Private equity
A kick in the privates: In-demand unlisted stock trading faces tech, transparency challenges
Private stocks are opaque, illiquid, behave differently from public markets, and lack the same infrastructure as public marketplaces, creating back-office integration challenges for firms that want to trade these stocks in a more liquid manner. But as…
Waters Wrap: A useful use-case for blockchain? (And Broadridge’s bond play)
While not a fan of blockchain, Anthony looks at some potential use-cases for the tool in the world of capital markets. He also gives his thoughts on Broadridge’s soon-to-launch LTX platform.)
Start-up VCs look ahead to post-pandemic world
Emerging venture capitalists saw reduced investor inflows during the pandemic. Will this dent B2B fintech investment?
MayStreet hires former SEC CAT advisor as industry ‘rethinks’ market data infrastructure
Manisha Kimmel played a key role in getting the CAT running and worked at rival Refinitiv before joining the US regulator.
Waters Wrap: Dash Financial gets nabbed by Ion (And monetizing data)
Ion Group has acquired Dash Financial. Whether or not this ends up being a good marriage will come down to the people making the tech platforms, Anthony says.
Back-office automation key to breaking open private markets
Trading in large, privately-held stocks has hitherto been the domain of large private equity investors. A new technology platform aims to make these markets more accessible to broker-dealers by integrating with the back-office processes that firms…
This Week: Refinitiv ESG; Nikko/GoldenSource; Causality Link/Eagle Alpha; Crux & more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
People Moves: MarketAxess, SimCorp, Shoreline, Sova Capital, Nutanix, RIMES, Capco, LiquidShare
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Raj Paranandi (pictured), who has been appointed COO EMEA/APAC at MarketAxess.
S&P/IHS Markit: OPIS Faces Spin-Off; Cappitech Beefs Up Regtech Frontline
Commonalities between the two firms' commodities pricing units bring them under regulatory scrutiny as they move closer to an acquisition deal. At the same time, it appears that IHS will lean into the regulatory reporting space.
This Week: BBVA/AWS, Bloomberg/Lombard Odier, TP Icap, Credit Suisse/Torstone, Endicott
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Rimes Acquires RegTech Vendor EBR Analytics
Rimes Technologies is integrating EBR into its RegFocus BMR platform, its solution for compliance with the Benchmarks Regulation.
This Week: State Street/Simcorp, Bloomberg, ACA, Broadridge & More
A look at some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Citco Launches Data Services Platform
The fund administrator’s clients can now access multiple datasets from one data lake.
S&P Global Introduces 10 Million Private Company Profiles to Market Intelligence
The new datasets mark a milestone in the company's multi-year strategy to allow investors greater access to small and medium enterprise companies.
Amid Public Market Volatility, Emerging Technologies Boost Investor Confidence in Private Markets
As the private markets grow, so does investor appetite for them, particularly as public markets hurt. Emerging technologies are helping.
In Expansion Beyond HFT, FPGAs Eye AI
After a decade of supercharging low-latency applications, Wei-Shen Wong explores how FPGAs are pushing into new areas of the capital markets, driven by interest in AI & ML.
People Moves: FINRA, Tassat, Eventus Systems, Willis Re and Big XYT
A look at some of the key 'people moves' from this week including Greg Ruppert (pictured) who joins Finra as executive vice president.
Alt Data Market Could Take Deep Hit Due to Coronavirus
If hedge funds and VCs tighten their spending in 2020—a likely outcome—it could be the alternative data market taking the brunt of the punishment.
This Week: Refinitiv/Scivantage; Goldman Sachs/ICE; ChartIQ; Aquis/NEX & More
A summary of the past week's financial technology news.
This Week: MEMX; Paxos/Credit Suisse/Instinet; Blue River; CJC/TREP & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Rimes Wards off Sale Speculation with Investment from EQT
A sale was originally reported, but this PE investment will allow the firm to grow its ESG, ETF offering while considering a sale at a later time.
ARM Insight Preps Revenue Data Predictor for the Buy Side
The vendor believes its planned dashboard of synthetic consumer spend data will help a wider audience on the buy side exploit predictive company revenue data.
Blockchain in the Capital Markets: Slow Progress in 2019
While real blockchain rollouts are still few and far between, some firms made progress in 2019. Here are 18 projects in some stage of development.
Bloomberg LP’s Fate Lies in Hands of Democratic Voters
With Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg confirming a run for president, Max ponders the possible outcomes if the data giant goes up for sale.