Data Management
Refinitiv Combines Two Coronavirus Eikon Applications
The data giant is enhancing its pandemic coverage, as it sees a surge in demand for data making sense of a volatile new world.
AltHub, Alqami Ally to Grow Alt Data Offerings
The data distribution partnership will allow each company to reach a broader base of buy-side clients, while giving those firms access to more datasets.
BT Radianz to Add Chinese Alt Datafeeds
Initially, BT Radianz is looking for datasets that could help forecast consumer demand, such as sentiment, consumption, and transactional data.
Causality Link Bolsters AI Platform with $5m Funding Round
AI-powered investment technology provider plans for expansion over the next 12 months.
This Week: MEMX, Sifma, Bloomberg, State Street, Digiterre, Infosys
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
UBS Evidence Lab Uses Machine Learning for Maritime Datasets
Financial services firms have been looking to maritime data for economic insight during the coronavirus pandemic.
Enlighten Tech Helps Northern Trust Find Resources to Share the Covid Workload
To keep its asset servicing functions running smoothly, Northern Trust is using technology from performance management analysis software vendor Enlighten to identify available resources.
IHS Markit Rolls Out New Buy-Side Derivatives Risk Modeling Platform
The product combines emerging technologies to offer speed, scale, and new perspectives on credit spreads and portfolio performance by overlaying financial data with alt data.
AI Can Drive Reconciliations Efficiency In Period of Increased Volume
As the coronavirus drives trading volumes, post-trade processing is increasingly an area of operational risk, and firms should consider automation, analyst says.
BlackRock’s Head of Sustainable Research: Covid-19 Could Bring Green Recovery
The ESG space is gaining attention as asset managers try to navigate today's volatile markets. Andre Bertolotti believes this to be more than fad.
Despite New Approaches, Industry Still Divided Over Data Licensing
Data licensing agreements remain a source of contention for the industry, as suppliers look to differentiate offerings via disruptive pricing structures.
NatWest Markets Restarts Rollout of Axe Data Add-In After Covid-19 Disruption
The bank has partnered with ipushpull to develop an Excel bolt-on for clients with axe data who do not have access to Symphony.
Start-up Fund Manager Hunts for ‘Joy’ During Pandemic
Infusive Asset Management is blending traditional and alternative datasets to find companies and services that bring “joy” to consumers.
Nasdaq ‘Rolls’ Report on Legal Cannabis Industry Data
The report provides data on Canada's legal cannabis market for US investors associated with the industry.
SEC, Exchanges Clash Over Revised Consolidated Tape Plans
US equity exchanges have pushed back aggressively against an SEC order directing them to submit a revised plan for operating the consolidated tapes of US equities quote and trade data.
Delivering a Winning Data Strategy—Optimizing Your Data Ecosystem
This webinar focusses on the intricacies of the industry’s data supply chain, suppliers’ and consumers’ day-to-day pain points and how they can be remedied, the crucial role that cloud plays as a catalyst for enablement and change, and the solutions and…
TRG Adds Contract Usage Rights Data to FITS Inventory Platform
The new rights management capability allows firms to manage compliance with the terms of their data contracts in the same system they use to manage their data inventory and costs.
Bloomberg Debuts ‘Data License Plus’ to Aid Data Management During Covid-19
The DL+ service aims to help remote-working data professionals to more easily understand details of data from Bloomberg Data License.
FISD Advances Alt Data Standards, Taps Pritchard to Boost Engagement
Explosive interest in the alternative data sector is driving FISD membership growth as demand to participate in its alternative data group soars.
FactSet Embraces Web Technologies for Workstation
The research and data giant is using OpenFin to build out web capabilities for its Workstation platform.
Amid Public Market Volatility, Emerging Technologies Boost Investor Confidence in Private Markets
As the private markets grow, so does investor appetite for them, particularly as public markets hurt. Emerging technologies are helping.
BlackRock Onboards 8 Aladdin Clients Remotely
The asset management giant has turned to collaboration tools to help with client implementations during the pandemic lockdown.
This Week: ICE, Nasdaq/R3, BMLL/OpenFin, DASH
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Four Asset Managers Explain How They Incorporate ESG Data
Execs From UBS AM, Lazard AM, DWS, and East Capital look at incorporating ESG data into their investment practices for more holistic views of risk and opportunity.