Emerging Technologies
Asia’s Fintech Hub: A Long, Long Way to Go
Singapore and Hong Kong may be vying to be Asia’s biggest financial technology hub, but John thinks it will be some time before they can compete with the West.
Percentile Makes Key Hires
Company seeks to support growing buy- and sell-side demand for regtech
Symphony Teams with OpenFin for Interoperability, Standardization
The two entities will work to find a standard for HTML5 containers and promote open-source technology.
Redi Expands Data Center, Adds Staff in Hong Kong Office
Michael Rude, Redi's chief revenue officer, talks about the decision to add more support to the region.
Daiwa Securities Becomes Newest CLS Settlement Member
Japanese firm joins 65 other financial firms on CLS's settlement and risk mitigation system.
Roberts Group Names Tech Exec Thompson to Board, Reflecting ‘Repositioning' to Broader ‘Enterprise Spend Management'
The vendor is broadening the range of expense categories that can be tracked and managed in its FITS platform beyond market data.
Asia-Pac Brokers, Vendors Distribute Nasdaq Data
The new distributors will market Nasdaq's data to investors in Asia Pacific seeking exposure to US markets.
Tullett Prebon, Tradition Among First on GreenKey's Design Partner Program
The program also features seven tier-1 banks and several global exchanges.
Metamako Appoints Advisor, Tech Vet Covington CEO
Covington, who has served as an advisor to the Australian switch vendor, is taking on the CEO role to help Metamako grow.
Dawn of the PTF: An Inside Look at Canada's Attempt to Revive the Mutual Fund Market
Invesco Canada, TMX Group and potentially even Fundserv are building products that blend ETFs and active mutual funds.
Opening Cross: Spare Some Change? Funding Isn’t About Charity; It’s About Strategy
This week, Max highlights one worthy recipient and two worthy seekers of expansion funding.
Illuminate Sinks £3M into Secure Data Mining, Sharing Tech Startup Privitar
Privitar's products allow firms to share data internally and with third parties while maintaining privacy, security and compliance.
Platts to Buy Energy Analytics Provider PIRA
The acquisition, which is expected to close before the end of September, will accelerate the development of S&P Global Platts' commodities analysis offering.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 29: LedgerX's Paul Chou and Zach Dexter Talk Bitfinex Hack
Dan is joined by two bitcoin specialists to discuss the latest hack suffered by the cryptocurrency.
Data Policies to ‘Trump’ Donald and Hillary
Unimpressed with US politics, Max lays out his own manifesto for data democratization—focusing on fees, smart content, latency and regulation—to make trading strategies great again.
Buy-Side Blockchain Buy-In: Don’t Hold Your Breath
John thinks the buy side is right to hold out against the blockchain hype, and that won’t change anytime soon.
Satellite Data Startup Orbital Insight Taps Former Revere, FactSet Exec O'Brien
O'Brien says he aims to bring the same momentum to Orbital Insight that he achieved as CEO and COO of Revere Data.
R3 Partners with Thomson Reuters to Expand Buy-Side Participation
Thomson Reuters’ involvement aimed at improving buy side participation on distributed-ledger technology.
Case Study: Ativo Overhauls its Front & Back Office, Risk & Performance Platforms to Support Growth
Executives from the asset manager detail how the firm replaced much of its existing technology stack, and the reasons for doing so.
Bridgewater Associates Announce First Dual-Party Outsourcing Model
BNY Mellon and Northern Trust to take on outsourcing roles for Bridgewater.
Ex-Alacra, Fitch Exec Samuels Moves to Bloomberg
Former Fitch MD will work on Bloomberg's new buy-side KYC platform.
Mark Hepsworth Named CEO of Asset Control
Former Interactive Data executive joins data management services provider
Open Platform: ETF Growth Means New Tools of the Trade
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been on an evolutionary process since first debuting in the US more than 25 years ago. The ETF market has become wildly popular, but also increasingly complicated, requiring better analytics and tools to navigate its…
Going Public: Firms Embrace Public Clouds
What will it take to get financial firms to completely buy in to public clouds?