News
People Moves: Transcend, Tourmaline Partners, Vela, TickTrade and Citco
A look at the key people moves from this week.
IVP Aims to Bring Most Applications to the Cloud This Year
It has already moved seven of its 16 offerings to the cloud.
TP Icap Eyes Cloud, More Tech Partners to Reach New Data Clients
The broker is looking to expand its data delivery options to reach potential clients who don't have access to traditional channels.
This Week: Refinitiv/Google Cloud; DTCC; Bloomberg/ MSCI; and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
ASX on Track for CHESS Replacement Testing
The Aussie exchange is to begin industry-wide testing of its DLT settlement program.
Fenergo Taps ABN Amro, DXC for $80 Million M&A War Chest
The Dublin-based company sells 10% stake to fund further regtech acquisitions.
HSBC Trials Bot-to-Bot Interactions With Other Symphony Users
The bank's securities services arm increased efficiency with chatbots, and is now having interactions with clients—without human involvement.
FIS to Double Down on RegTech and Multi-Asset Coverage
The company's Investment Operations Suite for asset managers is adapting to regulation and changing investment strategies alongside clients.
TRG Screen Buys Partner MDI to Boost Managed Data Services
The deal will allow MDI to provide other TRG offerings as fully managed services, and to benefit from being part of a larger company.
Man and Machine Need Each Other – Systematica CEO
“The errors made by humans and robots are different,” says Leda Braga
Xceptor Lasers in on ML and NLP
The vendor is also considering including deep learning capabilities to the platform.
People Moves: Archax, Broadridge, FCA, Qontigo, and TruNarrative
A look at some of the key "people moves" from the past week.
This Week: Bloomberg/Goldman; IHS Markit/MSCI; TP Icap; and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Vendors Feel Heat as Regulators Pile Pressure on Third-Party Resiliency
UK regulators have proposed new laws to clamp down on operational resilience and third-party risk, pushing fintechs to put some skin in the game.
Velocimetrics Looks to Add Functionality to Performance Analysis Solution
Network traffic capture and analytics integration to allow traders to have a forensic record of transaction lifecycles and do real-time monitoring.
Screen Founders Leave TRG, Set up Data Recruitment Firm
Brooimans and Fruitema will focus on helping financial firms in Europe to find experienced data professionals.
Google Exec: Regulators Insisting on Multi-Cloud for Financial Firms
As regulators fear vendor lock-in and concentration among cloud providers, Google Cloud pushes its Anthos platform.
Cboe Buys Hanweck and FT Options in Dual Acquisition
The exchange group has made a strategic double buy hoping to boost capacity in solving portfolio and balance sheet risk for clients.
Rimes Wards off Sale Speculation with Investment from EQT
A sale was originally reported, but this PE investment will allow the firm to grow its ESG, ETF offering while considering a sale at a later time.
S&P to Unveil New Data Platform, New Data Capabilities
S&P Global Market Intelligence will offer clients new alt datasets from in-house and third parties to be used in conjunction with increased analytics offerings.
CAT Seeks Approval to Mask Personal Data
The CAT is required to gather personal information, but the CAT NMS committee wants to use a masking method for security.
People Moves: Liquidnet; Broadridge, dv01, Cutter & more.
A look at some of the key people moves from the past week, including Vicky Sanders (pictured).
TRG Screen Integrates PEAR Policy Database After Axon Acquisition
The integration of PEAR, acquired last year, is a further step towards integrating the vendor's key data inventory management platforms, FITS and InfoMatch.
Illuminate Rounds Out Baton Systems Funding with $4m Investment
This is the first investment Illuminate has made in a company offering DLT-based tech.