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Nasdaq Taps AWS for Market Data Cloud
The initiative will make all of Nasdaq's market data available to potential clients via APIs in Amazon Web Services' cloud, as an alternative to its traditional feed and file delivery options.
JP Morgan Investment Insulates Limeglass Start-Up Amid Coronavirus
The research start-up is growing its team and is in discussions with clients, despite Covid-19 disruption, after the bank acquired a stake.
Bloomberg to Offer Next-Gen Risk Models to Enterprise, Terminal Clients
In addition to consolidating the Port risk models for terminal users and enterprise clients, the data vendor is looking to use advanced risk models to create better hedging strategies for equities.
SEC Issues Another CAT Reprieve as Monday’s Milestone Passes Quietly
While the CAT is now live, few—if any—are reporting. Additionally, there are still concerns among large broker-dealers about the CAT Reporter Agreement.
Symphony Hires Brad Levy as Chief Revenue Officer, Plans Second Meetings Launch
The former MarkitSERV CEO joins Symphony as the collaboration platform vendor prepares to release a new videoconferencing service by the end of June 2020.
MEMX Postpones Launch Due to Coronavirus
CEO Jonathan Kellner announced on April 17 that the exchange would have to push back its official launch date, as well as delay platform testing and member certification until later this year.
Nasdaq, Cboe Fix Feeds Hit by Options Overload
Recent market volatility overwhelmed the Nasdaq BX and Cboe market depth feeds with so much activity that the exchanges did not have enough physical numbers to accurately represent it.
This Week: State Street/Microsoft; Refinitiv/Global Relay; SimCorp/Anima; TSE & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Symphony Unveils Secure Videoconferencing for Financial Services
Officials say Symphony's offering addresses the security and compliance shortfalls of other videoconferencing platforms being used in the absence of face-to-face meetings.
Wall Street Horizon Adds Impact Measures to Earnings Dates
The vendor's Datebreaks dataset now provides measures of the standard deviation of an event change versus a company's historical pattern of scheduling earnings dates.
CloudMargin Makes Key Hires Despite Coronavirus Uncertainty
The London-based collateral management solutions provider says expansion is a strategic business decision.
Tellimer Group Launches New Insights Platform
The platform will use natural language processing to deliver curated research from analysts covering emerging markets.
People Moves: IBM Cloud, CoinShares & Seaborn Networks
This week's key people moves include former BofA CTO Howard Boville (pictured), who joins IBM Cloud as senior vice president.
This Week: LSEG Technology; SIX/Nasdaq; FTSE Russell/JSE; & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
TP Icap Debuts Next-Gen Feed to Support Data Expansion
The new feed will provide the framework to support new data types that the broker plans to make available later this year.
S&P Global Adds Machine-Readable Data Tool for SEC Filings
The service will be released through its Market Intelligence unit. The same unit will also launch a new data platform in May.
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.
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.
Truvalue Labs to Launch Coronavirus ESG Monitor
The dashboard, which goes live later this week, is a free online resource that includes tracking how the pandemic is affecting ESG factors.
People Moves: AWS, DTCC, Refinitiv, CloudMargin and More
A look at some of the key recent 'people moves', including Adam Honore (pictured) who joins Amazon Web Services from CME Group.
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.
Glue42 Open-Sources Web App Interoperability
The new solution uses progressive web applications, cutting out the need for containers.