Articles by Joanne Faulkner
Finastra Gives Clients Access to UnaVista ARM Via LSE RegTech Program
Finastra is the twentieth vendor to join the program since its inception in February.
Redline Adds Thomson Reuters FX Feed to InRush Ticker
The new handler supports Thomson Reuters' high-frequency Binary Multicast Feed
Investment Firm Exotix Hires Ex-Roubini CEO to Lead New Research, Analytics and Data Division
Standalone RAD unit will help European clients prepare for MiFID II by unbundling research from investment banking operations
Red Deer, TheySay Partner for 'Deep Text Analytics'
Red Deer will leverage TheySay’s NLP technology to help buy-side clients extract investment signals from swathes of Big Data.
S&P Eyes Buy-Side Performance with Portfolio Analytics Tool
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s new Portfolio Analytics platform combines the vendor’s data with clients’ own proprietary content to allow portfolio managers to assess and communicate the drivers of their performance, officials tell Joanne Faulkner.
Nasdaq Launches Analytics Hub for Buy Side
Joanne Faulkner reports on Nasdaq’s new hub that allows investors to apply machine intelligence techniques to proprietary and third-party datasets to create new signals that they may not have been able to access on their own.
Thomson Reuters Integrates Eikon with Symphony
Joint customers will be able to share Eikon content directly via the messaging platform.
Data Vet Ikel Joins 3di, Resigns from IPUG
Former BNP Paribas market data manager John Ikel named head of data compliance and licensing at 3di
Bats Europe Expands Index Business
Bats Europe launches 18 benchmarks spanning European regional, single country and sector indexes.
Infront Preps for Oslo IPO
Vendor says IPO will help support its growth plans by providing financing for acquisitions.
Metamako Launches Triple-FPGA Devices; Slashes Latency
The configuration enables multiple performance-sensitive applications, such as market data processing, trading algorithms and pre-trade risk checks to run on a single device.
NAFIS 2017: Industry’s Late ‘Thaw’ on Machine Learning Leaves Much to be Done
Joanne Faulkner reports on NAFIS panelists' views on machine learning and its current and future applications for the capital markets.
ESMA Preps Financial Instruments Reference Data System Launch
The Financial Instrument Reference Data System (FIRDS) will go live on July 17, 2017.
ESMA Fines Moody’s €1.24M for Credit Ratings Breaches
ESMA says that between June 2011 and December 2013 Moody’s failed to explain decisions for 19 ratings.
ICE Acquires BAML Fixed Income Indexes
Following the London Stock Exchange’s acquisition of Citigroup’s fixed income indexes and analytics business, Intercontinental Exchange bolsters its fixed income assets with the acquisition of the Global Research Index Platform from Bank of America…
Screen Enlists AFO for South Africa Support
Screen is partnering with South African startup AFO to provide local support for its managed services to its growing client base in the country.
Glenmede Taps IHS Markit for Data Management
Glenmede officials say the investment firm is embarking on a “comprehensive transformation in its approach to managing data” supported by IHS Markit.
NAFIS 2017: Evolving Data Science Key to Effective Data Mining
Integrating data science projects will be key for institutions to get the most out of data in the future, but skillsets and the role of data scientist teams are still evolving. Joanne Faulkner reports.
LSE Bolsters Fixed Income Arsenal with Citi Deal
Acquisition aims to boost FTSE Russell’s appeal to fixed income clients and “enhance and complement” LSE’s Information Services data and analytics offering.
NAFIS 2017: Firms Dip Their Toes into Data Lakes for Analytics
Panelists at the North American Financial Information Summit described the transformative potential of “data lakes” for supporting firms’ ever-increasing analytics and alternative data storage requirements. Joanne Faulkner reports.
Colchis, Alcova Tap AQMetrics for Risk, Reg Reporting
AQMetrics has added US investment management firm Colchis Capital Management and hedge fund Alcova Asset Management as clients of its Regulatory Risk and Compliance Software platform.
Mergermarket Buys Trade Ideas Platform TIM Group to Boost Buy-Side Reach
Officials say the move highlights the growing trends towards quantitative strategies and demand for Big Data.
Moscow Exchange to Distribute Market Data to Chinese Investors
Chinese investors will now have access to MOEX market data via local data providers.
RSRCHXchange, CorpAxe Partner for Consumption Data
RSRCHXchange is to make research consumption data available through the CorpAxe platform to help consumer firms comply with the research components of the upcoming MiFID II regulation