Emerging Technologies
Barclays Blueprint for Post-trade Plumbing Puts Onus on FMIs
The institution is banking on financial market firms to drive adoption of the Isda CDM by offering it with new products and services.
The Need for a Designated Crypto Asset Regulator
Senior academic says a new taxonomy—and a new regulator—is needed to determine whether crypto assets should fall under existing financial frameworks.
Broker Tradition Shifts to Virtual Desktops
The company is considering a full move to virtual-working solutions after investing in remote access for brokers and other staff during the Covid-19 pandemic..
People Moves: Causality Link, Pirum, Itiviti, Capco, Commcise, LiquidityBook, Apex Group
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Craig Trim (pictured) who has been appointed senior software engineer at Causality Link.
Finos Targets Retail Banking
The open-source nonprofit is looking to leverage its capital markets membership to expand its footprint.
Waters Wrap: The Race to the Cloud (And More on Name Changes, Reg Reporting, & Covid Data)
Anthony Malakian examines how firms are racing to the cloud to roll out new market data services. He also looks at ChartIQ's name change, the regulatory reporting space, and Lazard's Covid-19 data rollout.
SocGen’s Digitized Bond Passes Settlement Test
Banque de France-backed deal pips private consortiums in dummy run for digital currency trades.
Meet Cosaic, the New Name for ChartIQ and Finsemble
The move is intended to bridge clients' perception gap between its ChartIQ charting and Finsemble smart desktop integration businesses.
HPR Preps Market Data Entry with Databot
The Massachusetts-based infrastructure provider is looking to become a one-stop shop in the low-latency trading space.
SteelEye to Hire CME Reg Reporting Talent
While many firms have enforced hiring freezes during the pandemic, the regulatory reporting vendor has plans to aggressively grow its staff count.
A Conversation with Jim Jockle, CMO of Numerix
Victor Anderson catches up with Jim Jockle, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of global marketing & corporate communications at Numerix.
Lazard Asset Management Revamps Data Model to Reflect Covid-19 Reality
The firm developed a short-term data strategy to avoid the use of unreliable data and better understand the effects of the pandemic on the market as it evolves.
IPC Plans New Remote-Trading Tools
Due to more people working remotely, the vendor plans to roll out a new tool for users to optimize performance and bandwidth, and will upgrade its Unigy Pulse and IQ/MAX Omni platforms.
People Moves: Eurex, BNP Paribas, ClauseMatch, Capitolis, Gleif, BTIG, Asset Control
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Michael Peters (pictured) who has been appointed CEO at Eurex Frankfurt.
This Week: BNY Mellon, ASX, DTCC, SteelEye/UnaVista & More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Delta Capita to Add Tax and Reg Reporting to New CLM Platform
The managed services and consulting firm will look to roll out these new components to its CLM platform in August.
CME Reg Reporting Competitors Vie to Fill the Void Ahead of Withdrawal
With over five months to go until CME unwinds its regulatory reporting businesses, competing firms are pushing to fill the service gaps and grab a slice of the market share.
Velox Eyes ETF Trading Tech Space
Following a $2.5 million funding round from ETF specialist ETFS Capital, Velox plans to offer server-side interoperability.
Supporting critical business processes during the Covid-19 pandemic—Can managed services provide the answer?
With the pandemic normalizing remote working, lifestyles are changing—and so is the digital landscape. It is now crucial for employees to access technology regardless of where they are. Moreover, many organizations are reviewing frameworks and offloading…
Citycom Employs Facial, Object Recognition for Covid Remote Working Security Checks
The new solution can give firms insight into the activities, performance, and health of employees working from home during the Covid-19 outbreak, to monitor for potential risk factors and security breaches.
Firms Hone Use of New Alt Datasets to Pick Covid-19’s Winners
Investment managers are starting to use alternative data to assess the pandemic’s effect on individual stocks.
Trading Venues Face Resilience Test in Covid-19 Pandemic
Software testing and monitoring keeps market infrastructure a step ahead amid market volatility.
People Moves: Google Cloud, FCA, TP Icap, FMSB, Compliance.ai
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Yolande Piazza (pictured) who has been appointed vice president at Google Cloud.
This Week: CAT, SS&C, Nasdaq, SmartStream, OpenFin, OpenDoor & More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.