Emerging Technologies
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?
Barclays Africa Executive: Blockchain Offers African Banks Much Needed Scale
Firm's CIO for CIB discusses unique use cases for distributed ledger technologies on the continent.
The Race to Be Asia’s Fintech Hub
Wei-Shen Wong takes a look at where regulators in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan stand in terms of encouraging fintech innovation, and examines who has taken the lead.
Alain Miquelon Steps Down as CEO of Montreal Exchange, Group Head of Derivatives
Luc Fortin, managing director of derivatives trading, will serve as interim president and CEO of MX.
Calypso Technology Joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance
Firm joins industry group focused on usage of distributed ledger in financial services.
Colt to Expand Korean Co-Lo Footprint
The expansion grows Colt's space in the datacenter by almost one-third, in response to demand from international high-frequency trading firms.
DTCC Appoints Lisa Pollina to Board
Pollina most recently was vice chairman for RBC Capital Markets.
EBS BrokerTec Appoints Nicole Shumpert for New Direct Service
Shumpert joins from Tradeweb to head up new fixed-income liquidity disclosure service's expansion to US market.
Pollina Joins DTCC Board
Former RBC executive to serve on three committees