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Aussie super fund overhauls investment platform with BlackRock Aladdin
Aware Super’s Project Odin includes implementations of BlackRock Aladdin, eFront and GoldenSource EDM
Nasdaq, AWS offer cloud exchange in a box for regional venues
The companies will leverage the experience gained from their relationship to provide an expanded range of services, including cloud and AI capabilities, to other market operators.
Crypto exchange EDX takes its tech into its own hands
The crypto exchange and clearinghouse, founded in 2022 by industry heavyweights, has built out its technology to meet the needs of the institutional market. In the process, it has learned important lessons about partnering with vendors, building in-house…
Are we really moving on from GenAI already?
Waters Wrap: Agentic AI is becoming an increasingly hot topic, but Anthony says that shouldn’t come at the expense of generative AI.
Accelerated clearing and settlement, private markets, the future of LSEG’s AIM market, and more
The Waters Cooler: Fitch touts AWS AI for developer productivity, Nasdaq expands tech deal with South American exchanges, National Australia Bank enlists TransFicc, and more in this week’s news roundup.
Fitch claims 20% developer productivity boost using AWS GenAI tools
The vendors have expanded an existing deal to include new Amazon tools that have helped Fitch modernize its infrastructure and applications.
Hyperscalers to take hits as AI demand overpowers datacenter capacity
The IMD Wrap: Max asks, who’s really raising your datacenter costs? And how can you reduce them?
Agentic AI and big questions for the technologists
Waters Wrap: Much the same way that GenAI dominated tech discussions over the last two years, the road ahead will feature a lot of agentic AI talk—and CIOs and CTOs better be prepared.
Big questions linger as DORA compliance approaches
The major EU regulation will go live tomorrow. Outstanding clarifications and confusion around the definition of an ICT service, penetration testing, subcontracting, and more remain.
The Waters Cooler: ’Tis the Season!
Everyone is burned out and tired and wants to just chillax in the warm watching some Securities and Exchange Commission videos on YouTube. No? Just me?
Does TP Icap-AWS deal signal the next stage in financial cloud migration?
The IMD Wrap: Amazon’s deal with TP Icap could have been a simple renewal. Instead, it’s the stepping stone towards cloudifying other marketplace operators—and their clients.
The Waters Cooler: Big Tech, big fines, big tunes
Amazon stumbles on genAI, Google gets fined more money than ever, and Eliot weighs in on the best James Bond film debate.
The Waters Cooler: AI tells it like it is… or does it?
A weekly round-up of stories from us and beyond. Plus, fun Scottish facts.
DORA stalls over identifier dispute
A disagreement over how to classify third-party tech providers on a reporting form known as the “register of information” has held up preparations for the highly anticipated operational resiliency rule in Europe.
Fidelity’s quantum exploration unites theory and proof
The asset manager and Amazon have teamed to put a quantum twist on machine learning.
DORA will change the buy vs. build debate… maybe
Waters Wrap: With DORA’s deadline looming, trading firms are having to reassess their long-term tech strategies. Anthony wonders if that means more building and less buying.
JSE rolls out exchange data to cloud Marketplace, built with DataBP
The move—part of a broader cloud migration at the exchange—allows financial firms to connect and subscribe to JSE news, market data, and analytics via the cloud.
Kepler Cheuvreux builds proprietary execution platform with Adaptive
The broker wants to move away from third-party technologies as DORA’s risk management requirements could make vendor relationships more cumbersome.
Industry associations say ECB cloud guidelines clash with EU’s Dora
Responses from industry participants on the European Central Bank’s guidelines are expected in the coming weeks.
Adaptive’s Aeron goes live on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
The messaging software used for building bespoke trading platforms is now available on Microsoft’s marketplace, making it accessible through major cloud providers.
Waters Wrap: CME, Google and the pursuit of ultra-low-latency trading
CME Group and Google have announced Aurora, Illinois, as the location for the exchange’s new co-location facility. Anthony explains why this is more than just the next phase of the two companies’ originally announced project.