Data
Buy Side, FISD Begin Industry Push for Alt Data Standards
Alternative data holds great promise as a leading indicator of alpha. But in response to firms struggling with the data science aspects of integrating the data, various industry participants are pursuing new initiatives to make it more accessible,…
ICE Launches Cloud-Based Tick History Platform
ICE sees compliance uses for new DataVault platform
Zurich Insurance takes AIM at 'Data-as-a-Service'
The insurer is partnering with AIM Software to move data operations to the cloud.
BNY Mellon to Use AI for Faster Document Queries
The bank plans to expand a program that uses machine learning to pull out key terms for contracts.
Human Factor Is Crucial to the Alt Data Gold Rush
While tech advancements are being made, buy-side firms still rely on humans to make sense of alt data.
SFTR Preparations Stifled by Data Availability
While the initial go-live date of SFTR is set for early 2020, data availability and legacy processes remain the leading roadblocks.
Rimes Eyes Custom Solutions with New Client Portal
The vendor is revamping its user experience, which will allow for greater customization.
USAM ‘Slices’ Alt Dataset of Sales Pipeline Benchmarks
The suite of data and tools will allow sales organizations and investors to forecast sales activity, and hence company income.
Human-Machine Fusion Seen as Key to Cyber Defense
Software and flesh-and-blood humans are both important when it comes to protecting an institution, panelists say.
IHS Markit Debuts Client Onboarding Tool
The Onboarding Accelerator offers a dashboard tool to automate manual client-addition processes.
Tackling China’s Onshore Bond Market
An on-the-ground look at China's growing bond market and the challenges that remain for foreign investors.
OTPP Taps Ord for Enterprise Data
ORd brings more than 25 years in data management and technology engineering to the role overseeing the pension fund's enterprise data operations.
Industry Steps Up Calls for European Consolidated Tape
Traders in Europe face rising data acquisition costs and increasing regulatory reporting pressures argue that a pan-European consolidated tape is long overdue.
Growing Sanctions Complexity Causes Headaches for Traders
As more sanctions are issued, and become more complicated, firms find greater need for a monitoring service.
NYSE President Sees Tech as Key to Big Board's Next Evolution
A look at the massive tech projects (and legal battles) underway at the NYSE, which are being led by Stacey Cunningham.
IBM and Thomson Reuters Expand Regtech Partnership
The new offering will directly connect TR’s regulatory feed and IBM’s OpenPages with Watson platform.
SEC’s Redfearn: US-Style Consolidated Tapes Won’t Solve Trading Data Needs
As European market participants bemoan the lack of a consolidated tape, a senior SEC executive debunks the idea that a pan-European tape, similar to the US, will resolve issues around data access and costs.
Less Than Half of Trade Reports Match Under EMIR
Data from Esma shows that just 40% of swaps trade reports match under two-sided reporting regime.
Credit Benchmark Taps Ex-Goldman Sachs CRO to Lead Advisory Board
The Goldman Sachs risk veteran will assemble an advisory board of experts who understand risk and data to guide the vendor's strategy.
Goldman Sachs Exec: Markets Still Too Complex for AI Trading
Humans, and not robots, will still be required for the foreseeable future, say trading vets.
Buy-Side Firms Turn to AI for Efficiency Amid Barriers to Adoption
Assuming that automated artificial intelligence holds the key to unlocking fragmented datasets, the absence of standardized models coupled with regulatory concerns remain barriers to adoption.
Intrinio Raises $5 Million for Data R&D, Institutional Push
The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based vendor will use the funds to expand its data coverage and increase its footprint in the institutional investor space.
Collibra Cages Lyons for Data Security
Lyons will oversee Collibra's efforts to establish greater information security practices around firms' data governance processes.
News ‘Flash’: MT Newswires, ICE Give Clients Early Look at Stories
By distributing stories prior to performing its full editing process, MT Newswires can give ICE clients several crucial minutes of exclusive advantage, compared to mechanical latency improvements that might deliver mere fractions of a second.