Portfolio
Quantifying Portfolio Managers’ Skills for a More Vibrant Active Equities Industry
Cabot Investment Technology, a FactSet company, explains how asset owners are leveraging their metrics to give them an enhanced understanding of their external managers and greater confidence in their allocations
This Week: Bloomberg; Charles River, DTCC, SmartStream & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: SS&C; DTCC; LPA & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
One view to rule them all: Buy side firms seek to unify their data
Asset management firms still struggle to consolidate their data so that it speaks the same language across different business lines. Some new SaaS-based investment management vendors are aiming to solve this.
How NN IP uses machines to read the market—and itself
Dutch manager being acquired by Goldman uses machine learning to ‘augment’ its analysts
This Week: Amundi Tech; Broadridge/ Santander; Deutsche Börse & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
UBS equities team gets to grips with SFDR funds, ramps up ESG scoring
An active equities team at UBS is refining its approach to ESG integration as it converts funds to Article 8.
IBM eyes ‘seamless integration’ of quantum, classical computing
Blending classical and quantum computing could reduce the cost of quantum calculations and eliminate the need to understand hardware specifics, IBM says.
People Moves: NYSE, Broadway, FactSet, Tourmaline, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including James Bunch (pictured), who joins TRG Screen as chief technology officer.
This Week: T+1; FlexTrade/TradeFeedr; SimCorp/Snowflake; and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Patchy data thwarts consolidated tape hopefuls in Europe
Vendors grapple with unstandardized data reporting and data gaps in their push to develop a consolidated tape, as the EU prepares to unveil its latest legislative plans.
This Week: Finos, Northern Trust, DTCC, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Solving the Data Challenge—Technical Solutions for Optimization of Risk Management, Capital and Liquidity Resources
Since the financial crisis that began in 2007–08, regulatory pressure on requirements around capital adequacy, liquidity, funding, balance sheet size and leverage has become increasingly intense. As a consequence, financial institutions need to manage…
Bloomberg deploys math, not AI, to blend risk management and portfolio construction
The Mac3 GRM risk solution is live for equities users, uses no AI or machine learning, and will be rolled out to more asset classes next.
SimCorp makes push into managed services
The Danish vendor is in the early stages of moving into accounting services. In later phases, it plans to expand services across the back and front office.
Anna Service Bureau upgrade aims to evolve with emerging data landscape
Modernization will help numbering agency data hub adapt to new technologies and improve data quality post-Isin review.
People Moves: SteelEye, Northern Trust, LPA, Tora, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Brian Lynch (pictured), who joins SteelEye as president of US operations.
SFDR pushes fund administrators to rethink ESG offerings
Some fund admins prefer to build ESG products in-house, while others, notably Northern Trust, consider it ‘inefficient’ from a cost and time perspective.
People Moves: Baton, Broadridge, BNY Mellon, Eventus, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Mike Johnson (pictured), who joins Broadridge as VP and global product manager of derivatives clearing.
This Week: S&P Global Market Intelligence, SimCorp, SS&C, Six, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
UnaVista SFTR closure casts doubt on viability of reg reporting
The decision to shutter the service is another blow to the industry and the business case of reg reporting under SFTR.
Charles River, Wave Labs team up for enhanced OEMS
The strategic partnership will involve a three-part integration including system connectivity, combined visualization and the creation of client feedback loops.
Research management systems vie to double as data, analytics providers in one-stop-shop bid
RMS providers Sentieo and MackeyRMS feel the pressure to become quasi-data and analytics providers in their quest to cover the gamut of the buy-side research analyst workflow.