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LSEG to step up AI and Fabric development, preps Eikon sunset
With Acadia integration now complete, exchange group signals next steps in its Microsoft tie-up and announces launch of new FX matching platform later this year
Gleif hopes to entice LEI laggards with new digital identifier
The vLEI has ambitions to become the backbone of digital trust.
HSBC hikes tech spend, scales up AI projects
The bank is hoping to turn higher technology costs to its advantage, investing in its new digital trade platform and increasing its exploration of generative AI.
Institutions see everything to play for in UK’s DLT sandbox
Industry welcomes flexible issuance limits, but rues derivatives’ exclusion as a missed opportunity.
People Moves: Northern Trust, Finbourne, HKEx, Broadridge, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves within the tech and data space, including Benze Lam (pictured), who becomes Northern Trust’s Hong Kong head.
Connective tissue: S&P's InvestorAccess enables secondary market-like trading of primary issues
Through a combination of its own technology and partnerships with fixed-income mainstays Bloomberg and Tradeweb, S&P is looking to create end-to-end workflows to simplify trading of primary bond issues for both buy-side and sell-side firms.
This Week: Sk3w, HKEX, JSE, Finos, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Tradeweb aims to expand FI trading footprint after Yieldbroker addition
In what CEO Billy Hult described as a “challenging backdrop” for the quarter, the marketplace operator is looking ahead on acquisitions, automation and a widening pool of market-makers.
CME-Google cloud partnership already yielding new data analytics
CME is spending a small fortune to migrate its technology to Google’s cloud, betting on the cloud’s ability to return a large fortune from development of new data products and services.
Deutsche Börse ‘cannot afford’ to miss out on generative AI; SimCorp deal on schedule
The exchange group wants to be at the forefront of the emerging technology field and has extended its partnership with Google into AI.
Microsoft, Google highlight LLM capabilities for future growth
Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai both touted the advancements their respective companies have made in the field of generative AI during their earnings calls.
As ESG investing faces headwinds, MSCI’s CEO says ESG ‘most popular’ topic for clients
For future analytics enhancements, the vendor will also lean into large language models and generative AI.
This Week: DSB, Deutsche Bank, McKay Brothers, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Tradeweb treads fine line as API trend brings challenges
Buy-side rates traders look to dodge platform’s interface but remain barred from cross-venue price-shopping.
MarketAxess looks to proprietary data and automation with new offerings
The fixed-income trading provider’s Adaptive Auto-X automation tool and new data offerings were a bright spot amid lackluster Q2 earnings.
IBM bets big on generative AI
Although Q2 revenue was flat year-on-year, it was buoyed by IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy. The tech giant will build up its AI capabilities similarly to how it’s dealt with Red Hat OpenShift.
Nasdaq’s Friedman hints at plans for Adenza post-acquisition
During Nasdaq’s earnings call, Adena Friedman explained to skeptical investors why the deal makes sense for the exchange operator.
Antitrust complaint against Cusip can go forward, SDNY judge rules
The federal judge presiding over the ongoing class-action suit against Cusip Global Services, S&P Global, FactSet, and the American Bankers Association, has dismissed all complaints against the defendants except one alleging the quartet violated Section…
Charles River, software, data sales drive State Street in Q2
As traditional revenue lines declined at the custodian as a result of market forces, front-office software sales made big gains in its quarterly results.
Waters Rankings 2023: All the winners and why they won
WatersTechnology readers voted to determine the winners in 34 technology and data categories that comprise this year’s virtual Waters Rankings.
This Week: Confluence Technologies, Genesis, LexisNexis, and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: SteelEye, Clear Street, Accelex and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
People Moves: SEI, ANNA, Trading Technologies and more
A look at some recent people moves within the capital markets tech and data space.
WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2023: All the winners and why they won
Here are the 29 vendor and end-user category winners comprising the 4th annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards, announced on June 30.