Asset management
How Quoniam boosted its sentiment strategy by adding an LLM
The asset manager’s upgraded system creates scores from more-informative forward-looking parts of news.
UK asset manager fixes data then brings in AI
Now that Omba Advisory & Investments has consolidated its data, it can leverage new AI tools.
How quants are getting the most out of Claude
Agentic tools boost productivity by multiples, but using them takes skill.
Northern Trust details its AI strategy
CEO Michael O’Grady says the firm’s strategy is anchored in hyper-personalization, AI-generated alpha, and infinite scalability.
SmartTrade eyes role as direct streaming linchpin
The vendor plans to tap into growing demand for direct API trading solutions across asset classes.
Taking tokenization from pilot to playbook
IMD Wrap: Firms eager to use tokens should find specific use cases that bring immediate value, rather than try everything at once, Wei-Shen writes.
The public market data formula is coming to private markets
As interest in private markets grows, S&P Global, Bloomberg, and ICE are including increasingly valuable data in their offerings.
SigTech’s closure amid agentic AI boom raises questions
Sources say competition from leading AI companies was too stiff to combat.
Data standardization key to unlocking AI’s full potential in private markets
As private markets continue to grow, fund managers are increasingly turning to AI to improve efficiency and free up time for higher-value work. Yet fragmented data remains a major obstacle.
Multi-asset investing: Capturing diversification and alpha in a complex market
How multi-asset and cross-asset strategies are redefining performance and scale across institutional portfolios
BlackRock and AccessFintech partner, LSEG collabs with OpenAI, Apex launches Pisces service, and more
The Waters Cooler: CJC launches MDC service, Centreon secures Sixth Street investment, UK bond CT update, and more in this week’s news roundup.
Robeco tests credit tool built in Bloomberg’s Python platform
This follows the asset manager’s participation in Bloomberg’s Code Crunch hackathon in Singapore, alongside other firms including LGT Investment Bank and university students.
Data infrastructure must keep pace with pension funds’ private market ambitions
As private markets grow in the UK, Keith Viverito says the infrastructure that underpins the sector needs to be improved, or these initiatives will fail.
BlackRock and DRW execs bullish on tokenization potential
DRW’s Don Wilson expects every instrument to be traded on-chain in five years’ time.
How an asset manager employs analytics to evaluate performance
Channing Capital, an institutional investment firm managing nearly $5 billion in assets, uses Aapryl to analyze its performance.
Secondaries market growth triggers data issues for investors
Private market secondaries have exploded, but at the cost of significant data challenges for investors. Simon Tang, Accelex’s head of US, explains how unstructured data formats are causing transparency issues and slowing the industry’s growth.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 328: FundGuard’s Lior Yogev
He joins the podcast to discuss legacy tech stacks at asset management firms.
Northern Trust Asset Management enlists network theory to construct alpha signals
The $1.3 trillion asset manager will publish a paper later this year detailing how measuring network effects helps it better understand persistent drivers in trends.
SS&C sets early roadmap after Calastone buy
CEO Bill Stone also said on SS&C’s earnings call that Blue Prism, AI are helping to push growth.
M&G Investments braves cost headwinds in pursuit of AI
The UK asset manager’s AI ambitions started with the creation of a data lake to ensure high-quality data is being fed into models.
Numerix strikes Hundsun deal as China pushes domestic tech
The homegrown tech initiative—‘Xinchuang’—is a new challenge for foreign vendors.