Trading Tech
ESG: Turning Green into Green
ESG is booming, but there's room for further development—Waters speaks to executives from banks, hedge funds, asset managers and vendors to explain how this sector is growing and how AI can speed up its development.
Money.Net Adds Another Bloomberg Exec for Investment Banking Push
Daskalakis' appointment reunites him with former Bloomberg exec and Money.Net CEO Morgan Downey, bolstering the vendor's add-in and API integration offering.
Former Deutsche Bank Exec Backs Cobalt
Post-trade shared ledger platform receives an investment from former senior banker
An Ode to Automation
Even with the advent of blockchain, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, automation remains the technology that has revolutionized the industry.
Brown Brothers Harriman Wades into RegTech and Robotics
From RPA to machine learning to regtech, financial institutions are seeing great disruption coming out of the fintech space. BBH’s new fintech czar talks about how the bank is handling the change.
US Senator Urges Greater Reg SCI Transparency from SEC
Ranking member of Senate subcommittee says regulator should update list of affected firms
Chi-X Australia Installs Jokovic as CEO
Exchange names Deutsche Bank veteran to lead role.
Nasdaq Reaps Rewards from Information Investment, Hails Hub Potential
Index business growth contributes to more positive results for Nasdaq’s data business, with its Analytic Hub and buy-side focus singled out as a “long-term” growth opportunity for the division going forward.
CBOE Enters Bitcoin Data Distribution Deal with Gemini
Multi-year license will allow both companies to explore bitcoin derivatives opportunities
Quantum Computing: Beyond Zeros and Ones
Traditional computers as we know them are reaching a fundamental barrier where they will not be able to solve certain problems or go any faster—enter quantum computing.
Wiener Börse Feels the Need for Speed with T7 Upgrade
The exchange has replaced its Xetra Classic infrastructure with Deutsche Börse’s T7 trading technology
EDM Council Reports Data Quality Challenges Still Loom Large
EDM survey finds firms doing well on organization, but have far to go in reaching data management quality benchmarks.
T Rowe Price Taps ICE for Best Execution
ICE's Best Execution service will allow investment manager to meet obligations through execution quality analysis.
TNS Unveils Frankfurt Managed Hosting and Connectivity
TNS' new managed service in Frankfurt will provide local clients with access to co-location resources and connectivity via its global network.
AcadiaSoft Launches Consulting Services for Initial Margin Rules
Vendor will provide a service that advises banks and buy-side firms seeking margin-model approval from the Fed ahead of 2018 deadline
Pragma Releases Algo for Cross-Pair Triangulation
The new algorithm, which automatically splits trades in illiquid currency pairs to more liquid ones, is available on Pragma360.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 80: All About Digital Currencies (And Some Libor, Politics & Game of Thrones)
There were major moves in the crypto space this week, which James has covered closely. They also discuss Libor's future phase-out, talk politics and analyze Game of Thrones.
LiquidityBook Names Twitter Vet Andy Carroll as Chief Architect
Carroll has over 30 years of experience, most recently serving as tech lead of Twitter’s NFL live-streaming project
Euroclear and Paxos Break Up over Blockchain Project
Euroclear abandons Bankchain platform but startup says launch will go ahead in 2018
Big xyt Launches Cloud Platform Spin-off Liquidity Cockpit
Platform provides interactive analytics for both dark and lit markets and tracks large-in-scale trading activity.
Trading Tech Vendor Horizon Taps Ultumus for ETF Data
Paris-based algorithmic trading platform provider Horizon Software has incorporated data on global exchange-traded funds from specialist data vendor Ultumus into its platform.
StatPro Enlists Entwistle for Americas Sales
Entwistle has more than 20 years' experience in sales of technology and data solutions to financial markets clients.
Nasdaq Blends Behavioral Science and Buy-Side Surveillance with Sybenetix Acquisition
Nasdaq purchases buy-side surveillance vendor to integrate behavioral analysis into market oversight
CFTC Approves LedgerX Bitcoin CCP
Long-awaited ruling shows digital currencies are pushing for institutional-grade market structure