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Asset Managers Adopt Alternative Data and Advanced Analytics to Generate Alpha
Asset managers are adopting advanced analytics and alternative data to generate alpha and support client acquisition and retention, and business operations. The technology favoured for advanced analytics is machine learning, although natural language processing is also in the picture and smart robotic process automation is in trials. Element22, a boutique data advisory firm, details adoption…
Fenergo Continues Expansion with Private Banking Push
Following its expansion into asset management earlier this year, client lifecycle management (CLM) specialist Fenergo is branching out further with the creation of a private banking and wealth management division led by Sales Kinetics founder Steve D’Souza. With plans for an IPO in 2020 and a €100 million revenue target for 2019, the move is…
A-Team Group RegTech Summit NYC: Meet The Speakers
Following the runaway success of A-Team Group’s RegTech Summit in London last month, the New York event rolls into town next Thursday (November 15) with a knock-out line-up of speakers and a showcase presenting innovators offering brand new solutions to help firms meet their regulatory and compliance obligations. Ahead of the event, we caught up…
The Cost of Dirty Data
By Giles Nelson, Chief Technology Officer, Financial Services, MarkLogic The cost of dirty data – data that is inaccurate, incomplete or inconsistent – is enormous. Earlier this year, Gartner reported that, on average, poor quality data cost an organisation $15 million in 2017. These findings were reinforced by MIT Sloan Management Review, which reported that…
Digiterre Names Rob Swan as Partner and Commercial Director
Trading and investment technology supplier Digiterre has named Rob Swan as partner and commercial director. Swan has held positions at HSBC Asset Management, Close Brothers, Henderson Global Investors, Skandia Investment Management and Neuberger Berman. He most recently led the data services team at Calastone, where he offered a global distribution insight tool for both fund…
Cinnober Patents Real-Time Risk Assessment Solution
Swedish trading and risk management technology supplier Cinnober has been granted a US patent for a real-time risk assessment system. The invention allows clearing houses to minimise the discrepancy between the value of the collateral provided by a member as security and the highest probable loss that the portfolio may experience. This means that for…
TP ICAP Partners Credit Benchmark to Enhance Credit Risk Capabilities
TP ICAP’s data and analytics division has partnered Credit Benchmark to create a credit proxy solution combining market pricing with Credit Benchmark ratings. Customers will benefit from enhanced price discovery, xVA, trading and risk management capabilities. TP ICAP will provide Credit Benchmark with data from its Tullett Prebon Information business for research into the relationship…
How to Transform Data Governance by Redefining and Reskilling the Organisation
By Dennis Slattery, CEO, EDMworks Change is constant and unrelenting, and the causes are many and varied: challenger banks, fintech, regtech, cost pressure, cryptocurrencies, regulation and emerging technologies are just a few examples, with many more on the horizon. Organisations have to deal with change, so how can they do this and what is the…
FlexTrade Systems Integrates ipushpull with FlexNOW to Provide Real-Time Data Sharing
FlexTrade Systems has integrated ipushpull (iPP), a real-time interoperability platform, with its FlexNOW execution management system. The arrangement will provide FlexNOW users with access to iPP’s live data sharing and workflow automation between desktop applications, messaging platforms, in-house systems and cloud services. iPP’s analytics module will allow FlexNOW’s primarily hedge fund and mini-prime clients to…
BQT Launches Decentralised P2P Trading Platform with Hedge Trading Capabilities
BQT Technologies has introduced a decentralised trading platform for cryptocurrencies that will allow direct negotiations between traders for short-term trading. The initiative hopes to reduce dependency on fiat currencies by creating a self-sustaining internal market where demand for crypto assets is matched against supply via direct negotiation and exchange. BQT’s peer-to-peer Hedge Trading Platform aims…