Data
Industry Fears Neutered CAT in 2018
The SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) of US equities trade data hit a fresh snag in late 2017, missing a major deadline for reporting, blaming insufficient cyber defenses. As it marches into another crucial year, Tim Bourgaize Murray reports on the…
Getting ‘Carded’: Current and Future Uses for FPGAs in Finance
With their origins in industries such as defense, aerospace, and medicine, FPGAs have been used by certain aspects of financial markets for about a decade to gain speed. Wei-Shen Wong examines the current uses for this specialized hardware in finance,…
BMO InvestorLine Adds OTC Markets Data for Canadian Investors
Officials say the move will make it easier for Canadian investors to identify investment opportunities and trade on OTC Markets in the US.
Hanweck Bows Options-Derived Stock Borrowing Signal
Hanweck officials say the tool will deliver a real-time dataset on stock borrowing activity, where information has traditionally been opaque and delivered only daily.
Data Fee Complainants Buoyed by SEC Appointee
Recent appointments at the US Securities and Exchange Commission have led some firms to believe regulators and policymakers will finally start to address what they believe to be opaque pricing structures for market data at exchanges. Joanne Faulkner…
DTCC Taps Taskize for Speedy Post-Trade Solutions
Post-trade market infrastructure provider leverages Taskize technology to help users quickly resolve trade exceptions.
Visible Alpha Raises $38M from Banks
The new investment brings the total funding raised by Visible Alpha in the last three years to almost $70 million.
Buy Side Bands Together on Blockchain Vision in Landmark Paper
Fund managers, vendors and trade associations release joint paper on making distributed-ledger technology work for the buy side.
Bermuda Stock Exchange Confirms Status as LEI Issuer
The exchange is able to issue LEIs to listed and unlisted Bermuda-domiciled companies.
ICE Launches Cryptocurrency Data Feed
Consolidated data feed will provide real-time trade information on six cryptocurrencies.
TRG Buys Screen, Creating Global Data Cost Management Vendor
The combined vendors will be able to offer a range of products for different client types and use cases.
CEO Sentance Departs Xenomorph
Sentance is stepping down after leading the company he co-founded for more than 20 years.
Aquis Tech Links SIs, Counterparties via Connectivity Hub
Hub allows counterparties to continually adjust which stocks they want to interact with.
Mifid Data Runs Aground with Issues at European Regulators
Glitches and halts mark first few weeks of transparency requirements at systems operated by regulators.
Money.Net Debuts Crypto Data
The vendor says the new data is in response to an about-face in demand for cryptocurrency data.
Lind to Lead Data Services at DTCC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. appoints industry veteran Tim Lind to manage data services, following the departure of Ron Jordan in December 2017.
Northfield Info Bows News Analytics-Based Risk Model Data
The new service will deliver more accurate predictive risk models without any changes on the part of clients, officials say.
Raymond James Enlists Red Deer for Mifid II Research
Raymond James is using Red Deer's Mifid II solution to help manage research consumption.
Deutsche Borse Taps Metamako for Network Monitoring, Timestamps
After upgrading the co-location network for its cash and derivatives markets in 2017, Deutsche Borse needed an upgraded monitoring solution.
AFTAs 2017: Best Data Management Initiative—Deutsche Bank
Since its launch two-and-a-half years ago, 7,800 data issues have been registered; 4,900 data issues have been consolidated; 1,100 data issues have been resolved; and 1,800 issues remain open and visible, each with a descriptive business case allowing…
AFTAs 2017: Best Technology Executive: Buy Side—Mike Urciuoli, JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management
JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management (AWM) CIO Mike Urciuoli wins this year’s best technology executive (buy side) award, commanding a technology budget of over $1 billion. After taking the reins at AWM in 2014, Urciuoli embarked on a period of radical…
AFTAs 2017: Best Reporting Initiative—State Street Corporation
From June 2018, the largest registered investment companies—those with net-asset values of over $1 billion—will be required to comply with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Investment Company Reporting Modernization Rule. Existing forms,…
AFTAs 2017: Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor—Risk, Compliance and Reporting—Imagine Software
The hallmark of a truly innovative technology vendor is its ability to rapidly respond to changes in the market and address its clients’ demands by developing and delivering a new solution that provides exactly what is required of it. New York-based…
AFTAs 2017: Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor—Infrastructure—UnaVista
UnaVista, the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG’s) platform for matching, reconciliation and reporting, makes its debut at the AFTAs as winner of the most innovative third-party technology vendor (infrastructure) category, at a time when industry focus…