AI
How to hone NLP's detection skills: a cue from a super-sleuth
With a sharper focus, AI readers could help detect hidden exposures for investors
Continuous evolution: Researchers work to specialize NLP for finance
From academics to data teams at investment banks, those in and adjacent to the capital markets are looking to specialize natural language processing models to understand and break down financial data.
After switch to Google, Symphony begins data migration for clients
Symphony decided to first migrate client data to Google from AWS, and then focus on applications.
Advancements in NLP bring focus to document insight
Vendors are looking to provide AI models to help financial professionals get more value out of unstructured data sources.
SS&C looks to leverage Blue Prism’s RPA capabilities to improve reconciliations, onboarding
After acquiring Blue Prism earlier this year, SS&C is looking to pair its Chorus business process optimization tool with the RPA specialist.
Messy MBSs? Startup uses deep learning to predict mortgage-backed securities markets
As interest rates rise and house prices fall after a steady period of the opposite dynamic, investors are looking for more accurate ways to price these factors into the value of mortgage-backed securities.
Bloomberg integrates with Insightful Technology to cover ‘explosion’ of communication channels
Insightful monitors in the range of 120 different communication channels and 40 different datasets, which will be integrated into Bloomberg Vault, among other BBG compliance systems.
FactSet blends ML, NLP for predictive data analysis
The vendor is drawing on its vast collection of data to develop predictive signals for credit ratings, shareholder activism and more.
This Week: Microsoft/CaixaBank, Bloomberg, Cboe/Morningstar & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Academics use granular data for futures market predictions
Researchers at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences are using granular futures data from BMLL for research on less-covered futures markets.
Waters Wrap: After Symphony, David Gurle’s new opus looks to distributed cloud storage, compute
The creator of Perzo/Symphony has started a new company called Hive. Anthony chats with David Gurle to see how the startup will look to disrupt the cloud space.
Beyond the 'big red blob': UBS sees future in data mesh for analytics
The Swiss bank has started a journey to implementing mesh data architecture, a new concept for federated data availability in enterprises aimed at getting value out of analytical data.
When machine learning goes awry, here's how to do better next time
Executives from JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and BNY Mellon discuss the lessons learned through experimenting with machine learning at their firms.
Waters Wrap: The Big Tech cloud providers are coming for your toys
Anthony thinks that the fintech community should be looking over their shoulders as the major cloud providers are going to disrupt financial markets even more than they do today.
In the world of financial data, context—not content—is the new king
For years, the mantra of the market data world has been ‘content is king.’ But with trading strategies now more dependent on being able to see the big picture, the value of context could quickly overtake the data itself.
This Week: State Street/MarketAxess, Aquis, Linedata & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: Goldman Sachs, MSCI/MarketAxess, Cboe/ErisX, & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: Ice, SS&C/Morningstar, Deutsche Börse/DataBP, RBC & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: FIS/Microsoft, Bloomberg/MSCI, Higo/Tora, & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Surveillance firms experiment with computer vision for video conferencing oversight
As more firms rely on platforms like Zoom and Teams for client and workforce communications, surveillance technology providers are exploring new ways to make sure traders are compliant while working remotely.
This Week: Ice, FCA, HSBC, UBS & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: Six/Sustainalytics, Nice Actimize, SmartStream, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: Bloomberg; Charles River, DTCC, SmartStream & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Barclays (and others) strive for machine learning at quantum speed
Embryonic work on quantum neural networks raises hope of faster, more accurate models