Artificial intelligence (AI) news and analysis articles

Data Issues Still Seen as Higher Investment Priority than AI

Investment spend is largely seen to be going to data management programs before emerging tech initiatives.

14 Sep 2018

Waters 25: A Look at the Future

Waters canvasses a range of industry opinion leaders about what the defining technologies of the next few decades will be.

12 Sep 2018

Thomson Reuters and Squirro Partner for AI Solution

The combined technology allows the comingling of customers’ proprietary data with third-party content.

12 Sep 2018

Waters 25: A Look Back on the Last Two Decades

Waters examines some of the most important events in financial technology of the past 25 years.

10 Sep 2018

Nasdaq’s Twin Pillars: Brad Peterson and Lars Ottersgård

In a period where most stock exchanges are facing uncertain futures and are eyeing consolidation with rivals, one of the world’s largest is hitting its stride.

07 Sep 2018

Detailed Data: AI with a Small Focus Can Pinpoint Big Insights

Artificial intelligence can hone in on small-scale data issues that are a big deal in the face of intense cost pressures.

03 Sep 2018

Waters Rankings 2018: Best Artificial Intelligence Technology Provider—Sentieo

03 Sep 2018

Artificial Intelligence, Real Intel: Data Vendors Make Strides on AI

Data companies are investing in AI and machine learning in a concerted push toward innovations that reveal insights and alpha.

03 Aug 2018

Liquidnet’s Merrin Discusses Launch of New Trader Analytics Tool

Discovery represents the first integration of OTAS' technology after last year’s acquisition.

23 Jul 2018

State Street Launches News Insight Application

Named Verus, the application scores news articles based on their potential impact on a portfolio.

19 Jul 2018

Selerity Builds AI Tools for Bond Trading

The new analytics tools will help bond traders and salespeople spot missed opportunities, officials say.

19 Jul 2018

Fool’s Gold: Data Mining Digs Up Explosive Errors

Recent studies reveal the prevalence of poor-quality data, exacerbated by increased use of machine learning that allows users to dredge far bigger datasets and identify spurious correlations.

16 Jul 2018

FCA to Tackle Big Data, Expects Firms to Act Ethically

Charles Randell says data and technology usage by firms should "liberate" not "disenfranchize" consumers, and regulation is "central to defining" ethical practices.

13 Jul 2018

Code Red: Trading Firms Turn to AI for System Stability

As IT systems are buckling under the pressure of modern day trading volumes and regulatory requirements, some firms are turning to AI to predict and minimize outages.

09 Jul 2018

Quant Insight Seals Latest Round of Funding

The investment will be used to accelerate growth and bolster the firm's global presence.

05 Jul 2018

Team Player: Peter Clark, Standard Chartered

Peter Clark, CIO for Greater China and North Asia (GCNA) at Standard Chartered, talks with Waters about the projects they're working on and the team he's built.

04 Jul 2018

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 finaincal markets.

02 Jul 2018

TOFIS Keynote: National Bank of Canada Uses AI to ‘Brew’ a Richer Blend of Banking Services

Some fear the prospect of artificial intelligence taking traders' jobs. But, explains National Bank of Canada's Alexis Gouslisty, AI's greatest opportunities are in transforming the way banks manage data internally and how they interact with clients.

29 Jun 2018

Digital Reasoning Readies Public Release of Model-Training Platform

To solve the old needle-in-a-haystack problem, Digital Reasoning is developing a tool dubbed Cognition to improve the training process for machine-learning models.