Corporate actions
TMX embarks on data diversification and expansion play with WSH buy
The Canadian exchange is the latest to acquire a data vendor business, bringing non-exchange content to help it grow its data assets.
New tech for corporate actions aims to improve the data extraction process
Demand for corporate actions data is increasing in the front and middle office, but the data can be hard to read.
As APIs go mainstream, good management is key
Though APIs have been around for a while, some financial institutions only consume 5% of them. To help better manage APIs, firms need to be aware of what they want to achieve with the APIs they create and use.
Reflections on a decade of post trade
After years of neglect, back-office processes are finally getting attention. Wei-Shen wonders how much innovation can truly take place in the back office and how processes will actually improve.
Deploy a scalable distributed file system—rapidly, easily and affordably
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If it ain’t broke, break it: Back-office tech reform may benefit front-office returns
Better data visibility across multiple systems could provide a driver for technological change in the world of post-trade.
This Week: Deutsche Bank/FinLync, State Street/Paxos, Glue42/AllianceBernstein & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
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.
Bank's corporate actions overhaul 'saves hours,' but industry still seeks elusive silver bullet
Although some market participants are trying to automate corporate actions internally, full STP is unattainable without end-to-end buy-in from all participants along the event lifecycle.
Bloomberg relaunches corporate actions platform
As a major player exits the corporate actions data vendor arena, Bloomberg is continuing to enhance its data offering while the market braces for a shake-up.
People Moves: Cboe, Broadridge, DTCC, Liquidnet, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Stephanie Renner (pictured), who has been named senior vice president of international finance at Cboe Global Markets.
This Week: Red Hat/Temenos, Six/BIS/SNB, Avelacom/LSEG & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
2021: The year when Big Tech ‘Googled’ the financial markets and liked the results
Now that cloud has become widely adopted by financial firms, Big Tech companies are seeking to leverage their other services to become more ingrained in the workflows of the capital markets.
Machine learning & NLP in the capital markets: Some examples from 2021
To show how ML and NLP are spreading across the industry, WatersTechnology highlights 20 stories from the last 12 months that feature unique uses of AI.
Google aims AI at corporate actions challenges
The tech giant believes its AI tools have a multitude of applications across some of the complex data challenges of financial markets, and it’s starting with the manual and complicated world of corporate actions. Some believe it will be an uphill battle.
This Week: Deutsche Borse; State Street; IHS Markit; MSCI; & more
A summary of the week's financial technology news.
SimCorp takes ‘Aim’ at EDM space with DataCare rollout
Since launching DataCare in April 2020, the vendor has signed up eight clients, including Zurich Group Investment Management.
Bank consortium led by SocGen seeks to cure post-trade data ills
Project led by Societe Generale that uses privacy-enhancing technologies to solve data management issues hopes to sign up five banks and launch as a legal entity.
Six corporate actions prototype aims to slash data delivery time
If the prototype is put into production, delivery of corporate actions data for dividends could be reduced from up to 24 hours to 15 to 30 minutes.
ASX automates corporate actions with issuer forms
The exchange group has completed the multi-year program aimed at standardizing data capture and message delivery using the ISO format.
Brown Brothers Harriman continues AI ‘transformation’ of fund accounting unit
A new tool that helps business users test and validate their own POCs is set to join the bank’s ranks alongside its other AI projects implemented over the last two years: Linc, Guardrail, and Ants.
IMD & IRD Awards 2021: Best Corporate Actions Data Provider—SIX
Best Corporate Actions Data Provider—SIX
The embrace of buy-side interoperability: State Street, SimCorp team up
The partnership between the two major players in the buy-side technology space reflects the shift in how rivals do business.
Waters Wrap: S&P-IHS Markit and the Land of Giants (Also, More on AML Tech)
Anthony provides some of his initial questions and thoughts following the S&P-IHS Markit deal. He also takes a second look at AML technology after getting some sage feedback.