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Don’t Believe the Hype
Wading through the hysteria to find an intelligent approach to AI By: Andrew Kouloumbrides, CEO of Xceptor. Having started its humble beginnings as a device to denote either a utopian dream or a dystopian nightmare in Sci-Fi novels, artificial intelligence (AI) is now well and truly finding practical applications and showing no signs of abating….
Thasos Adds QStreams Alternative Data Covering Visitation Metrics Across 480 Companies’ Locations
Thasos, an alternative data intelligence firm that transforms location data into actionable insights, has released a real-time foot traffic product, QStreams. The product has been developed specifically for quantitative hedge funds and is in beta testing. QStreams is a superset of Thasos products, providing subscribers with daily customer visitation and other fundamental metrics for every…
An Update on the LEI – Where Are we Now?
There are mixed views in our industry about the success of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) – questions about lapsed identifiers, comments on a slow rate of adoption, and calls for more regulatory mandates requiring use of the LEI. There are also some tremendous successes in countries such as India, which is not a member…
ASG Releases Enterprise Orchestrator
ASG Technologies has released Enterprise Orchestrator, a solution delivering cross-technology stack orchestration of enterprise value streams. Spanning everything from mainframes to cloud, the orchestrator provides workload automation and value stream visibility using a centralised console and dashboard. It is also designed to meet client interest in DevOps solutions and is the first of a number…
OpenFin Names Former Goldman Sachs MD Tim Dinsdale as CTO
OpenFin has named Tim Dinsdale, formerly a managing director at Goldman Sachs, as European chief technology officer. Dinsdale will report to OpenFin president and chief operating officer Chuck Doerr, and will be responsible for leading the firm’s technology efforts across the region, expanding OpenFin’s London-based development team and driving OpenFin’s interoperable desktop initiatives globally. He…
Fenergo Partners Refinitiv for World-Check One KYC Data
Fenergo has connected its client lifecycle management (CLM) solution to Refinitiv’s World-Check One Know Your Customer (KYC) data through an application programme interface (API) integration. The partnership will enable financial institutions to streamline their KYC verification processes and anti-money laundering (AML) screening, and identify risk more efficiently. According to a recent Fenergo survey, 81% of…
Liquidnet Acquisition of RSRCHXchange Extends Research and AI Capabilities
Liquidnet’s acquisition of RSRCHXchange, a marketplace and aggregator for institutional research, allows the company’s platform to deliver a new level of research and analytics into the global investment process for its institutional investor client base. It also furthers the company’s AI strategy. RSRCHXchange, a solution for unbundling, was created ahead of the introduction of the…
Liquidnet Plans to Further AI Strategy Following RSRCHXchange Acquisition
In mid-May, Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, acquired RSRCHXchange, a marketplace and aggregator for institutional research that was originally launched in 2015. The acquisition enables the Liquidnet platform to deliver a new level of research and analytics into the global investment process for its institutional investor client base. In line with Liquidnet’s FinTech strategy,…
Effective Surveillance Can Only be Achieved with Communications Coupled with Market Data Analysis
By Ofir Shabtai, CTO and Co-Founder of Shield FC. Whilst enterprise software applications have proven effective at flagging up possible noncompliance events, once an exchange is flagged, it is largely down to the compliance team to follow through with the necessary investigation directly. With the considerable challenges of monitoring modern data-driven financial markets, it’s essential…
OpenFin Plans to Invest $17 Million Funding in Product Innovation, Geographical Expansion and Increased Headcount
OpenFin has secured $17 million in Series C funding, paving the way for further investment in its operating system for desktop app interoperability, geographical expansion and workforce. The funding was led by Wells Fargo Securities with other investors including Barclays Investment Bank and existing contributors such as Bain Capital Ventures, J.P. Morgan and Pivot Investment…