Investment
Aussie super fund overhauls investment platform with BlackRock Aladdin
Aware Super’s Project Odin includes implementations of BlackRock Aladdin, eFront and GoldenSource EDM
‘I recognize that tree’: Are market data fees defying gravity?
What do market data fees have in common with ‘Gilmore Girls’ and Samuel Beckett? Allow Reb to tell you.
Tech VC funding: It’s not just about the money
The IMD Wrap: It’s been a busy year for tech and data companies seeking cash to kick-start new efforts. Max details how some are putting the fun into fundraising.
Managed services under the spotlight
A report focusing on the advantages and possible drawbacks of taking on managed services, and outlining LSEG’s managed services strategy.
Reading the bones: Citi, BNY, Morgan Stanley invest in AI, alt data, & private markets
Investment arms at large US banks are taken with emerging technologies such as generative AI, alternative and unstructured data, and private markets as they look to partner with, acquire, and invest in leading startups.
BlackRock to integrate Aladdin and Preqin to create new private markets platform
CEO Larry Fink calls combining the two platforms “maybe the biggest opportunity in 10 years.”
Start-up FinChat aims to disrupt research space using GenAI
Since launching amid the GenAI mania last spring, FinChat has been buoyed by its use of AI in sourcing its data.
Hot topic: SEC climate disclosure rule divides industry
Proposal likely to flounder on First Amendment concerns, lawyers believe.
In search of clean data: Firms navigate data challenges as LLM adoption flourishes
This WatersTechnology rapid read report explores the transformative potential of LLMs in financial services, offering insights into the evolution, challenges and positive impacts on decision-making processes in capital markets.
RBC outlines hybrid cloud strategy, eyes genAI use cases
Technological innovation doesn’t always reap promised rewards. RBC’s head of cloud engineering talks about why the Canadian bank’s hybrid cloud strategy worked, and how it is approaching generative AI.
Traders, vendors seek to modernize chronically underinvested FX tech
The average FX professional uses eight applications at any one time. But integrating the FX workflow is a daunting task.
BNY Mellon streamlines the hunt for liquidity with LiquidityDirect updates
The bank spent the last three years evolving and expanding LiquidityDirect to include additional asset classes, and will white label the platform to customers.
This Week: Delta Capita/SSimple, BNY Mellon, DTCC, Broadridge, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Snowflake partners with BMLL in another big tech-fintech tie up
The collaboration comes as part of both companies’ desire to eliminate end users’ need for intensive data engineering, as well as costly in-house data storage.
Behavioral analytics: the data trend that has asset managers looking inward
Vanguard and others are building tools that “nudge” investors to make better investment decisions.
HSBC hikes tech spend, scales up AI projects
The bank is hoping to turn higher technology costs to its advantage, investing in its new digital trade platform and increasing its exploration of generative AI.
S3 Partners sues Ion’s Fidessa for breach of contract
The New York-based market data company has filed a complaint against Fidessa for failing to honor its agreement to invest up to $6.25 million into the business.
BlackRock looks to expand Aladdin through accounting, data capabilities
Accounting, data, and analytics offerings make up part of Aladdin's strategy to become everything to everyone.
Hidden danger: As AI permeates finance, cybersecurity moves to the forefront
Open-source wrappers like MLflow, though useful and popular, highlight the risks hidden beneath these models.
High-profile deals signal appetite for fixed-income growth
Amid renewed interest in the bond market, big firms are making strategic acquisitions to get in on the action.
MSCI’s multi-cloud strategy aims to provide a new window into investment data
The MSCI One platform already runs on Microsoft Azure, and MSCI is building a new investment data platform on Google Cloud to utilize the search giant's AI and NLP capabilities.