Emerging Technologies
Benzinga Names Former William Blair, SAC Trader Laverde Director of Content
Laverde brings a trader's perspective to management of Benzinga's breaking news content.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 41: BNY Mellon CIO Suresh Kumar
Dan chats with BNY Mellon's head of technology about financial firms use of open source and dealing with regulations efficiently.
Veteran Data Exec Jeff Parker Joins Wall Street Horizon Advisory Board
Parker brings more than 35 years as an entrepreneur in the data industry, having founded FirstCall and StreetEvents.
Northern Trust Hires Head of Global Fund Services for Asia
Caroline Higgins will be based in Hong Kong.
The Financial Big Bang 30 Years On: The Times Have A-Changed
How the deregulation of London's capital markets structure in 1986 has led to large amounts of regulation in 2016.
Will Robots Save Us From Robots?
Is artificial intelligence the key to properly surveilling the markets?
Datactics Hires Data Sales Vet Chuck to Lead London Sales
Chuck brings Datactics 25 years of experience in data and trading-related softwrae sales.
RSRCHXchange Adds Ned Davis Research
The addition continues RSRCHxchange's ongoing content expansion.
Datactics Adds to London Staff
Owen Chuck and Alex Brown join Datactics team to serve growing business in London
Pimco Extends Investment Manager Services Outsourcing Contract with State Street
The two firms also agree on accounting, custody, fund administration and transfer agency services for additional assets.
Chain Releases Open-Source Version of Distributed-Ledger Platform
Chain Core Developer Edition allows firms to start or join a blockchain network.
Opening Cross: Buy, Build or Bust?
In light of two recent developments in the market data world, Max looks at the pros and cons of each side of the buy versus build debate.
Money.Net Preps AI News, Taps Ex-Bloomberg's Pearlstine
Pearlstine will be responsible for hiring a mix of journalists and developers to create a news service that uses artificial intelligence to capture key elements of news.
The Roberts Group Buys Priory Solutions to Boost Web Content Usage Tracking Capabilities
The deal will give The Roberts Group the ability to track usage of web-delivered content and apply that to clients' data cost management decisions.
Budget Burden: How to Talk Tech Spend with the Business Side
Panelists dig into what works—and what doesn't—when it comes to conversations about technology budgets.
C-Level Panel Discusses Effective Ways to Talk Budget with Business Side
Panelists dig into what works—and what doesn't—when it comes to conversations about technology budgets.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 40: North American Buy-Side Technology Summit
Dan and Anthony talk about the biggest topics at the most recent Waters event.
Vanguard’s Five Point Plan for Fixed-Income Trading
John offers his thoughts on the asset manager's recommendations for the future of electronic fixed-income trading.
GMEX Group to Divest Technology Business, Spin Off Exchange
Forum Trading Solutions acquires full control of GMEX Technologies and GMEX brand; exchange business to be renamed and spun off into new entity.
Smartkarma Opens Hong Kong Office, Hires Research Vet Blennerhassett
The Hong Kong office will support Smartkarma's expansion in the region.
Reg AT Grabs Spotlight at North American BST Summit 2016
A controversial regulation was the talk of this year's event.
CFN Services Creates ‘UltraFast' Cloud Data, Rebrands as Apcela
The new service will provide data to the increasing number and variety of infrastructures and applications being hosted in cloud environments.
Morningstar to Buy Private Equity, M&A Data Vendor PitchBook
Morningstar will add its own research capabilities to PitchBook's data and tools, enabling it to target a new audience among private equity investors.
DTCC Appoints Tim Keady to Head Solutions Business
Infrastructure provider's chief client officer adds managing director responsibilities