Data
Data Standards Can't Keep Up with Data Use Cases
In the era of big data, standards take too long to adopt, say industry participants.
Citco Launches Data Services Platform
The fund administrator’s clients can now access multiple datasets from one data lake.
BNY Mellon Preps Fintech Accelerator Program to ID Key Tech Solutions
The Connect20 hackathon and the Accelerator Program are designed to "industrialize" BNY Mellon's ability to identify early stage companies providing solutions to key technology and business challenges facing the firm.
Data Poisoning: An Emerging Threat for Machine Learning Adoption
Experts from IBM and Bank of China say they're on the lookout for this emerging threat, as machine learning gains in popularity.
Slow Road to Consensus: CFTC's Behnam Talks Climate Risk
As CFTC commissioner Rostin Behnam’s report on climate risk to the financial system is published, WatersTechnology speaks to Behnam about data, greenwashing, and gaining support in Washington.
Data Issues Still Hamper AI—But AI Can Fix Them
Instead of waiting for data quality to be sufficient to power AI models, those at the cutting edge are building models to bridge the gaps in the data, and apply it to more sophisticated use cases.
OTC Markets Unveils ‘Blue Sky’ Compliance Dataset for OTC Securities
The dataset is part of an ongoing initiative by the OTC marketplace to gain state-by-state exemptions to allow brokers and issuers to conduct business in OTC securities.
Low-Code Movement Gains Converts, but Skeptics Remain
What if you could create your ideal, fully-functional application without writing a single line of code? With low-code and no-code platforms, you can—with a catch … or two, or three, or four.
Meritsoft Creates Module for Dividend Tax Tracking
The addition to the vendor’s tax management platform aims to help trading firms understand if they can recover taxes legally.
S&P Global Introduces 10 Million Private Company Profiles to Market Intelligence
The new datasets mark a milestone in the company's multi-year strategy to allow investors greater access to small and medium enterprise companies.
Digital Rights Project for Data Usage Faces Legal, Operational Hurdles
Keen to trim the resources they expend on interpreting licenses, investment firms are exploring how they can turn data agreements into machine-readable code. Doing so is fraught with challenges.
Waters Wrap: How Cloud, APIs, and Open Source Are Changing the World of Fintech (And Blockchain's ZTA Play)
Anthony looks at how the lines that have traditionally defined the world of "fintech" are blurring. Also, can blockchain help with ZTA's advancement?
ASX Presses Forward with DataSphere Buildout
The initiative's aim is to capture more of the exchange's internal data to commercialize that useful information for the investment community.
How Schroders is Bypassing the Noise in News Sentiment to Identify Credit Risk
The UK asset manager is using Owlin's media analytics platform to identify negative news sentiment linked to credit risk.
Isda 'Create' Marks Important First Step Toward Smart Contracts
WatersTechnology goes inside Isda Create to see how the organization is aiming to bridge the gap between the worlds of paper contracts and legal data.
FactSet Close to Debuting Cloud Ticker Plant
The vendor says it will be the first major data provider to deliver a ticker plant running completely in the cloud.
Trust Issues: As Zero-Trust Architectures Mature, Bank Infrastructures Face 'Growing Pains'
Coronavirus has heightened the need for IT and data security, exposing areas for potential improvement. One option is to lock down sensitive areas using a practice called Zero-Trust Architecture, which offers a host of benefits, but brings with it some…
This Week: IHS Markit, SGX/HSBC, LedgerX, TNS, TraditionData and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
EKG Foundation Preps Industry Consultation, Touts Benefits of Knowledge Graphs for Capital Markets
EKGs will allow financial firms to take advantage of new and existing datasets to serve purposes from upselling, AML and KYC, and regulatory reporting.
Moving forward with Libor transition and Ibor reform
This report provides a guide to figuring out what is at stake with Libor and other interbank offered rates. It addresses the challenges and risks, the development of alternative data or reference rates, and begins the process of replacing Libor well…
Refinitiv Labs Leverages NLP to Track Covid-19 Company News
The company's news tracker, available on the Macro Vitals app, uses language models to classify reports on specific companies.
HKEx's Data Play Slowly Comes Together
The exchange is currently working on building its enterprise data bus for better internal data management, but Wei-Shen finds that the exchange is still short on long-term answers.
Waters Wrap: Snowflake Makes its Move (And Ref Data Headaches & Data-Sourcing-as-a-Service)
Anthony explores how Snowflake is trying to win over business in the cap markets, talks about the reference data space, and examines a new breed of data vendors.
This Week: SGX/Cassini, UBS/GitLab, QuantConnect & Snowflake
A look at some of the past week's financial technology news.