Data
End of Days Data: Climate Content Heats Up
While ESG data is gaining prominence, institutional investors are increasingly looking to incorporate climate change information into the portfolio construction process.
Northern Trust Re-engineers Post-Trade Compliance Platform
Chicago-based Northern Trust unveils new compliance monitoring capabilities that provide independent governance over external fund managers, with a focus on data quality checks.
FTSE Russell Names LatAm Head
Officials say Togno's industry knowledge and client experience will help the index provider build its business in Latin America.
Exegy, FIF Reboot MarketDataPeaks.com with Capacity Info
Exegy and FIF relaunch MarketDataPeaks.com using upgraded Exegy technology to bring greater accuracy and precision to real-time market data monitoring.
Credit Benchmark Taps Pastoressa for Product, Technology
Like many of his Credit Benchmark colleagues, Pastoressa spent much of his career at Thomson Financial and Thomson Reuters.
DTCC Expands Global Trade Repository in Singapore
The utility's new capabilities support reporting for five major OTC derivatives asset classes under MAS reporting requirements.
Following FCA BMR Approval, Markit Preps for Uptick in Index Admin Business
The vendor anticipates that many financial firms acting as "self-administrators" of proprietary indexes will choose to enlist a third party to comply with the upcoming BMR regulation.
JP Morgan Data Scientist Eyes Insights from Internal Data
The bank’s asset management arm believes that trawling its home waters for data will land a valuable catch. Risk.net’s Faye Kilburn speaks to the data scientist at its helm.
Quant Insight Seals Latest Round of Funding
The investment will be used to accelerate growth and bolster the firm's global presence.
Kaizen Lands Lee for SFTR Business
Lee has a background in regulatory reporting and SFTR, including leading an ICMA taskforce on SFTR.
Nasdaq Ropes in Ringrose for Analytics Hub Buy-Side Push
Ringrose's hire is part of an effort to bolster takeup of Nasdaq's Analytics Hub of alternative datasets among buy-side market participants.
TOFIS Panel on Machine Learning, AI: ‘Try Everything, Kill What Doesn’t Work’
Panelists at the recent Toronto Financial Information Summit outline the key opportunities and challenges for machine learning and artificial intelligence in the financial markets.
CAT Contract May Need Amendments to Protect Personal Data
If a House bill seeking to ban the gathering of PII data passes, plan processor says it will wait for guidance from the NMS committee.
Bad Blood: Regulators Lose Patience with Mifid II’s Dirty Data
Problems and bad practices continue to plague Europe's vision of a new transparency regime. An inside look.
TOFIS Keynote: National Bank of Canada Uses AI to ‘Brew’ a Richer Blend of Banking Services
Some fear the prospect of artificial intelligence taking traders' jobs. But, explains National Bank of Canada's Alexis Gouslisty, AI's greatest opportunities are in transforming the way banks manage data internally and how they interact with clients.
Fenergo Taps Ex-RBC Asset Manager Specialist to Lead New Buy-Side Unit
O'Neill will be responsible for growing takeup of the vendor's compliance and onboarding technologies among buy-side firms.
Money.Net Taps OpenFin to Increase Desktop Exposure
By making its content available via OpenFin's container, Money.Net will gain access to a broader potential audience of OpenFin clients.
Ipushpull Lands Ex-Goldman Sachs CIO Sutcliffe as Advisor
Sutcliffe says his experience can help Ipushpull grow to a scale where it can meet the needs of much larger clients
Archax Launches Institutional Crypto Exchange
Startup targets institutional community with digital-asset exchange.
Deutsche Bank CIO Moves to CBA
He will take charge of the bank’s future technology, data and operations strategy.
TOFIS Panel: Data Linkages Pose Key Challenges to Alt Data Use
Max Bowie reports from Toronto on Canadian firms' opinions of the challenges associated with using alternative data.
CME Group Adds Two Alt Data Providers to DataMine
Alternative datasets from Orbital Insight and TellusLabs are now accessible via CME's DataMine online platform.
BT Radianz Cloud Integrates Ipushpull Data-Sharing Tool
BT Radianz Cloud adds fintech start-up Ipushpull's API for real-time data sharing and collaboration.
After Arbitration Deal, SGX’s Indian Products Survive—For Now
The final outcome of the arbitration award is expected to be announced by the first quarter of 2019.