Emerging Technologies
Maude Ditches Fitch for S&P
Maude joins S&P after a 20-year career in the industry, working at data vendors, marketplace operators, and brokers and asset managers.
Waters Wavelength Podcast 72: An Examination of the Muni Bond Market
Anthony and Emilia take a look at the municipal bond market and the proliferation of electronic platforms.
After Clarient Sale, Stauffer Rejoins DTCC
Clarient CEO Stauffer will not remain with the KYC utility following its sale to Thomson Reuters.
Macrobond Lures Danske Chief Economist
The vendor says Josefsson will bring a greater "user perspective" to its business.
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.
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…
Euronext Shuffles Technology, Operations Leadership Team as Dijsselhof Departs
COO Jos Dijsselhof to leave exchange operator at end of June; Alain Courbebaisse set to join as chief information and technology officer.
Liquidnet Taps Takis Christias to Further Electronic Execution, Algorithmic Offering
Christias to work on trading network’s suite of execution strategies and analytics, provide quantitative research.
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.
Taming the SGX: A Profile of Boon Chye Loh, Singapore Exchange's CEO
Wei-Shen Wong sits down with Boon Chye Loh, SGX's CEO, to discuss his career, how the exchange is looking to improve and grow, and his love of safaris.
David Quinlan to Head Business Development for Eze Software in EMEA
Quinlan joined Eze in 1999 back when the company was Eze Castle Software.
Red Deer, Westminster Ally for MiFID II Research Solution
The end-to-end solution will remove potential conflicts in research valuation and payment.
SIX Group CEO to Step Down at Year-End
Ruegsegger has served as CEO since the creation of SIX Group in 2007 from the SWX Exchange, SIS Group and Telekurs.
Burton Taylor: Sentiment Survey Predicts Positive Growth for 2017
The survey highlights pricing and reference data, valuations, risk and regulation-related spend as having the strongest sentiment for growth in spend.
London Stock Exchange Bolsters Fixed-Income Presence with Citi Yield Book, Indices Acquisitions
$685 million deal for analytics platform and indices business first acquisition by LSEG since collapse of Deutsche Börse merger.
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.
Fees and Expense Management Interview Series Part III: Tech to Assist on Fees & Expense Management Front
Victor Anderson recently sat down with SmartStream's Bharat Malesha to discuss the technology available to capital markets firms when it comes to dealing with fees and expense management.
Curex Hires FX Vet Cudahy for BizDev
Cudahy will leverage his years of experience in FX sales and trading roles at various banks to make Curex "the buy side's destination for best execution."
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 71: Social Data, Analytics and Trading
Stephen Morse gives a presentation on how traders are using information created via Twitter to derive trading insights.
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.
NeoXam Appoints Execs to Head New Regional Structure
The vendor has shuffled its existing team and hired new executives to support the new structure.
Cash Is King for Euronext and R3, But for Very Different Reasons
Euronext makes its play for FX through hefty M&A investment, while R3 announces a sizable intake from its own investors.
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.
R3 Gets $107 Million Funding
The consortium calls the first two of three funding tranches the largest raised for distributed-ledger technology.