Operations
LSEG Building New Algo-Testing Tool
The exchange group is developing new regtech products while looking to move these offerings to the cloud in 2020.
Fundament Builds Out Tokenized German Real Estate Offering
For it's real estate token, 90% of investment is coming from institutional firms.
Due North: Inside TMX Group's Bold Data Audit Overhaul
Toronto's TMX Group is looking to revolutionize the way that it conducts data audits with users. While the early feedback is positive, will others follow suit?
People Moves: Refinitiv, Qontigo, GAM, OSTC, Outset Global
A look at some of the key "people moves" this week, including Stephan Flagel (pictured), who joins Qontigo.
AFME Calls for pan-European Crypto Asset Taxonomy
The industry body has urged EU lawmakers and stakeholders to become leaders in delivering a common regulatory framework for digital assets.
UBS Taps Machine Learning for KYC
The bank is rolling out a project using machine learning and natural-language processing for KYC and AML activities.
Robo-raters Help Banks Vet Vendors for Cyber Risk
These specialists are touting services for monitoring third parties amid tougher rules on outsourcing risk.
People Moves: Liquidnet, UBS AM, CLS, Mediant, Chainalysis
A look at some of the key "people moves" over the last week, including Deborah Hrvatin (pictured), who joins CLS.
FBI Sees Steep Rise in State-Sponsored Cyber Theft
The FBI's Richard Jacobs says that the impact of US sanctions is driving theft “to fund coffers”.
Deutsche Bank's Bezuidenhout Explains Symphony, WeChat Usage for Trade Queries
The bank is looking to extend this feature to other asset classes in the future.
Broadridge CEO Tim Gokey Maps Out Technology Path
Gokey discusses Broadridge's aim to be a one-stop shop for users and how it sees emerging technologies as its future.
Jupiter Asset Management Taps RPA for Manual Process Automation
The asset manager is reviewing various processes to see what kinds of automation could bring efficiency.
People Moves: MarketAxess, Trading Technologies, DTCC & More
A look at some of the key "people moves" over the last week, including Ryan Gwin (pictured), who joins MarketAxess.
NatWest Rolls Out Personalized Trader-Dealer Chat Bot
The digital assistant is built on Symphony’s open-source technology and integrates with existing trader-dealer workflows.
SimCorp Builds Out Real Estate Offering for Alternatives
The vendor is also experimenting with machine learning to help the buy-side sift through the vast amount of unstructured alternatives investment data.
Confluence & StatPro: A Sign of the Buy-Side Times
Confluence has a big job ahead integrating StatPro’s various analytics tools.
Confluence Buys StatPro
For £161.1 million, Confluence has purchased StatPro. Both companies stand to gain more global clients, and users can expect new products meant to alleviate pain points felt by the buy side.
Linedata to Tap Machine Learning for System Fragmentation Monitoring
The company plans to test machine-learning models in the coming months to automatically fix IT system fragmentation.
People Moves: LSEG, SS&C Eze, IHS Markit, T-Rex, Tier1
A look at some of the key "people moves" from the last week.
Barclays: The Future of Post-Trade is a Common Utility Platform
Financial firms are pushing for a distributed market infrastructure model through efforts like Isda's Common Domain Model and distributed ledger technology.
Commerzbank Pilots DLT Prototypes
The bank's R&D arm, Main Incubator, has piloted blockchain projects, including settlement of commercial paper in T+0.
People Moves: Calastone, MarketAxess, Lime, Azul Systems
A look at the some of the week's key people moves, including Steve Wilcockson (pictured), who joins Azul Systems.
MarkitSERV Delays Credit Rollout for TradeServ Platform
The vendor is live with FX NDFs on the new cloud-based platform, but credit has been pushed to 2020 earliest.
TISA Assesses Vendors for Mifid II Reporting Solution
The regulatory reporting utility product for fund managers is targeted to go live by mid-2020.