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People Moves: Deutsche Bank, MarketAxess, Calastone, tZERO, RapidAddition
A look at some of the key "people moves" from July 15-19, including Neal Pawar (pictured), who joins Deutsche Bank.
Machine Learning Shakes Up Classical Financial Risk Modeling
BlackRock, MSCI, and La Française are some of the firms looking to replace traditional, linear risk models.
People Moves: Xceptor, BIS, CFTC, Deutsche Bank, Tradewind, Dalzell
A look at some of the key "people moves" from July 8-12, including Alexandre Tombini, who joins BIS.
People Moves: Symphony, Finos, Neptune Networks, REGIS-TR
A look at some of the key "people moves" from the past week.
Refinitiv Adds to Buy-Side Offering with AlphaDesk Acquisition
The deal lets the vendor add OMS functionality to its existing trading workflow.
Fund Houses Get Picky Over Where to Use Machine Learning
Buy-siders have limited their usage of deep learning techniques due to haziness over their inner workings.
Human-Machine Fusion Seen as Key to Cyber Defense
Software and flesh-and-blood humans are both important when it comes to protecting an institution, panelists say.
BNY Mellon to Offer Custodial Data via BlackRock's Aladdin
This is the first time that Aladdin has been opened to external providers.
Navigating the ESG Reporting Maze
An analysis of some of the major initiatives to improve corporate reporting of environmental, social and governance factors to help investors better price-in risks and opportunities and make meaningful comparisons of company performance.
A Look Back at Major Developments in Asia from 2018
From the data battle between the SGX and India to the ASX green-lighting its clearing blockchain project, Wei-Shen Wong looks back on topics that made headlines this past year.
Waters 25: A Look Back on the Last Two Decades
Waters examines some of the most important events in financial technology of the past 25 years.
Crypto Incognito: New Regulation Targets Crypto’s Bad Reputation
KYC data requirements and new legislation aim to move cryptocurrency markets into the mainstream, but are the anonymity and illegal activity tied to digital currencies exaggerated?
ICE ETF Platform to Standardize Primary Market Trading
The platform is being developed with BlackRock and will be released in 2019.
Young Datasets, Inexperienced Talent Make Alt Data Challenging
The relatively nascent alternative data industry is creating challenges for asset managers, specifically when it comes to a lack of historical data and a lack of talent that can interrogate the data.
MarketAxess Banks on Asian Electronic Markets with BlackRock Partnership
Partnership with BlackRock will allow Aladdin client community to access new sources of liquidity in Asian credit markets.
Internal Dilemmas: Investing in Bitcoin & Clear Consciences
According to one estimate, the global bitcoin network will require more electricity than what is required to power the entire US by July 2019.
Luminex Plots New Path with Conditional Order Types
The buy-side venue allows firms to forego share ante in favor of “proactive” policing.
Chat Rooms and Trading Floors
“We’re a more socially-connected world, there have been advances in compliances controls, and there have been changes in social norms."
After Scandals, Banks Release Chat Back into the Wild
Chat tools are being embraced again as the industry seeks more efficiency in the workflow.
Not Everyone’s a Convert for Fixed Income’s Move to Screen
Panelists at Risk USA discussed electronification’s slow advancement in fixed income, and debated just how necessary it is.
Innovations Bring Greater Insight into Passive Investing
Passive investing unlikely to kill off active strategies, according to speakers at this year's New York-hosted North American Buy-Side Technology Summit.
Looking Ahead to BST North America
A preview of next week's conference agenda for Buy-Side Technology's flagship event.
Machine Learning: On the Ground Floor, Ready to Rise
While much of the talk about machine-learning technology in capital markets is overblown, there’s no question that these tools are set to become increasingly prevalent over the coming years. Anthony Malakian takes stock of where the industry stands based…
Firms Eye Machine Learning for Liquidity Risk Models
Many US mutual funds are expected to rely on vendor tools to comply with the SEC’s rule that they establish a formal liquidity risk management program that includes classifying the liquidity of their investments. These tools have the potential to improve…