Data
Waters Wavelength Ep. 318: Hamilton Lane's Griff Norville
This week, Hamilton Lane's Griff Norville joins to discuss how the asset manager is tackling private markets data.
Friendly fire? Nasdaq squeezes MTF competitors with steep fee increase
The stock exchange almost tripled the prices of some datasets for multilateral trading facilities, with sources saying the move is the latest effort by exchanges to offset declining trading revenues.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 314: Capco’s Bertie Haskins
Bertie Haskins, executive director and head of data for Apac and Middle East at Capco, joins to discuss the challenges of commercializing data.
Bank of America reduces, reuses, and recycles tech for markets division
Voice of the CTO: When it comes to the old build, buy, or borrow debate, Ashok Krishnan and his team are increasingly leaning into repurposing tech that is tried and true.
Navigating the tariffs data minefield
The IMD Wrap: In an era of volatility and uncertainty, what datasets can investors employ to understand how potential tariffs could impact them, their suppliers, and their portfolios?
Waters Wavelength Ep. 313: FIS Global’s Jon Hodges
This week, Jon Hodges, head of trading and asset services for Apac at FIS Global, joins the podcast to talk about how firms in Asia-Pacific approach AI and data.
Project Condor: Inside the data exercise expanding Man Group’s universe
Voice of the CTO: The investment management firm is strategically restructuring its data and trading architecture.
MarketAxess, S&P partnership aims for greater transparency in fixed income
CP+, MarketAxess’s AI-powered pricing engine, will receive an influx of new datasets, while S&P Global Market Intelligence integrates the tool into its suite of bond-pricing solutions.
Bloomberg rolls out GenAI-powered Document Insights
The data giant’s newest generative AI tool allows analysts to query documents using a natural-language interface.
In data expansion plans, TMX Datalinx eyes AI for private data
After buying Wall Street Horizon in 2022, the Canadian exchange group’s data arm is looking to apply a similar playbook to other niche data areas, starting with private assets.
A new data analytics studio born from a large asset manager hits the market
Amundi Asset Management’s tech arm is commercializing a tool that has 500 users at the buy-side firm.
Experts say HKEX’s plan for T+1 in 2025 is ‘sensible’
The exchange will continue providing core post-trade processing through CCASS but will engage with market participants on the service’s future as HKEX rolls out new OCP features.
‘The opaque juggernaut’: Private credit’s data deficiencies become clear
Investor demand to take advantage of the growing private credit markets is rising, despite limited data, trading mechanisms, and a lack of liquidity.
Unleashing the power of data and technology in an age of digital transformation
How Bloomberg sees digital transformation and the strategies it employs to solve data and technology pain points for its clients.
US sovereign wealth fund project highlights the private assets problem
Firms have a growing appetite for private markets, as shown by President Trump’s proposed creation of a US SWF. GoldenSource’s James Corrigan writes that to ensure success, core technology must be built on strong data foundations.
Orchestrade resists SaaS model in favor of customer flexibility
Firms like Orchestrade are minimizing funds and banks’ risks with different approaches to risk management.
Asset manager Fortlake turns to AI data mapping for derivatives reporting
The firm also intends to streamline the data it sends to its administrator and establish a centralized database with the help of Fait Solutions.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 306: Reykjavik and market data
Reb is back on the podcast to talk about her trip to Reykjavik, as well as two market data reports released this month.
New study reveals soaring market data spend led by trading terminals
The research finds that 2024 was a record year for overall market data spend, supported by growth in terminal use, new license schemes by index providers, and great price variation among ratings agencies.
On GenAI, Citi moves from firm-wide ban to internal roll-out
The bank adopted three specific inward-facing use cases with a unified framework behind them.
A fireside chat with FactSet’s David Mellars
FactSet’s private markets data strategy, the relationship between risk and performance on the buy side and fixed income track record.