Emerging Technologies
Let it Snow...
It wouldn’t be the holidays without ugly sweaters, data systems imploding, and a good ole’ singalong. Max dusts off his Dean Martin voice and croons about some of the things your firm might be doing wrong.
This Week: Fidelity Digital Asset, State Street, HSBC, Instinet, INTL FCStone, Quantopian
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
US Treasury Bureau: Cyber Insurance Premiums Rising
Cybersecurity insurance is getting more expensive as insurance underwriters grapple with a lack of data on this ever-evolving coverage area.
Intercept: AQR’s Risk-Catching Machine
CRO Mike Patchen has helped build a system to identify risks before they grow or spread.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 176: Data Hungry AI; Women in Data
Wei-Shen and Anthony discuss firms experimenting with AI and ML, and the creation of industry working groups.
IBM Exec: With Blockchain, It's All About Governance Interoperability
The tech company's VP of digital transformation talks blockchain and disruption caused by a highly-interconnected economy.
People Moves: Refinitiv, State Street, DTCC, Liquidnet & More
A look at some the key "people moves" from last week, including Mike Hill (pictured), who joins Compliance.ai.
Vendor Lock-In Creates Barriers to Digital Transformation Efforts
Voya Financial and Blackstone execs discuss the role that fintechs play in firms' digital transformations, and caution them not to rely so heavily on vendors.
This Week: Digital Asset, BNY Mellon-SimCorp, AccessFintech & More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news
Brown Brothers Harriman Automates NAV Reviews with Machine Learning
The bank is looking to automation in the middle and back offices as it seeks to exploit emerging technologies.
EDM Council Forms Data Women’s Group
The new interest group will help provide collaboration, networking, and mentoring opportunities for women seeking to advance their careers in the data industry.
Systematic or Discretionary: Point72’s Granade Says Lines Are Blurring
At Waters USA, the chief market intelligence officer of hedge fund Point72 discussed how tech and data are disrupting traditional ideas about investing.
People Moves: Apteo, Eka, Tier-1, SEC, CGQ, MEMX
A look at some of the key people moves from the last week, including James Uzzalino, who joins Apteo.
BNY Mellon Takes a New Tack to Digital Transformation
The custodian is trying to make digitization core to all the organization's activities, its innovation head says.
This Week: AWS Quantum, Nomura/Pico, Broadridge, Instinet
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Bank of America Using Gamer Tech to Improve Trader Experience
As part of its digitization efforts, the bank is looking to video game technology to allow traders to consume more information.
Turicode Targets Financial Markets in Asia
The vendor's software allows firms to train machine-learning models to better recognize and extract the data in documents.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 174: Previewing Waters USA
Wei-Shen and Anthony take a look at what's to come at Waters USA and discuss changes to the podcast.
Listen Up: How Tech is Turning Voice into a Valuable Dataset
Voice is arguably one of the most interesting—yet largely untapped—alternative datasets in existence today.
Technology is About More than Technology
Anthony explains that if you can’t solve for fundamental business challenges, your deep-learning algorithm will never ever run inside a bank or institutional asset manager.
The Miseducation of Alternative Data
Wei-Shen Wong wonders whether asset managers really understand what they mean when they talk about alternative data.
UBS Cuts Outsourced Tech Jobs
The investment bank has eliminated thousands of roles and revamped its approach to outsourcing over the last two years.
Quandl Releases New E-Commerce Dataset Ahead of Holidays
Nasdaq's alt data provider hopes its new ECI dataset will offer exclusive advantages to investors, analysts, and companies themselves.
The Rise of the Algo Wheel
An examination as to how the buy side is embracing algo wheels and where the challenges still remain.