Data Manager
What hedge funds are missing about messaging
When a mere microsecond delay can impact the bottom line, hedge funds need high-performance technology stacks and infrastructure. Himanshu Gupta outlines four key considerations for a firm’s messaging architecture.
FactSet unveils Data-as-a-Service offering
The vendor is introducing the suite of managed services for more efficient data management as emerging technologies, like GenAI, require more from datasets.
Moral models: The ethics of data management
The IMD Wrap: You may be managing data efficiently, but are you managing it ethically? And is that something you should be concerned about? Yes, says Max, you should.
Footsteps in the dark: Private markets’ data quality “problem”
Data quality in the private markets is poor. But is this a quirk of the market or a problem that needs fixing?
Fidelity’s quantum exploration unites theory and proof
The asset manager and Amazon have teamed to put a quantum twist on machine learning.
GenAI could connect ‘constellation’ of vital information technologies
At WFIC, Six Group’s Marion Leslie highlighted the opportunities and risks that the technology holds.
TRG Screen cuts 20 jobs following review and restructure
The review follows an eight-year period of acquisitions and buy-in from a new private equity owner last year.
South Africa’s equity markets court HFTs with tech upgrades
Competition for flow has driven innovation in connectivity, risk, and data provision.
OneTick taps HFT start-up Lo:Tech for crypto market data
Lo:Tech’s founders come from the quant and high-frequency trading space.
Industry seeks to avoid future clashes over data costs
The IMD Wrap: Max wonders when and why buying data became a blood sport.
New working group to create open framework for managing rising market data costs
Substantive Research is putting together a working group of market data-consuming firms with the aim of crafting quantitative metrics for market data cost avoidance.
‘Feature, not a bug’: Bloomberg makes the case for Figi
Bloomberg created the Figi identifier, but ceded all its rights to the Object Management Group 10 years ago. Here, Bloomberg’s Richard Robinson and Steve Meizanis write to dispel what they believe to be misconceptions about Figi and the FDTA.
Aussie asset managers struggle to meet ‘bank-like’ collateral, margin obligations
New margin and collateral requirements imposed by UMR and its regulator, Apra, are forcing buy-side firms to find tools to help.
Where have all the exchange platform providers gone?
The IMD Wrap: Running an exchange is a profitable business. The margins on market data sales alone can be staggering. And since every exchange needs a reliable and efficient exchange technology stack, Max asks why more vendors aren’t diving into this…
The costly sanctions risks hiding in your supply chain
In an age of geopolitical instability and rising fines, financial firms need to dig deep into the securities they invest in and the issuing company’s network of suppliers and associates.
JP Morgan’s goal of STP in loans materializes on Versana’s platform
The accomplishment highlights the budding digitization of private credit, though it’s still a long road ahead.
Startup helps buy-side firms retain ‘control’ over analytics
ExeQution Analytics provides a structured and flexible analytics framework based on the q programming language that can be integrated with kdb+ platforms.
Regulators recommend Figi over Cusip, Isin for reporting in FDTA proposal
Another contentious battle in the world of identifiers pits the Figi against Cusip and the Isin, with regulators including the Fed, the SEC, and the CFTC so far backing the Figi.
IBM report finds ‘shadow’ data significant contributor to data breaches
As AI and cloud take on greater importance in the capital markets, firms need to consider their threat impact zones.
Cutting through the hype surrounding the FDTA rulemaking process
A bill requiring US regulators and institutions to adopt a machine-readable data framework for reporting purposes applies to entity identifiers, but not security identifiers, in a crucial difference, writes Scott Preiss, SVP and global head of Cusip…
SocGen pushes data, analytics use cases for SG Markets
The bank is letting a handful of clients experiment with its proprietary data and models to inform their research.