North America
People Moves: MackeyRMS, BCS Global Markets, SIPs
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Sheryl Hawk (pictured), who has been appointed vice president of customer success at MackeyRMS.
Waters Wrap: Machine-Learning Models Suffer from Covid (And Exchanges in the Cloud, Pt. 2)
Anthony says that while machine-learning models have been hit-and-miss during the pandemic, NLP is taking on greater importance. He also looks at how exchanges are looking to move their core matching engines to the cloud.
People Moves: Liquidnet, Quandl, State Street, CloudMargin, Greenwich Associates, Mediant, GLMX
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Steven Nichols (pictured) who has been appointed head of NLP and unstructured data at Liquidnet.
Fitch Solutions Revamps FitchConnect Using Micro-Frontend Technology
The use of agile development techniques and adoption of micro-frontend technology has yielded significant improvements in development productivity, officials say.
Waters Wrap: Is AML Tech Worth the Cost? (And Cloud Moves & More Blockchain)
Anthony wonders if AML platforms are being scrutinized enough by banks and regulators, then looks at Wells Fargo's tapping of HPR for its quant division and Northern Trust’s blockchain plans.
Fidelity Quietly Shutters ActionsXchange; Low Margins of Corporate Actions Biz Blamed
Officials remain silent on the closure, which has been in the works since last year, sources say.
AML Platforms ‘Are Just Not Working’—Is Human Error or Tech the Culprit?
Technologies meant to detect and stop financial crime may add more headaches than they relieve. Others say that the best tech can't overcome how bankers use these tools. The AML dilemma likely falls somewhere in the middle.
FX Markets Ripe to Exploit Sentiment Data, Experts Say
Already well established as an alpha-enhancing input to equities trading, sentiment data is now being applied to other asset classes, starting with foreign exchange.
Waters Wrap: Blockchain is Still Overhyped (And Ion/Broadway Thoughts & the Consulting Boom)
In 2016, Anthony wrote that the blockchain revolution was overhyped—unsurprisingly, his opinions have not changed. He also delves into the Ion-Broadway deal, and looks at new consulting/advisory firms that have recently come to market.
Banks Explore Graph Technology to Tackle Data Complexity for Compliance
Although graph technology is still in the early stages of adoption, banks such as Wells Fargo and ING have begun leveraging it to find previously unknown connections between datasets.
China’s AI Expansion Could Shift the Fintech Balance of Power
Wei-Shen thinks about how the battle for supremacy in AI will evolve in the near future, and what the implications of China’s advances in the field might mean for Wall Street technology.
People Moves: BNY Mellon, big xyt, Temenos, SEC, Gresham, First Derivatives
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Fangfang Chen as (pictured), who has been appointed Asia Pacific chair and Asia Pacific head of asset servicing and digital at BNY Mellon.
This Week: BBVA/AWS, Bloomberg/Lombard Odier, TP Icap, Credit Suisse/Torstone, Endicott
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
People Moves: DTCC, Evaluate, Capitolis, Facteus, HazelTree
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Bob Stewart (pictured) who has been appointed executive director of ITP product management.
S4 Launches Market Data Recruitment Unit
S4 executives say their years of experience can help them identify and recruit the people and skillsets that firms may not initially realize they need.
Waters Wrap: Goldman’s Marquee Move a Sign of Larger Industry Shift (And Refinitiv’s API Rebrand)
Anthony explores changing concept of a trading platform, and what that might mean for the future of tech development.
Goldman Sachs Takes Aim at Interoperability, Analytics with Marquee Enhancements
The bank’s recent moves signal what could become a managed services offering, as Goldman further embraces cloud, open source, and APIs.
Broadridge Onboards Clients to Corporate Bonds Platform Set to Launch Next Year
The vendor's LTX platform leverages a neural network to navigate the complexity of the corporate bond market, and is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2021.
EDM Council Expands into Analytics, Reflecting Changing CDO Priorities
Analytics will be the eighth foundational pillar of data management covered by the EDM Council's DCAM model, reflecting the importance of data quality to analytics.
FISD Reports Progress on Alt Data Standards, Data Dictionary
Officials say FISD's standards efforts will encourage and support broader adoption of alternative data among firms that have previously not had the resources to take advantage of new alt datasets.
Waters Wrap: The M&A Market Heats Up (And Some Quantum Computing News)
What do Liquidnet and Trading Technologies (and others) have in common? Anthony explains. He also discusses advancement—and disillusionment—in the quantum space.
People Moves: Broadridge, Schroders, Cboe, TP ICAP, Temenos, Ideal Prediction, and ASX
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Vijay Mayadas (pictured) who has been appointed president of capital markets at Broadridge.
Financial Sector Should Commercialize Data Management Knowledge to Advance Other Industries
Just as there’s always money to be made from doing dirty jobs, there are opportunities around dirty data—especially in industries that are only now beginning to appreciate the value of being data-driven.
Milestone Group to Launch Fair-Value Feature to Flagship Platform
The vendor will make the pControl add-on globally available to clients later in 2020.