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Nasdaq–Adenza: A look at the tech
The exchange operator announced its intention to acquire the software firm, which combines AxiomSL and Calypso, in a deal that amounts to its largest acquisition to date.
This Week: Europe’s Mifir review, MarketAxess, FIA, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: The path to generative AI is paved with solid data practices
While large language models are likely to proliferate, those that can develop a solid data infrastructure of taxonomies, ontologies, data sourcing, mapping and lineage will be the ultimate winners, Anthony says.
Shortening the Settlement Cycle: Then and Now in Asia
DTCC’s Joseph Capablanca says that while T+1 will bring benefits to Asia investors, industry participants need to improve ‘behavioral processes’.
FRTB forces banks to rethink entire data management infrastructure
Data mapping and getting historical time series data are among the challenges banks face in conducting calculations necessary for FRTB. But they have help.
This Week: CJC bolsters cybersecurity capabilities; Finos FDC3; JP Morgan; and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Virtual reality and the Metaverse
Steve Moreton from CJC joins the podcast to chat about the next evolution of communication.
BlackRock looks to expand Aladdin through accounting, data capabilities
Accounting, data, and analytics offerings make up part of Aladdin's strategy to become everything to everyone.
Google urges regulators, market participants to clarify risk guidance for AI models
A new whitepaper from Google finds that existing guidance on the use of AI and ML models for risk management is a start, but leaves room for improvement.
SFDR: A data project that’s becoming ‘a real headache’
SFDR mandates that asset managers must start publishing ESG data in a few weeks, but sourcing the new metrics has proved challenging, and a host of questions remain.
Dora ‘critical tech vendor’ designation could cast a wide net
Experts think cloud services, data providers and software firms are all in regulators’ sights.
Fenics Market Data’s secret source
The ability of capital markets practitioners to make judicious business and investment decisions is directly determined by the quality of data underpinning those decisions. Fenics Market Data’s Rich Winter discusses the benefits of sourcing data from…
Hidden danger: As AI permeates finance, cybersecurity moves to the forefront
Open-source wrappers like MLflow, though useful and popular, highlight the risks hidden beneath these models.
This Week: DTCC shelves Investor Kinetics; LTX’s BondGPT; Citi HK settlement; and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Digital assets trade processing: The roadblocks and the road ahead
Institutional investors want digital assets, but have several key concerns. Kristin Hochstein of ISITC explores some ways to improve investor confidence in the space.
FCA may offer its market data to surveillance tech start-ups
The regulator is concerned that rapid AI adoption will favor incumbent vendors; it aims to launch a sandbox.
Glue42 and Finsemble merge, reshaping interop vendor landscape
The niche interop market previously dominated by Glue42, Finsemble, and OpenFin is evolving—and so are the vendors themselves.
Waters Wrap: On cybersecurity, regulators and ‘victim blaming’
In the wake of the Ion hack, regulators are pushing for firms to beef up their cyber defenses. Anthony says that they'll need to mind their words and tread carefully, as cloud, machine learning and open source take off.
US Libor cessation: DTCC helps fill the void
In the run-up to the transition from Libor to an alternative reference rate at the beginning of July this year, DTCC’s Ann Marie Bria looks at the various permutations impacting market participants and the role DTCC is playing in helping firms navigate…
People Moves: BNY Mellon Pershing, Tradeweb, HKEx and more
A look at the past month’s people moves within the tech and data space.
What does it take to put a database in the cloud?
There are several ways to migrate an old legacy system to the cloud, but there's always a trade-off.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 265 (Conferences in a post-Covid world)
Tony, Shen, and Reb discuss the future state of industry conferences.
High-profile deals signal appetite for fixed-income growth
Amid renewed interest in the bond market, big firms are making strategic acquisitions to get in on the action.
IMD & IRD Awards 2023: Best data governance solution—Fundipedia
Product: Fundipedia Data Management