Asia-Pacific
Waters Wavelength Ep. 323: MarketAxess’s Chowdhury and Burke (plus some Cusip updates)
This week, Riad Chowdhury, head of Asia-Pacific, and Dan Burke, global head of emerging markets at MarketAxess, join to discuss block trading in fixed income. Plus Reb discusses her recent article about Cusip and updates on the class action lawsuit moving through the courts.
Bloomberg’s chatbots streamline external data sharing, OTC trading
The vendor details the expansion of chatbot support outside of a firm’s enterprise, and addresses user reservations about cost and spambots.
WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2025: All the winners and why they won
The winners of the 6th annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards have been announced.
Aussie super fund overhauls investment platform with BlackRock Aladdin
Aware Super’s Project Odin includes implementations of BlackRock Aladdin, eFront and GoldenSource EDM
Nasdaq looks to Thailand, Broadridge grows patent portfolio, GenAI concerns, and more
The Waters Cooler: MarketAxess gains majority control of RFQ consortium, the Bloomberg Terminal integrates with BNP’s Exane, and Isda extends reg reporting support to new Canadian rules in this week’s news roundup.
People Moves: CME, Broadridge, LSEG, Northern Trust, Cboe, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the tech and data space, including Talia Klein, who joins the DTCC as head of wealth management services, from BNY.
Deutsche Bank delivers AI, client insights with ‘muscle memory’
Voice of the CTO: The German bank is taking finely honed skills and capabilities and deploying them for new and emerging use cases.
FCA sets up shop in US, asset managers collab, M&A heats up, and more
The Waters Cooler: Nasdaq and Bruce ATS partner for overnight market data, Osttra gets sold to KKR, and the SEC takes on DOGE in this week’s news roundup.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 313: FIS Global’s Jon Hodges
This week, Jon Hodges, head of trading and asset services for Apac at FIS Global, joins the podcast to talk about how firms in Asia-Pacific approach AI and data.
Experts say HKEX’s plan for T+1 in 2025 is ‘sensible’
The exchange will continue providing core post-trade processing through CCASS but will engage with market participants on the service’s future as HKEX rolls out new OCP features.
People Moves: CBOE Global Markets, Clear Street, Broadridge, SimCorp, and more
A look at the past month's people moves within the tech and data space, including Meaghan Dugan, who joins CBOE Global Markets as head of US options.
Market data woes, new and improved partnerships, acquisitions, and more
The Waters Cooler: BNY and OpenAI hold hands, FactSet partners with Interop.io, and trading technology gets more complicated in this week’s news round-up.
Asset manager Fortlake turns to AI data mapping for derivatives reporting
The firm also intends to streamline the data it sends to its administrator and establish a centralized database with the help of Fait Solutions.
Data costs rose in 2024, but so did mitigation tools and strategies
Under pressure to rein in data spend at a time when prices and data usage are increasing, data managers are using a combination of established tactics and new tools to battle rising costs.
CDOs evolve from traffic cops to purveyors of rocket fuel
As firms start to recognize the inherent value of data, will CDOs—those who safeguard and control access to data—finally get the recognition they deserve?
New data granularity rules create opportunities for regtech providers
As evidence, Regnology increased its presence in North America with the addition of Vermeg's Agile business—its 8th acquisition in three years—following a period of constriction and consolidation in the market.
The Waters Cooler: ‘Tis (almost) the season
Outer-space datacenters, a bumper week for data product announcements … and did I mention that I sing?
Deutsche Bank experiments with regulatory GenAI tool
Project Aggie can complete what business domain experts typically do in a few hours in under five minutes, the bank says.
T+1 shift sees out-of-hours human resourcing costs spike by as much as 20%
New research finds that trading firms are experiencing increased labor costs—which could be a boon for outsourced trading.
Northern Trust adds fixed-income capabilities for outsourced trading in Asia-Pacific
The custodian bank now offers 24/6 fixed-income trading coverage with desks in Chicago, London, and Sydney.
People Moves: Broadridge, ASX, State Street, Northern Trust, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space, including Simon Robertshaw, who joins Broadridge as CTO for front-office trading capabilities.