Data Management
Nowcasting Provides Macro Insights, say Active Managers
Using alternative data to understand macroeconomic conditions in almost real time can give investment teams an edge.
ChartIQ Tightens Charting & Finsemble Integration, Readies Rebrand
Having developed two separate product lines to showcase its charting and smart desktop integration offerings, ChartIQ is now bringing them closer together to solve client needs.
Scrutiny and Frictions Follow EMS Vendors into Fixed Income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators.
UnaVista Rolls Out Reporting Analytics for Performance and Market Surveillance
The regulatory business is developing enhanced analytics to improve reporting accuracy and identify signs of market manipulation.
Space Exploration: How Will Banks Handle Unwanted, Costly Real Estate, Post-Covid?
Financial firms spend a lot of money on office space, but what happens to that space if more employees are working from home? Perhaps something of a WeWork for fintechs is the answer.
JP Morgan AM to Add Chinese, Japanese to Proprietary NLP Tool
The asset manager could one day make its Textual Analytics tool, which reads millions of documents to derive insights, available to the market at large.
FCA Using NLP, Machine Learning to Regulate Businesses
The regulator is advancing with its strategy to improve its use of tech in its oversight role, says data chief.
Banks Need a Hybrid Approach to Cryptography in Face of Quantum Threat
Execs from Barclays, IBM & Post-Quantum discuss why financial firms have to start preparing today for the future of hacking and quantum computing.
MSCI Uses NLP to Measure Company Innovation
The global market index firm is quantifying innovative investments and mapping them to a company’s performance.
S&P Global Market Intelligence Debuts Marketplace
The data provider has made its new data 'storefront' available after revealing plans to do so earlier this year.
FactSet Datasets Go Live on Snowflake Data Warehouse
FactSet is the first major data provider to make content available via the cloud-based data-warehousing platform.
LEI Foundation Pilots Blockchain-Based Credentials Solution
GLEIF has partnered with vendor Evernym to create digital wallets that link employees’ identities and roles with companies' identifying codes.
Don't Cut Alt Data Spend, HSBC Data Manager Warns
Slashing budgets will lead to inaccuracies as banks turn to alt data for fraud detection and to monitor customer behavior during the coronavirus crisis.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 196: Bloomberg’s Gerard Francis, Part 3
Bloomberg’s Gerard Francis is back on the podcast to discuss cloud computing and accessibility of data.
Trading Technologies Unveils New Futures Market Data Feed
As the fight over market data fees in the futures market heats up, the Chicago-based trading platform provider is rolling out a new platform that provides a free view of market order flow for TT platform users.
AST Launches Blockchain Share-Ownership Platform for Private Companies
The platform will make it easier for pre-IPO companies to attract funding from early-stage investors targeting privately-held growth companies.
Refinitiv Combines Two Coronavirus Eikon Applications
The data giant is enhancing its pandemic coverage, as it sees a surge in demand for data making sense of a volatile new world.
AltHub, Alqami Ally to Grow Alt Data Offerings
The data distribution partnership will allow each company to reach a broader base of buy-side clients, while giving those firms access to more datasets.
BT Radianz to Add Chinese Alt Datafeeds
Initially, BT Radianz is looking for datasets that could help forecast consumer demand, such as sentiment, consumption, and transactional data.
Causality Link Bolsters AI Platform with $5m Funding Round
AI-powered investment technology provider plans for expansion over the next 12 months.
This Week: MEMX, Sifma, Bloomberg, State Street, Digiterre, Infosys
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
UBS Evidence Lab Uses Machine Learning for Maritime Datasets
Financial services firms have been looking to maritime data for economic insight during the coronavirus pandemic.
Enlighten Tech Helps Northern Trust Find Resources to Share the Covid Workload
To keep its asset servicing functions running smoothly, Northern Trust is using technology from performance management analysis software vendor Enlighten to identify available resources.