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Swedish bank finds Covid-19 recovery insights in alt datasets
High-frequency data such as human mobility data and plastic shipments can help investment professionals understand the post-pandemic economic reopening.
People Moves: LedgerEdge, JP Morgan, MarketAxess, Enfusion, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Michelle Neal (pictured), who has joined enterprise software vendor LedgerEdge as CEO of US operations.
Power to the People
Information is a valuable commodity in the financial services industry, although its real value is only fully realized when it is interpreted and shared across the business. This is the domain of Macrobond, which not only provides the broadest and…
Dutch asset manager turns to decision trees for currency predictions
APG has improved prediction accuracy for G10 currency movements after adopting decision tree-based machine learning.
This Week: Nasdaq, NSCC, State Street, OpenFin/Broadridge, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Investment bank wraps up major tech overhaul after Covid-19 setback
Stifel Europe weathered 2020 volatility and switched vendors in looking to simplify its middle- and back-office functions and increase tech investment.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 239 (The ‘E’ in ESG and quarantine woes)
Wei-Shen and Tony talk about climate migration and opportunities that might come about from a data perspective.
McKenna’s Gold: The woman who raised the standard for standards
This year’s inductee into the Inside Market Data Hall of Fame is Karla McKenna, a 35-year Citi veteran and standards advocate who is now Americas managing director of LEI standards body Gleif.
EBA to consult on banks’ machine learning use
The watchdog will set out a new stance on ML-based capital models at a time of conflicting guidance from other supervisors.
Symphony taps Google for cloud, AI, data-sharing tools
By leveraging Google’s AI and data-sharing capabilities, Symphony is strengthening its ties with the tech giant, which is also an investor in the platform.
Waters Wrap: On outages, teamwork & greed (And ESG innovation & consultants)
Anthony examines a proposed protocol in Europe that would help keep liquidity flowing if there’s a major exchange outage. He also discusses innovation in the realm of ESG, and Esma’s new data analytics platform.
People Moves: BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, Liquidnet, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Winnie Chen (pictured), who joins BNY Mellon as APAC head of treasury services.
Regulators must find a balance with artificial intelligence
There's rapid digital transformation underway in the industry and regulators must get with the game plan while not over-regulating the use of AI.
This Week: FactSet, Six, Nordic Capital, State Street, SmartStream, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Waters Rankings 2021: All the Winners and Why They Won
Here are all 35 category winners from this year's virtual Waters Rankings.
Goldman tackles climate risk controls
Lender joins other banks in translating physical and transition threats into controls framework
UBS AM builds model for quantifying greening of heavy industry
The asset manager's quant research arm, QED, has published a framework for valuing companies in industries like cement or steel that transition to more sustainable tech.
Accenture wins contract for Esma’s big data analytics project
The consultancy will provide on-demand tooling for analyzing data collected from Data Reporting Service Providers.
Banks and HFTs team up to solve exchange outage dilemma
There are hopes that a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ between industry participants can break the first-mover disadvantage for liquidity providers.