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People Moves: Symphony, Finos, Neptune Networks, REGIS-TR
A look at some of the key "people moves" from the past week.
Ex-Goldman Sachs MD Joins Kingswood Board
Robert Suss brings background in wealth management to UK-based financial advisement firm.
KRM22 Continues M&A Spree, With More to Come
The software provider has acquired Object+ and plans to grow more through acquisition in 2019.
ISDA Deploys Reporting Blueprint for Derivatives Markets
ISDA's Common Domain Model (CDM. 2.0) aims to standarize regulatory reporting and bring greater automation to derivatives trading.
Human Factor Is Crucial to the Alt Data Gold Rush
While tech advancements are being made, buy-side firms still rely on humans to make sense of alt data.
Industry Participants Differ on Blockchain Benefits
As some firms are pushing forward with blockchain projects, others are saying it's not yet ready for prime time.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2019 Winner's Interview—Duco
Mireille Dyrberg, Duco's chief operating officer, chats to Victor Anderson about her firm's second consecutive win in the reconciliation category at this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2019 Winner's Interview—Bloomberg
Bloomberg won the best sell-side front-office platform category at this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards in London. Phil McCabe discusses the technologies that comprise the firm's front-office suite.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2019 Winner's Interview—SmartStream
SmartStream Technologies won the best sell-side back-office platform at this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards in London. Interview with Jonathan Perrett.
Scottish Stock Exchange Looks to Prioritize Security
The planned exchange will source its trading platform from Euronext and is expected to announce more technology partnerships.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2019: All the Winners and Why They Won
This year's SST Awards were held on the afternoon of April 12 in London. Here are this year's 31 category winners.
Google Plans Foray into Asset Management with AI Data Tools
The technology giant is rolling out tools to asset managers who need to use machine learning but have limited in-house experience.
Banks Forge Cloud Agreements to Split Accountability
Banks are trying to split responsibility for their operating environments with the major cloud providers. Regulators are having none of it.
Women in Financial Services: The Shameful Truth
MarketAxess' Miranda Morad chats to Victor Anderson about the long road ahead to meaningful gender equality for the financial services industry.
Cobalt Expands with New Hires
The vendor recently entered into a partnership with IHS Markit for post-trade services in currency markets.
Women in Technology & Data Awards 2019: All the Winners and Why they Won
The 26 category winners from this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards were announced on the afternoon of March 8 at a sit-down lunch in London.
Hermes Ramps Up Cloud DevOps Strategy
Shift to Azure has dramatically increased investment manager's ability to push new code, engineers say.
Bobby Bhakar Joins Instimatch as CTO
The Swiss vendor has hired a number of senior personnel recently and has been steadily growing its institutional client base.
BST Awards 2018 Winner's Interview: Duco
Duco's CEO, Christian Nentwich, chats to Victor Anderson about his firm's win in the best buy-side reconciliation platform category at the 2018 Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Startup Fincross to Onboard Clients, Launch Crypto Custody in Q2
Subject to regulatory approval, the newly created digital asset investment bank plans to launch a custody solution in April.
No-Deal Data Pacts Fail to Quell Hard Brexit Fears
UK and EU regulators agree to share data post-Brexit, but trading firms say this doesn’t go far enough.
BST Awards 2018 Winner's Interview: SmartStream
SmartStream's Adam Cottingham chats to Victor Anderson about his firm's win in the best corporate actions processing platform category at the 2018 BST Awards.
FCA Sets Regulatory Roadmap for Crypto
The introduction of a regulatory framework could revitalize interest in waning ICO funding.
Refinitiv Hires Global Head of Industry and Government Affairs
Sherry Madera will be responsible for boosting Refinitiv's participation across government, policy initiatives, industry trends, and regulatory developments.