Emerging Technologies
IBM Rolls Out Upgrades for Watson Financial Services Portfolio
IBM has enhanced its regtech suite of services, including the integration of Armanta’s platform after the May acquisition.
Burton-Taylor: Regulation-Driven Data Spend to Grow, But Desktops Threaten Resurgence
Burton-Taylor's annual sentiment survey shows record levels of optimism in some areas for 2018 with slight contractions next year. Max Bowie reports on the trends reported by survey respondents.
Orient Express: Accelerating the Rise of the CDO in Asia
Wei-Shen Wong documents the rise of Asia-based chief data officers, and their place in the structure of both local and global firms.
June 2018: It’s Not About Winning, It’s About Compliance
Do you know your APA from your CDO? Max summarizes the topics covered in this month's issue of Inside Data Management.
Acquisition of the Year: Blackstone
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Evaluated Prices Service Provider: Bloomberg
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Managed Service for Reference Data: Rimes
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Corporate Actions Data Provider: SIX
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Data Analytics Provider: FactSet
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Research Provider: Fitch Solutions
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Contract Win of the Year: Bloomberg
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Senior SEC Staffer Says Bitcoin, Ether Are Not Securities
Digital currencies themselves do not qualify as investment contracts, regulator says, but could when packaged.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 125: Bitcoin, Ether Aren't Securities (Maybe); Privacy Issues and the Law
The SEC takes a definitive stance on the status of cryptocurrencies; the idea of privacy consistently changes with the introduction of new technologies.
Data Vet Mendez Joins ‘Data Wrangler’ Crux
Mendez has spent much of his career working at - and consulting to - buy-side and sell-side firms.
Young Datasets, Inexperienced Talent Make Alt Data Challenging
The relatively nascent alternative data industry is creating challenges for asset managers, specifically when it comes to a lack of historical data and a lack of talent that can interrogate the data.
Hochstein Gets Global Entity Data Role at TR
Hochstein's role moves Thomson Reuters toward goal of aligning and scaling various reference data services.
InvestCloud Buys Client Relationship Solutions Provider rplan
The acquisition also brings InvestCloud more clients in Europe.
Dash Hires Agency Brokerage Vet Lesko
Lesko will come on board as chief growth officer.
J&J Taps Deutsche Exec for Compliance Consulting
Montagnino has held a range of compliance and surveillance-related roles at banks and trading firms.
Citi Market Strategist: Fintechs Key for Banks’ Data Demands
Citi regulatory and market strategist attests that fintech and bank collaboration is essential for better data management.
Hedge Funds Hunt for Alpha Across 1 Billion Smartphones
Mobile geolocation has opened a new frontier for investors
Wavelength Podcast Episode 124: Exchange Outages and Blockchain Developments
The LSE suffered a major outage this week while blockchain was very prevalent in this week's headlines.
SBI Invests in High-Speed Broker Potamus
The investment is expected to help expand business in the US and other asset classes.
WatersTech Spotlight: Fintech M&A
The fintech landscape has changed markedly in recent months as a result of M&A activity. Here are five of the most notable deals.