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‘We started late’: Oracle makes case for its market data cloud offering
Executives from Oracle, LSEG, and CJC detailed the ‘eye-opening’ performance and latency of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Bloomberg offers auto-RFQ chat feed—but banks want a bigger prize
Traders hope for unfettered access to IB chat so they can build their own AI-enhanced trading tools
Bloomberg AIM: Consistently unique in an ever‑changing market
Bloomberg won the Best order management system (OMS) provider category in the 2024 WatersTechnology Asia Awards
Asia Awards 2024 winner’s interview: Bloomberg
Bloomberg's Manju Sakhrani discusses the company's win for its Bloomberg AIM OMS
Waters Wavelength Ep. 302: Connectifi’s Nick Kolba
Nick joins the show to give his views on trends in the interoperability space and the FDC3 standard.
TMX launches ATS in US
The move represents the first expansion of the exchange group’s markets business outside of Canada.
From frozen assets to fire sales: The datasets to prevent your investments going up in smoke
The IMD Wrap: As severe weather conditions become more commonplace, Max wonders which datasets will prove most useful for those navigating a changing world.
AI co-pilot offers real-time portfolio rebalancing
WealthRyse’s platform melds graph theory, neural networks and quantum tech to help asset managers construct and rebalance portfolios more efficiently and at scale.
Opra considers ‘dynamic load balancing’ for options market
The data distributor recently completed a challenging project to build a 96-line feed. This new endeavor could prove just as challenging (but perhaps necessary) for the industry that will use it.
Big questions linger as DORA compliance approaches
The major EU regulation will go live tomorrow. Outstanding clarifications and confusion around the definition of an ICT service, penetration testing, subcontracting, and more remain.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 301: SIX’s Javier Hernani
Javier Hernani, head of securities services at SIX, joins to discuss everything T+1.
Market data for private markets? BlackRock sees its big opportunity
The investment giant’s CEO said he envisions a far bigger private market business in 2025.
Bloomberg debuts GenAI news summaries
The AI-generated summaries will allow financial professionals to consume more data, faster, officials say.
8 bank CTOs and CDOs sound off on artificial intelligence
Waters Wrap: Last year, WatersTechnology spoke with heads of technology and data from a range of tier-1 banks. Anthony pulls at one common thread from those interviews: AI.
Substantive Research reveals new metrics for market data negotiations framework
The research firm will make its industry-derived project available for public consumption next month.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 300: Reflecting on humble beginnings
It is our 300th episode! Tony and Shen reflect on how it all started.
Insurance: The role of risktech in effectively managing emerging risks and driving competitive edge
This whitepaper covers the global survey, conducted by Chartis Research and TCS, of banking, financial services and insurance firms, which found that insurers are struggling to adapt to evolving risks and regulatory requirement increases. Chartis offers…
As the ETF market grows, firms must tackle existing data complexities
Finding reliable reference data is becoming a bigger concern for investors as the ETF market continues to balloon. This led to Big xyt to partner with Trackinsight.
FX automation key to post-T+1 success, say custodians
Custody banks saw uptick in demand for automated FX execution to tackle T+1 challenges.
Artificial intelligence, like a CDO, needs to learn from its mistakes
The IMD Wrap: The value of good data professionals isn’t how many things they’ve got right, says Max Bowie, but how many things they got wrong and then fixed.
People Moves: State Street, Broadridge, Tradeweb and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space.
Symphony looks to cloud, AI for enhanced trader voice
The communication and collaboration platform provider is utilizing modern technology to grow its network of services and users.
Observations and lessons to learn from the move to T+1
The next few years will see other jurisdictions around the world look to North America for guidance on transitioning to shorter settlement cycles.
An inside look: How AI powered innovation in the capital markets in 2024
From generative AI and machine learning to more classical forms of AI, banks, asset managers, exchanges, and vendors looked to large language models, co-pilots, and other tools to drive analytics.
As US options market continued its inexorable climb, ‘plumbing’ issues persisted
Capacity concerns have lingered in the options market, but progress was made in 2024.
