Emerging Technologies
DTCC's Wetjen Named to Chamber of Digital Commerce's Advisory Board
The company also joins the chamber's executive committee.
Asset Managers Reexamining Outsourcing Strategies
At this year's TSAM NY event, executives from Putnam Investments and General Motors Asset Management discussed how outsourcing has changed in recent years.
The Brexit Effect: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Blockchain, Civil War and Zombies
Dan makes a prediction on what the long-term effects of Brexit will be.
Citadel Appoints Lieblich as CTO of its Hedge Fund Business
He is a 30-year veteran of Morgan Stanley.
Mariner's CTO Discusses Blending Old Servers with New Cloud-Based Solutions
"Fintech, algorithms, deep learning and AI are permeating all aspects of the financial industry," said Henry Kravchenko.
Archive360 Launches Unstructured Data Retention Platform
Archive2Azure is a regulatory compliance storage solution using the Microsoft Azure platform.
Scotiabank's Zerbs: Biggest Legacy Pain in Middle Tier
Michael Zerbs, Scotiabank's co-head of information technology, discusses how to tackle what he describes as a Swiss Army Knife.
TMX Names John McKenzie CFO
McKenzie has been at TMX since 2000.
Orbital Insight Raises $15M In Series B Funding Round
The vendor will use the funding to expand the items that it monitors satellite imagery for, and will also invest in more data scientists.
Opening Cross: Alternatives, Alternatives...
Looking for exposure to alternative investments? You'll need alternative types of data.
FISD Readies Vendor Service ‘Scorecards’
The scorecards are designed to support conversations between vendors and consumers, rather than for "naming and shaming" underperforming suppliers.
Intrinio Adds IEX Pricing, Eyes More XBRL Data
After starting out as a developer of an app for valuing companies, Intrinio became frustrated by the costs of data collection.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 23: Brexit, Fintech Innovation Lab, TSAM
Dan and Anthony look at the impact of Brexit and recap a couple of events they attended during the week.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: June 18-24
A look back at the best stories published across all the Waters brands.
Icap PTRI CEO: Standards Must Be Made to Usher In Smart Contracts
Jenny Knott says being agnostic is necessary to adapt to emerging technologies.
Brexit, Technology and People: A Complicated Mix
Will fintech in London falter? Will it be tougher to attract talent? Will it be more difficult to raise money? Will jobs be slashed? These are just some of the questions that have arisen post-Brexit.
Technology Is Bringing the Humanity Back to Asset Management
The growth of technology is enabling the human aspect of asset management to flourish, to the benefit of both the industry and individuals.
FT Partners Hires Tech Investment Vet Stout as NY MD
Stout's previous experience includes building JP Morgan's practice of investing in Fintech firms, and serving as global head of strategy at First Data.
Machine Learning, Blockchain Headline FinTech Innovation Lab Demo Day
Event comes on the heels of New York surpassing Silicon Valley in fintech venture financing.
S3 Switches on Blacklight on Bloomberg
The vendor's analytics around crowded short-sale trades will now be available as an app via Bloomberg's App Portal.
Thomson Reuters, HKEx Ally on RMB Indexes
Officials say the indexes will help investors make better decisions when trading the Chinese currency.
AlphaDesk Names Kevin Galliers as COO
Galliers joins from SunGard. He says the firm will be making some changes "in the coming weeks."
Empirasign Hires in Engineering, BizDev
The vendor is adding to its technology and sales expertise witih hires in New York and London.
Perseus Cancels Infrastructure Work Amid Concerns over Brexit-, Russell-Related Volumes
Freezing everything but emergency maintenance will allow the vendor to ensure stability during a period of what it expects to be abnormally high trading volumes.