Analytics
Liquidnet Expands Analytics Portfolio with Prattle Buy
Liquidnet plans to use Prattle's natural-language processing and machine learning capabilities to boost its analytics offerings.
Citco Integrates Blacklight for Treasury Management
S3 Partners' Blacklight will be integrated into Citco's Æxeo Treasury platform.
Buy Side, FISD Begin Industry Push for Alt Data Standards
Alternative data holds great promise as a leading indicator of alpha. But in response to firms struggling with the data science aspects of integrating the data, various industry participants are pursuing new initiatives to make it more accessible,…
Human Factor Is Crucial to the Alt Data Gold Rush
While tech advancements are being made, buy-side firms still rely on humans to make sense of alt data.
IHS Markit Debuts Client Onboarding Tool
The Onboarding Accelerator offers a dashboard tool to automate manual client-addition processes.
Loans Data Provider dv01 Launches Credit Risk Transfer Surveillance Service
The service will allow investors to perform deeper analytics on data from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Geopolitical Risk Data Moves from Foreign Intelligence to Fund Management
As nations and markets become increasingly interconnected, geopolitical risk has become top of mind for portfolio managers.
Goldman Sachs Exec: Markets Still Too Complex for AI Trading
Humans, and not robots, will still be required for the foreseeable future, say trading vets.
Banks and Bourses Increasingly Combine Cloud, AI for Data Projects
The combination of the two technologies is bearing fruit for firms struggling with legacy architectures, but education and talent remain tough obstacles to overcome.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2019: All the Winners and Why They Won
This year's SST Awards were held on the afternoon of April 12 in London. Here are this year's 31 category winners.
Data Standardization Remains Top ESG Roadblock
As asset managers seek to incorporate ESG factors into their portfolios, they are facing challenges—particularly around data consistency. Some say custodians could offer solutions.
TP Icap Nabs Ex-Nex Exec as Data CTO
London-based Anderson will be responsible for overseeing construction of a pipeline of new data and analytics products.
BNY Mellon to Offer Custodial Data via BlackRock's Aladdin
This is the first time that Aladdin has been opened to external providers.
Banks and Buy-Side Firms Encounter Challenges with Public Cloud Adoption
Moving to the public cloud is not as simple as flipping a switch. Anthony Malakian speaks with early public cloud adopters to find out some of the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Andrew Shortland To Steer International Expansion at Trade Informatics
The vendor's first local office outside the US is London, with plans for regional presences elsewhere in Europe and Asia.
Vendors Prep for Initial Margin Big Bang
Tech providers are emerging from all corners as the final phases of initial margin rules closes in, which are expected to capture over 1,000 buy-side and sell-side firms over the next 18 months.
ChartIQ Nabs Ex-Bloomberg Product Guru Sorenson to Drive Expansion
Sorenson's experience in driving product strategy for analytics applications will help ChartIQ accelerate its expansion.
Liquidnet is Rebuilding its Algo Infrastructure
The venue operator is building its own container to house current and future algorithmic offerings.
Banorte Digitizes Risk Operations
One of the largest financial institutions in Mexico is digitizing core risk and compliance functions to consolidate operations, reduce reconciliation costs and future-proof its IT infrastructure.
ChartIQ Preps Growth Spurt, Product Expansion Following New Funding
The $17.4 million investment will drive growth across all areas of the company, officials say.
Velocimetrics and Napatech Team Up to Slash Trading Delays
Resolving issues with delayed market data from exchanges helped one investment firm reduce tick-to-trade latency by a factor of 10.
Young Moves from Deloitte to Bentham IMF
New hires establish gender equality among the litigation funder's senior management team.
Isda Forges Tech Alliance Ahead of Initial Margin Deadlines
Isda joins forces with AcadiaSoft as the industry prepares for the final phases of the initial margin deadlines.