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MarketAxess looks to proprietary data and automation with new offerings
The fixed-income trading provider’s Adaptive Auto-X automation tool and new data offerings were a bright spot amid lackluster Q2 earnings.
IBM bets big on generative AI
Although Q2 revenue was flat year-on-year, it was buoyed by IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy. The tech giant will build up its AI capabilities similarly to how it’s dealt with Red Hat OpenShift.
Nasdaq’s Friedman hints at plans for Adenza post-acquisition
During Nasdaq’s earnings call, Adena Friedman explained to skeptical investors why the deal makes sense for the exchange operator.
Antitrust complaint against Cusip can go forward, SDNY judge rules
The federal judge presiding over the ongoing class-action suit against Cusip Global Services, S&P Global, FactSet, and the American Bankers Association, has dismissed all complaints against the defendants except one alleging the quartet violated Section…
Charles River, software, data sales drive State Street in Q2
As traditional revenue lines declined at the custodian as a result of market forces, front-office software sales made big gains in its quarterly results.
Waters Rankings 2023: All the winners and why they won
WatersTechnology readers voted to determine the winners in 34 technology and data categories that comprise this year’s virtual Waters Rankings.
This Week: Confluence Technologies, Genesis, LexisNexis, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: SteelEye, Clear Street, Accelex and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
People Moves: SEI, ANNA, Trading Technologies and more
A look at some recent people moves within the capital markets tech and data space.
WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2023: All the winners and why they won
Here are the 29 vendor and end-user category winners comprising the 4th annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards, announced on June 30.
S3 Partners sues Ion’s Fidessa for breach of contract
The New York-based market data company has filed a complaint against Fidessa for failing to honor its agreement to invest up to $6.25 million into the business.
Optical computer beats quantum tech in tricky settlement task
Microsoft’s analog technology twice as accurate compared to IBM’s quantum kit in Barclays experiment
Bloomberg, Snowflake ally to accelerate cloud data adoption
Bloomberg has built an app in Snowflake’s cloud framework that will make it simpler and faster for Snowflake clients to populate their cloud-hosted tools with Bloomberg data.
This Week: Europe’s Mifir review, MarketAxess, FIA, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: CJC bolsters cybersecurity capabilities; Finos FDC3; JP Morgan; and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
BlackRock looks to expand Aladdin through accounting, data capabilities
Accounting, data, and analytics offerings make up part of Aladdin's strategy to become everything to everyone.
Google urges regulators, market participants to clarify risk guidance for AI models
A new whitepaper from Google finds that existing guidance on the use of AI and ML models for risk management is a start, but leaves room for improvement.
Dora ‘critical tech vendor’ designation could cast a wide net
Experts think cloud services, data providers and software firms are all in regulators’ sights.
Hidden danger: As AI permeates finance, cybersecurity moves to the forefront
Open-source wrappers like MLflow, though useful and popular, highlight the risks hidden beneath these models.
This Week: DTCC shelves Investor Kinetics; LTX’s BondGPT; Citi HK settlement; and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
FCA may offer its market data to surveillance tech start-ups
The regulator is concerned that rapid AI adoption will favor incumbent vendors; it aims to launch a sandbox.
Glue42 and Finsemble merge, reshaping interop vendor landscape
The niche interop market previously dominated by Glue42, Finsemble, and OpenFin is evolving—and so are the vendors themselves.
People Moves: BNY Mellon Pershing, Tradeweb, HKEx and more
A look at the past month’s people moves within the tech and data space.
This Week: EU CT updates, OpenFin, DTCC/Nomura, TMX/Clearstream, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.