilots in its Innovation Hub sandbox.
As sanctions increase, banks struggle with growing compliance burden
Firms must get data management and compliance culture right if they really want to keep their books clean of crooks and sanctions-dodgers, and keep their reputations and bottom lines clean of regulatory fines.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Tradeweb’s Bruni on electronification of repo markets
Enrico Bruni, managing director and head of Europe and Asia at Tradeweb, joins the podcast to discuss electronification in the repo space.
SEC sets its sights on fixed-income platforms with Reg ATS revamp
US regulator’s mammoth January proposal has something in it for most US trading systems, but Jo suspects it will be the definitions of exchanges that hit the hardest.
Looming court battle could void SEC’s market data efforts
Litigation preview: What will the big exchanges argue in a court case to reverse the SEC’s initiatives?
Danske Bank turns to licensing optimization for cost savings in the millions
In a cloud world, IT asset management can save on operational and compliance costs and get the most out of software usage. But it's important to find the right people for the job.