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Morningstar Chronicles AI Quest to Replicate Analyst Ratings
With the fund industry growing at exponential rates, Morningstar turned to disruptive technologies to keep pace and ensure it could deliver sufficient coverage without compromising the processes used by its human analysts. Max Bowie chronicles the five…
Bitfinex Bolsters Surveillance Capabilities with Irisium Platform
Irisium Surveillance will help the bitcoin exchange to better monitor for volume manipulation, wash-trading and fake liquidity.
Rimes Taps Markit’s Scott to Head EMEA, Asia Sales
Scott has 20 years of industry experience, starting at middleware vendors and most recently in EDM sales at IHS Markit.
Neptune Networks Looks to Expand into MBS/ABS in the US
The bond market utility now has 24 banks fully live on the platform with another two set to go live by early Q2.
For Central Banks, Digital Currency Risks May Outweigh Benefits
CPMI's report says existing technology is sufficient at present to deliver the benefits of digital currencies, without introducing new risks.
YCharts Adds Crypto Data to Analysis Platform
YCharts is the latest vendor to wade into provision of cryptocurrency data, noting the challenges of cryptocurrencies' lack of fundamental data.
Barchart Names former GlobalView, FutureSource Exec Harrison CTO
Harrison has 25 years of experience in technology leadership roles in the market data and startup industries.
Thomson Reuters, MarketPsych Unveil Sentiment Index Update, Adding Bitcoin Data
The vendors are monitoring additional sources of news and social media specific to cryptocurrencies.
Nasdaq, Sina Hail Data Deal as Step Towards Globalization of Chinese Investor Portfolios
Nasdaq looks to broaden distribution in China via Sina, then replicate the partnership in other Asia-Pacific markets.
Banks and Buy Side Ally for Desktop App Interoperability
Led by OpenFin, FDC3—which includes the likes of RBC, JPMorgan, AllianceBernstein, Citadel and Barclays—aims to create a common language for desktop app interoperability.
Women in Technology and Data Awards 2018 – All the Winners
The winners of the 24 categories making up this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards were announced on Friday March 9 at a luncheon in London.
QuasarDB Taps Tech Sales Vet Jones for EMEA BizDev
Jones has more then 30 years of experience in technology sales and product management roles in Europe and the US.
Publicis.Sapient Adds NPL Support to European DataWarehouse
Publicis.Sapient’s latest additions to the European DataWarehouse support EBA-mandated data templates for non-performing loans, making the asset class more transparent and accessible.
Finastra and Microsoft Partner for Cloud Platform
Finastra will host its applications in its cloud platform, FusionFabric.cloud, hosted by Microsoft Azure.
GTCR Agrees to Sale of Dash Financial
Flexpoint Ford is backing a management buyout of Dash Financial Technologies from private-equity firm GTCR.
S&P Shuffles Execs Following Divisional Restructure
After a New Year restructure that spun Platts out of S&P Global Market Intelligence as a separate, standalone division of S&P Global, the vendor has announced senior executive changes within the GMI division.
NYSE Fined $14 Million by SEC for Reg SCI Violations
The exchange settles after multiple investigations conducted into outages and systems issues over past several years.
EDM Council 2.0: Trade Body Unveils New Program and Platform
Trade association is launching a new social media-based platform, reflecting industry shift toward more collaboration.
CLS Launches FX Reporting System
CLS plans to fully integrate CLSReporting, a new FX matched instruction service, in Q2 of 2018.
Mandelzis-led Fintech Capitolis Raises $29 Million, Targets Trade Finance
The company, chaired by former Thomson Reuters chief Tom Glocer, will serve as a peer-to-peer network for trade financing.
MUFG Investor Services Taps Point Nine's Middle-Office Platform to Help with Reg Reporting
The partnership is exclusive to MUFG and will also help Point Nine add pre-trade analytics to its offering.
Arachnys and Quantexa Partner for KYC
The two firms will integrate their platforms to help automate the identification of gaps in customer information.
Risk Focus Appoints Harding and Hair as Sales Directors
New York-based pair will lead sales in cloud, DevOps and financial services for vendor.
Nasdaq Sues IEX for Trading, Data Patent Infringements
Nasdaq's lawsuit alleges infringement of a number of patents covering its trading process and certain data elements by IEX.