Asia
Waters Wrap: The Problem with Big Ideas (and Some Ramblings on Virtual Desktops & Tech's Blurred Lines)
Isda's CDM leaves banks questioning the way forward; the rise of virtual-desktop infrastructures; generic business intelligence tools become more popular.
Finos Targets Retail Banking
The open-source nonprofit is looking to leverage its capital markets membership to expand its footprint.
Waters Wrap: The Race to the Cloud (And More on Name Changes, Reg Reporting, & Covid Data)
Anthony Malakian examines how firms are racing to the cloud to roll out new market data services. He also looks at ChartIQ's name change, the regulatory reporting space, and Lazard's Covid-19 data rollout.
SocGen’s Digitized Bond Passes Settlement Test
Banque de France-backed deal pips private consortiums in dummy run for digital currency trades.
Delta Capita to Add Tax and Reg Reporting to New CLM Platform
The managed services and consulting firm will look to roll out these new components to its CLM platform in August.
Northern Trust to Add Options and Derivatives Outsourced Trading Capabilities
The custodian bank will receive and transmit European listed options and derivatives orders from buy-side clients.
Broker Tradition Increases Data Training for Employees During Covid Lockdown
As FISD has made it easier for data professionals working remotely to complete its FIA certification, Tradition has taken the opportunity to put its global data sales team through the certification process.
Refinitiv Labs Preps for SentiMine Release
About two dozen Refinitiv clients have early access to the tool.
CME’s Reg Reporting Rollback: A Sign of What’s to Come
Sources say the exchange group’s scaleback is a result of pricing wars, unsustainable business models, and the realities of commercially supporting a regulatory reporting business.
People Moves: ICE, Aquis Exchange, Liquidnet, BNP Paribas, TradeX, Gresham Technologies, SIA
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Hester Serafini (pictured) who has been appointed president at ICE Clear Europe.
Tora Adds Fixed Income to Trading Platform
The new capability will make the provider's offering a multi-asset trading platform.
Bloomberg Tackles Remote Implementations in APAC with New Tech
The vendor has added several video conferencing platforms in the past few months to better support clients.
CryptoCompare Eyes Asia Cryptocurrency Indexes
The cryptocurrency data provider and index operator plans to exploit demand for digital currency trading in APAC by launching index products in the region.
Big xyt Readies New Liquidity & Trade Analytics Tools
The vendor is beta testing three new data and analytics tools that will give greater insight into their best options to liquidate positions quickly during volatile market conditions.
Quants Use Nowcasting As Covid Crystal Ball
Experts from UBS, Unigestion, MIT and QuantConnect discuss the need for nowcasting, and what the alt data boom has made possible in trying to navigate today’s crisis.
BlackRock Integrates Private Markets Software with Aladdin
Integration of the asset manager's eFront acquisition aims to deliver a ‘whole portfolio’ solution.
People Moves: Liquidnet, S4, Tier1, Confluence, BNY Mellon, Finastra
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Simon Maughan (pictured), who joins Liquidnet as head of Trading Alpha.
From East to West—Investing in Europe During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This webinar explores the pain points and opportunities in European market trading, taking a closer look at how high-quality data can empower smarter analytics and trading decisions
This Week: Northern Trust/BackRock, Nasdaq, IHS Markit/OpenGamma, MEMX, and More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Banks Need a Hybrid Approach to Cryptography in Face of Quantum Threat
Execs from Barclays, IBM & Post-Quantum discuss why financial firms have to start preparing today for the future of hacking and quantum computing.
People Moves: Genesis, FlexTrade, Tora, Nomura and CLS
A look at some of the key 'people moves' from this week, including Nick Kolba (pictured) who joins Genesis as global head of platform.
Isda to Release Definitions on Web-Based Platform
The platform will allow users to look up the latest definitions as they execute a trade, with the option to access code for certain definitions using functionality already developed in the Common Domain Model (CDM).
BT Radianz to Add Chinese Alt Datafeeds
Initially, BT Radianz is looking for datasets that could help forecast consumer demand, such as sentiment, consumption, and transactional data.
Enlighten Tech Helps Northern Trust Find Resources to Share the Covid Workload
To keep its asset servicing functions running smoothly, Northern Trust is using technology from performance management analysis software vendor Enlighten to identify available resources.