Emerging Technologies
Standard Chartered Hires Symantec's McGuire as Group CISO
Cheri McGuire appointed as new chief information security officer, information protection and cyber security are “top priorities."
Former UBS Tech Head Joins PE-Firm Lovell Minnick
Steven Pierson has over two decades of experience in the investment banking sector.
Better Balance Needed to Combat 'Regulatory Fatigue'
Regulators need to be more concerned about properly spacing regulations as opposed to simply pushing their mandate.
Axioma Names Former Euronext CFO New Finance Chief
Amaury Dauge was CFO of Euronext since January 2014.
Broadridge Acquires Dojima, Adds to GPTM Solution
Dojima adds its derivatives clearing solution to expand Broadridge’s GPTM.
Distributed Ledger-Technology: Fingers will be Burnt
A lot has already been written about blockchain and distributed-ledger technology, but Victor believes this is only the start. If anything, he says, the hype will accelerate.
Machine Learning Could Address Fixed-Income Liquidity Woes
Industry experts recently discussed the potential for machine-learning techniques to help the buy side and sell side connect.
Jefferies Parent Leucadia Snaps Up ITG's Research Arm
Leucadia has paid $12 million for the business that ITG bought for $56 million six years ago.
Consulting Collaboration: Synechron Acquires Hatstand
Consulting firm adds firm with expertise in data management.
Lombard Risk Appoints Mike Payne as CTO
Former interim CTO appointed on permanent basis after joining Lombard Risk in February.
As Asia Launch Looms, Bloomberg Tradebook Sees Strongest ETF Growth in Fixed Income, Commodities
Kiran Pingali discusses Bloomberg Tradebook's Exchange-Traded-Fund (ETF) Request-for-Quote (RFQ) platform and talks about where the market is heading.
SR Labs Unveils Low-Bandwidth Feed to Reach Users Outside Financial Hubs
SR Labs' new Compressed Data Feed will allow the vendor to reach potential clients in regions outside primary financail centers, where high-bandwidth circuits may not be readily available.
SEC's Luparello: Stream of Regulations Won't Stop Soon
At Sifma Ops, SEC's director of division of trading and markets said the number of regulations coming down the pipeline won't end anytime soon.
ABN Amro Innovation Team Signals Wider Move to Assess Blockchain
Banks are investing more in assessing the potential of blockchain technology
Citco Previews Soon-to-be-Launched CitcoOne Platform
The new platform was built from the ground up with a focus on data mining and visualization.
Opening Cross: ‘Key’ Issues: Major to Minor, Minor to Major
If the sheer entertainment value of TV’s Lip-Synch Battle doesn’t have you singing along and mastering your pitch changes and switching between major and minor keys, then take my word for it: watching The Rock lip-synching to Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off…
Equinix: LD4 Power Outage Minor
The datacenter operator says only four clients were affected by the issue on Thursday morning.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 16: Sifma Ops, Nasdaq, Fixed Income
Dan talks about his trip to Miami while Anthony discusses fixed income.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: April 30 - May 6
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Style Research, Morningstar Ally on Fund Comparison Tool
The Peer Insights tool will allow investors to compare similar funds at a more granular level.
Electronifie Seeks to Double Enabled Traders, Triple Active Users By Year End
Since its launch, $1.6 billion has been executed on the platform with an average trade size of $3 million.
Money.Net, Mergent Partner for Affordable Academic Data Access
The vendors are expanding their university programs by providing content and tools at a lower price point than premium terminals, officials say.
Hot Topics at Sifma Ops: T+2, CAT, Blockchain
Three topics kept cropping up during panels at Sifma's annual operations conference.
GreenKey Opens Door to Thomson Vet Garnier
Garnier, who previously spent 12 years at Thomson Reuters and Thomson Financial, will be responsible for sales, service, marketing and partnerships.