Thomson Financial has implemented an IBM Z990 mainframe to boost capacity of its Thomson Datastream historical database. The upgrade has increased capacity by 35%, offering clients faster response times. Additionally, Thomson has introduced Internet access to Datastream data using the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP). Thomson says German retail bank Nassauische Sparkasse has signed up to use the PPTP access facility.
Data democratisation enables users across an organisation to access and analyse data in a digital format. Its benefits are many and include allowing employees to make informed business decisions without recourse to IT, gaining a better understanding of customers, improving operational efficiency, and achieving a greater return on investment in data. It is also key...
The holidays brought good news for CUSIP Global Services (CGS) with FactSet making a definitive agreement to acquire the company from S&P Global in a cash deal valued at $1.925 billion. Late last year, the European Commission said S&P Global would have to divest CGS to gain regulatory approval for its planned $44 billion merger...
TradingTech Summit (TTS) Virtual will look at how trading technology operations can capitalise on recent disruption and leverage technology to find efficiencies in the new normal environment. The crisis has highlighted that the future is digital and cloud based, and the ability to innovate faster and at scale has become critical. As we move into recovery and ‘business as usual’, what changes and technology innovations should the industry adopt to simplify operations and to support speed, agility and flexibility in trading operations.
The ESG landscape is changing faster than anyone could have imagined even five years ago. With tens of trillions of dollars expected to have been committed to sustainable assets by the end of the decade, it’s never been more important for financial institutions of all sizes to stay abreast of changes in the ESG data...