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Collibra to Tap Google AI Talent, Add 200 Staff in ’19
A funding deal led by Google's private equity affiliate will expose Collibra to machine learning and AI expertise at the search giant.
Truvalue Taps ESG Vet Kuh for Indexes
With years of experience creating ESG benchmarks, Kuh will lead Truvalue's entry into providing ESG indexes.
The Problem Solver: Paul Bari, Nordea
Paul Bari’s career has taken him across oceans and continents, but his true north has always been a fascination with mathematics. Now, he’s tackling not only the future of one of Northern Europe’s largest banks, but its employees, too
Qaravan Founder Joins OTC Markets Group After Acquisition
Anthony Hodson is senior vice president of market data at OTC Markets Group following its acquisition of Qaravan.
TNS to Roll Out R2G Low-Latency Tech Globally, Post-Acquisition
TNS will offer R2G's low-latency technology to clients of its own extranet service.
ICE’s Belcher Skates to London to Head EMEA Data Biz
After several years at ICE Data Services and Interactive Data in New York, Belcher returned to London last year to take up a new role heading ICE's data business in EMEA.
Fitch Names Filanowski President of Solutions Arm
Filanowski has spent almost 25 years in management and product management roles at all the major data vendors.
Maude ‘Boards’ Cboe as Data Sales Director
Maude brings more than 20 years of experience in fixed income and equities data sales roles to Cboe.
AlphaPoint Nabs R3’s Grayson for Enterprise Sales
Grayson's extensive experience and contacts within the fintech sector will help AlphaPoint expand its business, officials say.
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.
R3 Creates Corda Network Foundation to Manage Corda Blockchain Network
The foundation will be completely separate from R3, and will be governed independently to assure participants that the network will not be monetized.
Blackstone Promotes Andersson
Market data veteran Cornelia Andersson now heads research and market data teams for all of Blackstone Group.
Waters USA: Meld Man and Machine to Guide Data’s ‘Digital Transformation’
At the recent Waters USA event, experts discussed how firms can leverage technology innovation to guide the data digitization process, and where human intervention remains important.
Waters USA: Plenty of Alpha Left in Alt Data, if Firms Use AI, ML to Harness Value
At the recent Waters USA conference, panelists discussed the current wave of alternative datasets, and how getting the most out of them requires new tools and technologies.
Citi Exec on the Culmination of Two Centuries of Data Quality Management
In conversation with Duco CEO Christian Nentwich and Waters editor in chief Victor Anderson, Citi's global head of operations and technology Don Callahan describes his efforts to influence the bank's approaches to managing data quality.
IHS Markit Revs Alt Dataset of Auto Sales, Production Data
The automotive dataset is the first of many predictive offerings planned that leverage existing data assets from the former IHS business for use by systematic investors.
FlexTrade Taps Corvil for Network Analytics
The technology layer is designed to profile FlexTrade's network infrastructure to detect and analyze performance issues.
XTRD Takes Avelacom for High-Speed Crypto Networks
The physical infrastructure will enable faster connectivity to global locations.
Nasdaq Buys Quandl to ‘Dominate’ Alt Data Space
The acquisition will combine the resources that each has assembled separately, and allow them to reach new audiences for their alternative datasets.
MOEX Selects Integral’s Platform
The partnership is said to provide MOEX clients with a low latency platform for accessing a diverse liquidity pool for FX.
Data Science Lesson: Execs Urge Caution, Focus on Widespread Data Science Use
To a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Similarly, many in the financial industry think the growing data science space will solve all problems. But firms should be more critical of their needs before using data science as a hammer.
TRG Gets Pamlico PE Buy-in as Polaris Divests
Pamlico's undisclosed equity stake will allow the vendor to continue investing in product development, organic growth, and acquisitions, where appropriate, officials say.
Coleman Launches Interactions Platform
The cloud-based offering allows buy-side clients to manage their interactions with research providers, industry experts and analysts.
Collibra Collars Burk, Sohtz to Drive Growth
The pair will contribute to continuing Collibra's ongoing double-digit growth spurt, officials say.