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Esma Guidelines Call for Full Audits of Cloud Providers
The regulator is consulting on outsourcing contract guidance that would give firms and supervisors access to the books and premises of providers.
Stevens Institute, Capco Lay Out Commercialization Efforts for New Artificial Exchange
The platform will initially target the HFT crowd, as well those looking to better understand market microstructure in equities.
Asset Control to Add Data Model Customization to Ops360
The vendor is also incorporating micro frontends, as well as exploring the use of machine learning in the future.
People Moves: Liquidnet, S4, Tier1, Confluence, BNY Mellon, Finastra
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Simon Maughan (pictured), who joins Liquidnet as head of Trading Alpha.
FactSet Taps Ex-S&P Exec Reeve to Replace Alt Data Marketplace Head Newman
Following Newman's retirement, Reeve will take on his content products and solutions, including its Open:Factset Marketplace.
Two Former Fidessa Employees Make Push into OMS Interop Space
Two former Fidessa employees are working with Glue42, which in turn is working with Fidessa and Ion, on bringing interoperability to the OMS space.
This Week: Northern Trust/BackRock, Nasdaq, IHS Markit/OpenGamma, MEMX, and More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
SmartStream to Add Additional AI Capabilities to Aurora
The reconciliations specialist is also looking to expand its corporate actions offering into the buy side.
Covid Provides RPA a Chance to Shine, but Skeptics Remain
The pandemic has highlighted the need for greater automation, leaving some retail banks to embrace RPA, which could seep into the wholesale capital markets.
Pandemic Fuels New Wave of Surveillance Tech
Firms are investing in new solutions for monitoring the front office in lockdown conditions, but the latest technologies raise concerns about privacy and intrusion.
Nowcasting Provides Macro Insights, say Active Managers
Using alternative data to understand macroeconomic conditions in almost real time can give investment teams an edge.
ChartIQ Tightens Charting & Finsemble Integration, Readies Rebrand
Having developed two separate product lines to showcase its charting and smart desktop integration offerings, ChartIQ is now bringing them closer together to solve client needs.
UnaVista Rolls Out Reporting Analytics for Performance and Market Surveillance
The regulatory business is developing enhanced analytics to improve reporting accuracy and identify signs of market manipulation.
Cboe Integrates Trade Alert Into Information Solutions Business
The Chicago-based exchange has also released its first integrated solution with risk analytics provider Hanweck, which it acquired in February.
JP Morgan AM to Add Chinese, Japanese to Proprietary NLP Tool
The asset manager could one day make its Textual Analytics tool, which reads millions of documents to derive insights, available to the market at large.
FCA Using NLP, Machine Learning to Regulate Businesses
The regulator is advancing with its strategy to improve its use of tech in its oversight role, says data chief.
MSCI Uses NLP to Measure Company Innovation
The global market index firm is quantifying innovative investments and mapping them to a company’s performance.
Start-Up Brings Video Game Design to Repo Trading, Regulatory Reporting
Hudson Fintech is leveraging the entity component system architecture as it looks to bring in sell-side firms and raise seed funding.
Eventus Systems Uses $10.5m Funding to Advance AI, Double Workforce
The trade surveillance technology provider plans to expand over the next 12 months.
S&P Global Market Intelligence Debuts Marketplace
The data provider has made its new data 'storefront' available after revealing plans to do so earlier this year.
Covid-19: A New Era for Trade Surveillance
As the boundaries between work and home blur, monitoring and privacy may be at odds.
FactSet Datasets Go Live on Snowflake Data Warehouse
FactSet is the first major data provider to make content available via the cloud-based data-warehousing platform.
People Moves: Genesis, FlexTrade, Tora, Nomura and CLS
A look at some of the key 'people moves' from this week, including Nick Kolba (pictured) who joins Genesis as global head of platform.
DTCC: Future of Settlement Revamp Depends on Industry Appetite
Client feedback and priorities will drive the next phase of the market structure firm's project to modernize settlement.