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ChartIQ Connects to the Bloomberg Terminal Connect API
The integration will allow for efficiency gains and risk reduction for users of the Finsemble app interoperability platform and the Terminal.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 190: Itiviti’s Gefen on Covid Lessons & SSEOMS Migration
Ofir Gefen joins the podcast to talk about how Itiviti in Asia-Pacific has dealt with impact from the coronavirus, and how the firm’s other office locations have learned.
Mosaic to Launch Mobile Version of Data Analytics Platform
The functionality is already available for tablets, with the cell phone version expected in the third quarter.
AI Fraud Systems Frazzled by Covid-19
Seismic changes in customer behavior are seeing machine learning solutions throw out false positives.
STAC Preps Benchmark Expansion to AI, Analytics
By benchmarking the performance of AI systems, STAC will help firms identify best-of-breed components for creating platforms with the best overall performance.
Sluggish Back-Office Systems Added to Margin Pressures
Systems supplied by FIS struggled to handle a massive spike in March trading volumes, according to multiple sources.
Colt Provides Full Hosting Capability in Taiwan
It will provide rack space, hardware hosting, connectivity, and market data for investors accessing TWSE, TAIFEX, and TPEx.
TMX Forges Ahead to Offer Round-the-Clock Derivatives Trading
Despite the coronavirus, the exchange is on track with plans to offer near 24-hour derivatives trading, new interest rate contracts, and increased transparency into ESG risks.
Trading Venues Aim to Unlock Value of Green Bonds
Tech providers are looking for ways to increase liquidity in climate bonds, a tiny but fast-growing corner of the fixed-income universe.
Lazard Asset Management Looks to Reinvent Asset Classifications
The firm is developing themed asset categories for investors by finding new correlations in alternative datasets.
Weighing the Benefits: Hardware Vs Software
In the pursuit of new ways to eliminate latency from the market data distribution and trading processes, vendors have invested in hardware-acceleration technologies, such as FPGAs. But with commodity chips now giving specialist hardware a run for its…
Lighting Up the Black Box: A Must for Investors?
Many quants contend that you must be able to interpret machine learning in order to use it.
Aegon Asset Management Partners with ACA Compliance for Surveillance
The firm is using ACA's Decryptex to identify fraudulent trading behavior.
MEMX Goes with Nasdaq for Market Surveillance
The Members Exchange plans to be live with the platform by its launch date of July 24, despite market volatility.
This Week: Nasdaq, Trading Technologies/Nodal, Finantix, GLMX/UnaVista
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Finastra Looking to Partner with Fintechs for Marketplace Platform
The financial technology giant is looking for partners who work in regtech, risk or predictive analytics.
New Platform Eases Analyst–Trader Communications Compliance
Client Instant Access’s Omnigage allows compliance officers to approve communications content.
S&P Global Platts Taps Kensho's AI to Solve Commodities' Big Data Woes
Following initiatives with S&P Global Market Intelligence, Kensho Technologies is tackling new projects for sibling department S&P Global Platts.
IHS Markit Builds Out Alt Data Library for Research Signals
The data service provider is widening its coverage of alt datasets for signals in cyber risk and controversy data.
TREP’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’ Moment
Refinitiv is giving the platform a facelift to keep it attractive in the face of younger competition.
Transforming NLP: A Look at New Tools Being Used by Banks
The evolution of natural language processing is rapidly progressing. Jo Wright takes a look at BERT, one of the more game-changing innovations that is helping to transform the field of machine learning in the capital markets.
'Data Mining is Bullsh**t' — An Examination
With the growth of alternative data in the capital markets, firms are struggling to find value, and are disillusioned by the loss of time, human capital, and money. Goldman Sachs’ Matthew Rothman believes this has created a situation where vendors and…
This Week: BNY Mellon; Amazon/Digital Asset; TP ICAP; Hazeltree; SimCorp & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Game On: Can the Video Game Industry Teach Banks Something About Visualization?
Capital markets firms are continually looking for new ways to package and visualize a rising tide of information. It turns out there’s another industry looking to handle the same challenge—the video game industry.