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Smartstream launches agentic solution, SEC greenlights 23/5 trading for Cboe, and more
The Waters Cooler: A recap of the major tech and data news from the past week in the capital markets.
TOFIS Panel on Machine Learning, AI: ‘Try Everything, Kill What Doesn’t Work’
Panelists at the recent Toronto Financial Information Summit outline the key opportunities and challenges for machine learning and artificial intelligence in the financial markets.
TOFIS Panel: Data Linkages Pose Key Challenges to Alt Data Use
Max Bowie reports from Toronto on Canadian firms' opinions of the challenges associated with using alternative data.
IBM Taps Former CIBC Exec Dhot for Cognitive Analytics
Dhot previously spent seven years in data analytics roles at Canadian bank CIBC.
Cognitive Computing Advances Driving Surveillance for Banks, Expectations for Regulators
Banks are increasingly adopting new machine learning techniques for compliance and surveillance, but should be wary of setting expectations too high.
Praying for Another Day: As FRTB Looms, Banks Prepare
Industry testing for FRTB will begin in 2019 with implementation coming in 2020, though there is hope that personnel changes at the Basel Committee will lead to some extra leeway.
Latency Priorities Shift from Speed to Predictability
As latency improvements become harder—and more expensive—to achieve, firms are weighing the cost-benefit analysis of pursuing ever-decreasing latency advantages, and placing more emphasis on leveraging existing investments in low-latency infrastructures…