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The ABA vs most every regulatory. LSEG vs BBG. AI vs SaaS. Buy vs build. Lots of drama in the capital markets.
South Africa’s equity markets court HFTs with tech upgrades
Competition for flow has driven innovation in connectivity, risk, and data provision.
OneTick taps HFT start-up Lo:Tech for crypto market data
Lo:Tech’s founders come from the quant and high-frequency trading space.
DORA will change the buy vs. build debate… maybe
Waters Wrap: With DORA’s deadline looming, trading firms are having to reassess their long-term tech strategies. Anthony wonders if that means more building and less buying.
Dealer relief at delays to Refinitiv Matching’s tech migration
First phase of replatforming for Swiss spot pairs set to be pushed to mid-2025.
JSE rolls out exchange data to cloud Marketplace, built with DataBP
The move—part of a broader cloud migration at the exchange—allows financial firms to connect and subscribe to JSE news, market data, and analytics via the cloud.
The SEC needs a hand with artificial intelligence
The SEC wants to take a tough stance on AI, but it has a talent problem… or a marketing problem. Or both…
Bloomberg launches alt data-driven consumer spend index
The combination of alternative data and traditional macroeconomic data will provide insights into a key component of the US economy, as demonstrated by the data’s use by Chicago’s Federal Reserve Bank.
Kepler Cheuvreux builds proprietary execution platform with Adaptive
The broker wants to move away from third-party technologies as DORA’s risk management requirements could make vendor relationships more cumbersome.
Industry seeks to avoid future clashes over data costs
The IMD Wrap: Max wonders when and why buying data became a blood sport.
This Week: Appital adds to book-building tool; SmartStream; TS Imagine and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Let’s grow the third-party risk playbook – CME security chief
The CrowdStrike outage has highlighted the need for the financial sector to adjust its game plan.
Facing platform shutdown, former IEX Cloud head buys its assets in 11th-hour bid
Tim Baker, Pedro Aguayo, and a silent partner have come together to purchase IEX Cloud’s assets days before the exchange was to retire all its products on August 31.
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.
New working group to create open framework for managing rising market data costs
Substantive Research is putting together a working group of market data-consuming firms with the aim of crafting quantitative metrics for market data cost avoidance.
Recent volatility highlights tech’s vital role in fixed income pricing
MarketAxess’ Julien Alexandre discusses how cutting-edge technology is transforming pricing and execution in the fixed income market amid periodic bouts of volatility
Off-channel messaging (and regulators) still a massive headache for banks
Waters Wrap: Anthony wonders why US regulators are waging a war using fines, while European regulators have chosen a less draconian path.
Balancing digital innovations with operational resilience
Many banks and financial services firms are pushing forward with digital innovation projects, seeking efficiencies and competitive advantage. But how can firms embed operational resilience as part of their transformation journey?
Back to basics: Data management woes continue for the buy side
Data management platform Fencore helps investment managers resolve symptoms of not having a central data layer.
Banks fret over vendor contracts as Dora deadline looms
Thousands of vendor contracts will need repapering to comply with EU’s new digital resilience rules
This Week: Startup Skyfire launches payment network for AI agents; State Street; SteelEye and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.