Trading Tools
Waters Wrap: Unintended Consequences & AI Regulation (And Mobile Trading Reg & BERT NLP)
Due to the pandemic and rapid advancements in the fields of AI and mobile technology, regulators in the US and Europe have unique challenges on their hands.
Location, Location, Relocation: Covid Prompts Firms to Re-Tool vs Reopen
It’s technology that has helped firms continue working seamlessly through the outbreak, and Max says this same technology will keep the markets running smoothly—and remotely—in the future.
AlternativeSoft to Roll Out Automated Hedge Fund Due Diligence Tool in Q4
Earlier this year the vendor added an automated hedge fund performance evaluation tool to its suite of solutions.
ICE ETF Hub Integrates Chat Functionality
Users of the hub are already using ICE Chat, as the exchange looks to automate the negotiation process for custom baskets.
IPC Looks to Partner with Additional Transcription Service Providers
The comms and networking provider is expanding its service after partnering with OpenFin.
UBS Evidence Lab Uses Hospital Data to Profile Regional Recoveries
The unit is combining foot-traffic data and proprietary datasets derived from hospitals to develop a better understanding of outbreaks and predict a timeline for recovery.
BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank to Extend FX API for Indonesia and India
The two are working out the necessary regulatory, tax, and documentation needed to provide custody services for foreign exchange transactions in the two countries.
Moonshots Shelved: Banks Spend on Home-Working Tech
Senior technologists from UBS, Deutsche Bank, Nomura, SocGen and others discuss where their tech spend is being directed.
Post Acquisition, Gresham Looks to Integrate Inforalgo to Improve CAT Offering
The vendor is streamlining its platform for reporting to the consolidated audit trail.
Ion Forced to Split Broadway, Keeping FX
The remedy will satisfy the UK competition watchdog—but “a big defeat” for the acquisitive tech giant.
NERD Alert: S&P Taps Kensho to Add IDs, Data Links to Mentions in Historical Transcripts
The move marks the start of plans to expand the distribution of Kensho's entity and individual recognition and tagging system.
Bloomberg Adds New NLP Capabilities to TOMS
The tool allows traders to search their own data to find trade information specific to them.
OneMarketData Advances on Cloud Migration and Extends Asset Class Coverage
The vendor will roll out new coverage across OTC derivatives, fixed income, and FX in the third and fourth quarters.
Sterling TT Improves Trading Display for Work-From-Home Traders
Sterling has improved the way data is displayed in its platform, to account for traders needing to display the same content and graphics on fewer and smaller screens.
Waters Wrap: Exchanges Look to the Cloud (And More on ESG, M&A, and Vaccine Tracking Data)
As exchanges partner with cloud providers to move more functions to the cloud, Anthony wonders if these partnerships could become competitive in the future.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 206: Liquidnet's Simon Maughan
Simon joins to discuss some of the challenges that buy-side firms are facing in today's trading environment.
Platts Advances API, Data Delivery Strategy for Digitizing Commodities Markets
The company is rolling out two new APIs centered on oil as part of a broader push to bring commodities trading on par with cutting-edge equities markets.
Causality Link Building Next-Gen ESG Dashboard
The research provider will release a dashboard that decouples and drills down into the E, S, and G factors of ESG.
Multicast: The ‘Holy Grail’ for Getting Exchanges to the Cloud
Cloud providers are hunting for a way to bring multicasting to the cloud for low-latency market data distribution, unlocking the gateway for traditional exchanges to shift core infrastructure to the cloud without negatively impacting high-speed trading.
Silent Eight Preps Transaction Monitoring Tool
The firm is testing the tool with a few clients before making it available to a broader audience.
This Week: Bloomberg, Isda, Wolters Kluwer, Refinitiv, Aquis, DTCC, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Trading Technologies Preps September OMS Launch
The anticipated replacement for its X_Trader platform will share a tightly integrated ecosystem with its EMS, and will debut a raft of new order handling features.
Lazard Asset Management Implements ESG Mapping Tool
The investment manager has developed frameworks to better understand how ESG issues impact individual company performance and sectors.
Boosted.ai Rolls Out New Models for Navigating Covid-Specific Risks
As Covid-19 impacted companies and markets in March, the machine-learning startup sought to help clients better manage risk exposures that couldn't be explained by traditional risk factors.