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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.
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.
BofA’s ‘Citizen Devs’ Take on Innovation Mantle
The bank's central data and technology group enables frontline ‘citizen developers’.
HSBC Securities Arm ‘Strangles’ Legacy Tech with API Wrapper
The securities services business has embarked on an API strategy to offload its legacy tech and produce better connected products.
Interactive Brokers Creates Vendor Arm to Consolidate Data Ops
The creation of GFIS is the culmination of a three-year plan to consolidate and improve how the broker managed hundreds of data sources.
Nomura’s Head of Digital Warns of AI’s Predictive Limitations
The investment bank’s deputy chief digital officer says machines cannot predict markets, as the bank consolidates trading operations and builds an AI trading platform for fixed income and FX.
People Moves: SEC, FCA, FDIC, Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Transcend
A look at some of the key people moves from the past week, including major roles at regulators.
This Week: Refinitiv; Broadway; BMO/Clearpool; Skytra/Nasdaq & More
Catch up on some of the past week's financial technology news.
SteelEye to Monitor Social Media for Trade Reconstruction
Compliance vendor says upcoming automatic trade reconstruction will slash processing times and allow users to monitor news feeds to detect insider trading.
Colt Cuts Japan–Hong Kong Latency to Sub-41ms
Beyond new latency reductions between Tokyo and Hong Kong, Colt will continue to optimize its routes and expand its network coverage.
MEMX Builds Out Infrastructure as it Waits on Regulatory Approval
The exchange’s CEO and COO discuss its matching engine, Intel partnership, cloud strategy and plans for the future.
Euroclear to Roll Out Fixed Income Data Services
The post-trade firm and custodian will launch new data services for fixed income liquidity and APIs for its reference data offerings.
This Week: Charles River, Broadridge/IBM, Dash, TT, GAM/SimCorp
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Cboe Plans Comeback in Crypto Markets
The US exchange is again planning to offer crypto derivatives, while after previous attempts to gain regulatory approval to list crypto ETFs were thwarted.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 178: MEMX’s CEO & COO
Jonathan Kellner and Tom Fay join to discuss the Members Exchange.
APIs: Frontier of a New Threat
APIs are becoming more important as firms digitize and adopt microservices architectures, but they come with unique security threats. By Joanna Wright
Isda Wants Regulators to use its Model to Draft Rules
The trade association is looking to offer its Common Domain Model to rulemakers.
People Moves: Douglas Taylor, TD, Xavier Rolet, Guggenheim
A look at some the key "people moves" from last week, including Douglas Taylor (pictured, right), who is leaving Burton-Taylor.
5G & IoT: Are You Ready for the Data Deluge?
The combination of these two revolutions will see data volumes skyrocket. As a result, Anthony Malakian says data providers will be able to find new datasets to package for clients, while investment firms can create unique investment insights.
For the App Interoperability Movement, 2020 will be a Big Year
While progress was made in the desktop application interoperability space in the last year, Anthony Malakian says 2020 is likely to see some major developments that will help to push this movement forward.
Banks Look to Virtual Data Warehouses to Unify Trading Desks
As emerging technologies and greater computing power have brought about new analytical tools and capabilities, adding a virtual layer could help take the burden off the traditional data warehouse.
Blockchain in the Capital Markets: Slow Progress in 2019
While real blockchain rollouts are still few and far between, some firms made progress in 2019. Here are 18 projects in some stage of development.
As Public Cloud Gains Traction, Concerns & Challenges Grow
WatersTechnology looks at more than 20 cloud-based projects and initiatives to see how banks, asset managers and vendors are embracing public providers, and the inherent problems involved.