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Alternative Data Budgets Rise in 2019, But Providers and Buyers are Not in Step
Alternative data is gaining favour among investment firms seeking new ways to find alpha, but its lack of maturity as a data type is also leading to a dichotomy in the market between providers and buyers. While more than 90% of data providers expect prices to increase or remain the same through 2019, nearly 60%…
TORA Implements Cloud OEMS at Buy-Side Firms Based in Zurich and New York
TORA has reported two implementations of its order and execution management system (OEMS) in as many weeks, taking both Zurich-based Systematic Investment Management AG (SIMAG) and New York-based Schonfeld Strategic Advisors’ Asian offices into the cloud with its unified OEMS. These implementations follow consolidation in the OEMS industry over recent years and demonstrate buy-side intent…
LCH Implements Three Solutions Built on Genesis’ Microservices Framework
genesis, a provider of trading technology products based on microservices, is gaining market traction with the implementation of three solutions at LCH following a recent deal with Linear Investments to develop a cash and margin management system. LCH has worked with genesis to design, build and implement the solutions, which will streamline and automate clearing…
Corvil Plans Next-Generation Predictive Trade Execution Analytics
Corvil will introduce its next generation of predictive trade execution analytics later this year, in a bid to exploit what it sees as a growing need for more advanced analysis of execution amid an increased as a growing tendency among buy-side firms to use sophisticated tools to analyse broker execution performance. The Dublin-based trading data…
Thasos Looks to the Future
Thasos, an alternative data intelligence firm that transforms real-time location data from mobile phones into actionable insights, has named Chris Metaxas as chief revenue officer. Metaxas comes on board as Thasos builds on growth in 2018 and 2019. Recent milestones at Thasos include partnerships with Bloomberg and FactSet, a new office in New York’s tech-focused…
A-Team Insight Launches Comprehensive New RegTech Suppliers Guide
Concerned about meeting your ever more complex regulatory requirements? Confused over the vast array of opaque offerings available? Flummoxed about what your company really needs and where you might find it? Take a deep breath and relax, because help is finally at hand! A-Team Group, via its RegTech Insight channel, is delighted to launch a…
Shape Releases AI-based Data Monitoring Solution for Data Management and Data Science
Shape, a Brussels-based start-up, has released a data monitoring solution for data management and data science that is built on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and designed to ensure data is trusted and fit for purpose. When used as a data management tool, Shape.AI allows data science and analytics teams to define their…
IHS Markit Dedicates 2019 to Customer Experience, Data Science and Technology Development
IHS Markit is playing into the need for change in data management with a focus on customer experience, strength in data science, cloud hosted services, alternative data and a three-year roadmap that will enhance the technology underpinning its enterprise data management solution, IHS Markit EDM. It is also taking advantage of opportunities in the buy-side,…
Data Lineage is One of the Most Opportunistic Solutions for Financial Firms
Data lineage is a hot topic, but just how hot and what should you be doing to ensure you get it right at your organisation? How can you ensure it delivers return on investment and is, indeed, an opportunistic solution? A recent A-Team Group webinar answered these questions and more, underlining the importance of data…
CFTC Provides Further Brexit-Related Market Certainty
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) stepped into the Brexit debate this week with a motion to provide greater certainty to the global marketplace in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The concern is that in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a negotiated withdrawal agreement, affected swap dealers and major…