Emerging Technologies
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Virtual reality and the Metaverse
Steve Moreton from CJC joins the podcast to chat about the next evolution of communication.
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.
Digital assets trade processing: The roadblocks and the road ahead
Institutional investors want digital assets, but have several key concerns. Kristin Hochstein of ISITC explores some ways to improve investor confidence in the space.
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.
Waters Wrap: On cybersecurity, regulators and ‘victim blaming’
In the wake of the Ion hack, regulators are pushing for firms to beef up their cyber defenses. Anthony says that they'll need to mind their words and tread carefully, as cloud, machine learning and open source take off.
What does it take to put a database in the cloud?
There are several ways to migrate an old legacy system to the cloud, but there's always a trade-off.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 265 (Conferences in a post-Covid world)
Tony, Shen, and Reb discuss the future state of industry conferences.
This Week: EU CT updates, OpenFin, DTCC/Nomura, TMX/Clearstream, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Tomorrow’s institution cares more about its risk than its performance
Execs from BlackRock, BMO, and Ness Digital Engineering discuss the balancing act of the wildly shifting priorities each of their organizations contend with every day.
UBS found no advantage in quantum computing—ex data chief
The Swiss bank tested various use cases in its trading business before giving up on the technology.
This Week: Overbond pairs with Deutsche Börse, Finsemble; SIX, FlexTrade partner; & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
A fully cloud-hosted exchange is coming—but for now, one piece at a time
Execs from Google, LSEG and NYSE discuss how exchanges are beginning to leverage the true potential of the cloud.
Coming to America: Foreign agents seek to subvert domestic tech incumbents
Vendor consolidation has given more to power to those who already hold the most power in the US. Can overseas providers who’ve already succeeded in smaller markets bring back competition?
This Week: Goldman, Cboe, Microsoft, others plan new blockchain network; LSEG/OpenFin & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: Numerix, Fincad and the new world of M&A
Anthony says Numerix’s acquisition of Fincad is indicative of where technology development in the capital markets is heading.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 264 (The London invasion)
Wei-Shen, Reb and Nyela invade London for a week!
Alt data’s growing pains: Integration and aggregation challenges stall wider adoption
Demand for alternative data continues to grow among investment firms. So why are some alt data providers taking products off the market?
This Week: Octaura, Fix/ISO, Delta Capita/Montis, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: Regtech hype evolves—for better and worse
As fines levied by the FCA and SEC rise, so too has spending on 'regtech.' But Anthony warns that for the regtech space to evolve further in the future, it must first initiate changes to its ecosystem.
This Week: Bloomberg-Azure, Ice Data Services, Burton-Taylor, 7Ridge, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
RBC eyes AI to bolster FX and rates algos
Canadian bank plans to take deep reinforcement learning tech from equities to fixed income and currencies