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Snowflake Acquisition of Streamlit Will Accelerate Data Apps Development
Snowflake has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Streamlit, provider of an open source framework that enables developers and data scientists to build and share data apps quickly and iteratively, without the need to be an expert in front-end development. The company says more than 1.5 million apps have been built using the framework. Following...
Everything You Need to Know About the EU Whistleblowing Directive
It is widely acknowledged that employees who report misconduct within their organisations play a key role in exposing breaches and preventing similar incidents from happening in the future. However, potential whistleblowers are often discouraged from reporting their concerns or suspicions for fear of retaliation. In this context, the European Union deemed it necessary to provide...
Top 10 Cloud-Based Trading Environments in 2022
In a time when the drive to shift to cloud-based trading environments is at an all time high due to the covid-19 pandemic, it is useful to look at which firms offer the best solutions. A cloud-based trading environment offers flexibility and business continuity by allowing traders to work from anywhere. Gone are the days...
The Hokey Cokey Guide on how to Achieve M&A Operational Complexity
By Neil Vernon, Chief Technology Officer at Gresham Technologies. ‘You put your left arm in, your left arm out, in out, in out, you shake it all about’, so say the words of the old party song. It is a similar approach to how financial institutions have merged over the past decade. You put your...
Bloomberg AIM Integrates with Elwood Technologies for Crypto Trading
Bloomberg has added access to Elwood Technologies’ cryptocurrency trading platform via its Bloomberg AIM order management system (OMS). Through the integration, Elwood’s institutional cryptocurrency trading capabilities will combine with Bloomberg’s data, analytics and workflow tools, enabling users on the AIM platform to capture and manage their crypto investments alongside their other assets. Elwood will adopt...
Riding the Retail Trading Technology Revolution
Retail trading in financial markets has enjoyed remarkable growth in recent years. Retail investors were estimated to account for between one-quarter and one-third of all trading in US equities in 2021. Among the enablers of this Retail Revolution has been the ubiquity of digital trading apps and zero-commission accounts. This has been aided by easier...
LSEG Adds PMS, OMS, EMS via $325 Million Tora Acquisition
Continuing on the acquisition trail following its $27 billion purchase of Refinitiv, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has agreed to acquire PMS, OMS and EMS vendor Tora for $325 million, in an all-cash transaction. Tora says the deal will enable Tora to expand and grow its clientele while investing in global infrastructure, product development and...
Slow to Start, Banks are Buying into ESG Data Companies
Goldman Sachs has become the latest major bank to buy an interest in an ESG data company as lenders worldwide grow their sustainable finance businesses. The New York-based banking giant’s US$75 million investment in building energy management firm Gridpoint follows a number recent similar deals, including last year’s purchase of data-driven ESG fintech platform OpenInvest...
‘Start Early’ Warning as European ESG Regulations Loom
The coming months will be crucial for financial institutions’ preparations for European ESG regulatory compliance, with new rules due to snowball this year prompting warnings that firms should begin locking in their data provisions. Data vendors are responding by unveiling new products to help clients navigate the region’s developing regulatory landscape. But while the piecemeal...
Mining the Value of Data through Agile Data Governance
Agile data governance frameworks are presenting financial institutions with valuable new ways to use their data and respond swiftly to the changing demands placed upon it. They are also offering deeper insights into firms’ own operations, helping them to identify and eliminate emerging risks, shortening time to market and streamlining decision making. While the common...