Emerging Technologies
Does Blockchain Have a People Problem?
Not everyone in the industry is excited about the much-hyped technology.
Visible Alpha Taps Content Acquisition Vet Greening
Greening has many years' experience of managing contributor relations and associated processes across the data vendor community.
IBM Buys Promontory Financial, Blends Watson's AI with Regulatory Expertise
Promontory will serve as the foundation of the newly formed Watson Financial Services unit of IBM.
IBM to Acquire Promontory Financial in Move to Blend Watson's AI with Regulatory Expertise
Promontory will serve as the foundation of the newly formed Watson Financial Services unit of IBM.
T2S Leads BNY Mellon to Expand European Settlement Data Capability
Target2-Securities platform catalyzes bank's ISO 20022 upgrade
Thomson Reuters Takes Aim at the Buy Side
Thomson Reuters' acquisition of Redi Holdings shows that the firm is serious about bringing a greater presence to the buy side.
Benzinga Raises $3 Million to Boost Sales, Product Staff
The investment will allow the vendor to establish a bigger New York presence to respond to growing institutional demand for its products.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 37: CBOE-Bats Deal, Machine Learning for Social Media
Dan and Anthony talk about CBOE agreeing to buy Bats Global Markets.
Bank of America, Microsoft Partner for Trade Finance Blockchain Transformation
Testing and development of the initial application is ongoing.
Twitter's Value Rising in More Ways Than One
The social media company's stock isn't the only thing that's improving.
Millistream Carries Nasdaq Basic Data
The availability of Nasdaq Basic data continues Millistream's overall data acquisition strategy, and adds to its existing coverage of Nasdaq markets.
Credit Suisse, Partners Launch Syndicated Loans Blockchain Proof of Concept
The proof of concept will continue for the rest of the year.
ITG Makes Foreign Exchange, Analytics Hires
New appointments in foreign exchange and analytics will lead New York and London efforts, respectively.
Money.Net Woos Strategists, Quants with Matlab Integration
Integrating Matlab opens up Money.Net to financial engineers, data scientists, analysts and academics.
CLS Explores Distributed-Ledgers Potential for FX Netting Service
The service will suit FX trades settled outside the CLS settlement service and is built on Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source solution led by IBM.
CLS to Develop Payment Netting Service Using Distributed-Ledger Technology
The service will suit FX trades settled outside the CLS settlement service and is built on Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source solution led by IBM.
Hanweck Hires CMO, Support Engineer
The new hires are designed to support ongoing growth at the vendor, in addition to other sales and account management hires made earlier this year.
Phase One of Swift's Global Payments Innovation Initiative Pilot Completed
Fifteen global banks tested the design and functions of Swift’s new initiative, while ten others prepare for the service’s launch.
Icap Provides US Treasury Pricing, FX Spot Rates to Wind Clients
Icap and Wind expand an existing deal for Wind to distribute Icap data in mainland China.
BME Helps Bolivia's BBV to Move Away From Outcry Pits Toward Electronic Trading
The rollout is being done in two stages, with fixed income currently being the focus, followed by the implementation of the primary market and trading in other non-standardized securities and repo trades.
CBOE Agrees $3.2B BATS Buy to Boost ‘Non-Transactional' Data, Index Revenues
The acquisition will significantly increase the share of CBOE's revenues that do not depend directly on transactions.
Open Access Derivatives Project CurveGlobal Goes Live
CurveGlobal is an interest rates derivatives venture that will offer low fees and no market data charges
Machine Learning Could Help Filter Social Media's ‘Noise'
Panelists from WorldQuant, Thomson Reuters, OneMarketData and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago discussed the challenges of tapping into the power of social media.
CBOE Agrees to Buy Bats for $3.2 Billion
The operator of the largest US options exchange looks to expand on offerings and global reach with purchase.