Trading Tech
BT Promotes Payne to Lead Radianz Services
30-year BT veteran Payne will now hold the position of managing director of BT Radianz Services, concurrent with his role as chief operating officer for BT’s Global Banking & Financial Markets division.
Nasdaq Files Complaint Against Miami Exchanges Over Trading Tech
Exchange operator accuses rival of infringing on patents in trading systems
Nasdaq Acquires Buy-Side Analytics Provider eVestment
The acquisition is part of a wider strategy by the exchange to offer more data products which may appeal to the buy side
T+2 Settlement Begins in US Markets
Trades executed on September 5 will now settle on September 7 under new rules.
Machine Learning in the Capital Markets: Waters Takes an Inside Look
Anthony Malakian looks at a dozen live projects in the capital markets that use machine-learning tools to improve front-, middle-, and back-office processes.
TMX Data Head Sinclair Retires
Eric spent 14 years running TMX's (and before that, the Toronto Stock Exchange's) Datalinx data business.
Blockchain Not Yet Ready to Power T+0 Settlement
Blockchain provides easier communication between parties and boasts an immutable record of transactions, but it remains immature.
T+2 is Here, but Don't Hold Your Breath for T+0
Talk of shortening the settlement cycle further is premature and ignores the upheaval it would cause.
Enter the Robots: Enhancing Reconciliations through Robotic Process Automation
Robotic process automation possesses significant potential to enhance reconciliations operations particularity when married to artificial intelligence.
Indus Valley Partners Upgrades EDM Platform
Enhancements aim to transform how global asset managers manage data.
Blockchain May Fuel Ibor’s Second Wave
Distributed-ledger technology is providing the impetus for renewed interest in Ibor, experts say
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 84: Quantum Computing & IBOR/Blockchain
Wei-Shen Wong talks to Anthony about quantum computing, and then James and Anthony talk about the pairing of IBORs with blockchains. They end things by talking about Game of Thrones and the Mayweather-McGregor fight.
Appian and Macrosynergy Tap AQMetrics for Reporting
Regulatory compliance and risk solutions provider adds two clients to its portfolio.
CLSA Taps Symphony for Internal Data-Sharing, Client Communications
CLSA represents Symphony's largest rollout in Asia to date for its secure messaging and collaboration platform.
Eze Links with Trade Informatics for TCA
Vendor follows up OTAS deal with another agreement to incorporate third-party analytics
Nasdaq Offers US Feeds from LD4 Datacenter
UK-based buy- and sell-side clients can now access Nasdaq’s US data products directly from the exchange through the Equinix LD4 datacenter.
Axe Trading Targets the Buy Side with New EMS
New platform offers liquidity and venue aggregation for asset managers active in the fixed-income markets
CloudMargin Partners with DTCC and Euroclear for Margin Transit Utility
CloudMargin will bring GlobalCollateral's margin utility to the cloud to expand automation
Instinet and Sun Trading to Provide Off-Exchange Liquidity Ahead of SI Regime
Partnership with Sun Trading follows similar deal with Virtu Financial earlier this year for Nomura-owned agency broker
C WorldWide Asset Management Picks SimCorp for Digital Reporting
Danish asset manager replaces current reporting solution with SimCorp Coric
Finra and AIG Reap Benefits from Cloud Migrations
AWS migrations have expanded data access and saved money, executives say
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 83: Systematic Internalizers & RegTech
Anthony and James delve into how the systematic internalizer regime is shaping up, and then examine the regtech sector.
Power to the People: Will MiFID II Data Disaggregation Deliver on Cost Control Promises?
MiFID II’s data disaggregation requirements aim to reduce data costs by forcing marketplaces to unbundle datasets and sell consumers only the specific data they need. But in reality, this seemingly simple and cost-reducing idea could make buying and…
Baking a Distributed Ledger Layer Cake in a Data Oven
Much of distributed ledgers’ potential lies in their shared data layer. Yet ledgers’ rapid rise has moved mostly apart from data management and data managers. Tim Bourgaize Murray explores the reasons why, and the possible opportunities within the world…