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EOSE Appoints Dan Marcus as Strategic Advisor for Next Stage Development
EOSE, a provider of market data solutions, has appointed Dan Marcus as strategic advisor to help support the company’s next stage of development. He joins EOSE’s advisory board that includes KPMG’s asset management advisory team. EOSE was founded in 2018 by Suzanne Lock to help financial institutions commercialise their market data. Clients already on board...
NeoXam Partners with MDP to Grow Market Data Footprint in DACH Region
Paris-based data management platform provider NeoXam has forged an alliance with MDP – a new market data consultancy founded by former executives of Screen Group, now part of TRG Screen – to extend the reach of its DataHub platform in the DACH region comprising Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The initiative will focus on helping clients...
With First CFTC Limits Deadline Past, FundApps Urges Firms to Plan for Next Wave
Practitioners reported general readiness for last month’s introduction of new CFTC rules around position limits, a decade after the regulator first floated its plans for changing them. Regulated firms are now being urged to prepare for further changes scheduled for next year, which will introduce new exchange rules and federal limits on derivatives contracts not...
SmartStream Adds AI to Reconciliation Platform
SmartStream Technologies has released TLM Aurora Universal Data Control, an AI-enabled platform for managing the complex data underpinning firms’ reconciliation activities. The solution builds on the technology used for SmartStream’s Air next-generation AI solution for reconciliation processing, version 2 of which was officially launched in October last year. Air introduces advanced AI concepts like observational...
How to Make the Most of Migrating Big Data and Analytics to Cloud
Migrating big data and analytics workflows to the cloud promises significant cost savings through efficient use of infrastructure resources and software that scales dynamically based on data volume, query load, or both. These are valuable gains for investment banks, but they can only be fully realised by taking a new approach to architecture and software...
Reformis Adds Matrix IDM and NeoXam to Vendor Partner Programme
Reformis, a buy-side business transformation consultancy, continues to build out its vendor partnership programme with the addition of Matrix IDM’s cloud native data management software, and NeoXam’s Impress reporting solution. These join the company’s list of existing partners and products including IHS Markit’s EDM software, Snowflake’s cloud data platform, and Compliance Solution Strategies’ Accudelta product....
Refinitiv Streamlines Wealth Management Advisory Process with House Views and Market Insights
Refinitiv has released House Views and Market Insights (HVMI), a next generation intelligent content management capability for wealth management firms. The solution supports efficient distribution of investment recommendations and research by connecting product and content manufacturing teams with wealth advisors. Christopher Sparke, head of advisory solutions for wealth at Refinitiv, says: “Advisors are faced with...
SmartStream Adds AI to Reconciliation Platform
UK-based SmartStream Technologies has launched TLM Aurora Universal Data Control, an AI-enabled platform for managing the complex data underpinning firms’ reconciliations activities. TLM Aurora UDC builds on the technology used for SmartStream’s Air, its next-generation AI solution for reconciliation processing, version 2 of which was officially launched in October last year. Air introduces advanced AI...
Broadridge’s $2.5 Billion Itiviti Deal Aims to Simplify Firms’ Front-to-Back Workflow
Broadridge Financial Services is seeking to bolster its multi-jurisdictional reach with the €2.143 billion (approximately $2.5 billion) cash acquisition of Scandinavian trading and connectivity solutions provider Itiviti, announced last week. Itiviti’s order and execution management systems (OEMS) and messaging middleware give Broadridge a strong presence in the front office. But it also addresses clients’ needs...
Low-Code: The New Standard for Sell-Side Fixed Income Desks
By Vuk Magdelinic, CEO of Overbond. Low-code programming isn’t coming — it’s already here. And 2021 is the Year of Low-Code, according to IT publications such as SD Times and TechRepublic. “The worldwide low-code development technologies market is projected to total $13.8 billion in 2021, an increase of 22.6% from 2020,” according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The...