Liquidnet Acquires Prattle on Heels of RSRCHXchange purchase

Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, continues expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) investment analytics platform with the acquisition of Prattle, a provider of automated investment research solutions for portfolio managers and research analysts. The agreement builds on Liquidnet’s acquisition of RSRCHXchange, an aggregator of institutional research. In 2017, the company acquired OTAS Technologies. With Prattle’s NLP and data science technology, OTAS’s AI-driven analytics, and RSRCHXchange’s distribution platform, Liquidnet’s global network of asset managers will have access to investment analytics leveraging AI methodologies across both structured and unstructured data.

London Stock Exchange Acquires Beyond Ratings

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has acquired Beyond Ratings, a provider of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data for fixed income, as part of continued investment in its Information Services business, which includes FTSE Russell. The acquisition offers an opportunity for LSEG to build out its multi-asset data and analytics capabilities by commercialising Beyond Ratings’ datasets. FTSE Russell will use Beyond Ratings’ sustainability data, smart risk models and ESG research expertise to develop its multi-asset index solutions.

Barclays’ Equities Asset Class Prepares for BARX One

Barclays is planning the release of BARX One, a next-generation cross-asset trading platform that unifies for the first time its algorithmic trading and execution services offerings in fixed income, foreign exchange, listed derivatives and now equities. The BARX One initiative aims to optimise execution performance by accessing pools of liquidity through Barclays’ various trading technology solutions. The service brings together new algorithm strategies into a single platform, consistent algo design, and centralised buy/sell signals. According to Mauricio Sada-Paz, Global Head of eFICC Product and Distribution at Barclays, “We believe bringing together each asset class under the BARX brand will help drive innovation and create a better trading experience for our clients.”

SS&C upgrades Advent solutions

SS&C Technologies has released version 19.1 of its Advent portfolio management solutions. The Advent products, acquired in 2015, include Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX), a portfolio accounting and reporting solution that includes a new API for portfolios and token-based authentication capabilities. APX regulatory reporting is also improved. Advent Genesis, a cloud-based rebalancing, portfolio construction and trade creation platform, includes gain/loss calculations on proposed orders allowing users to monitor tax impacts, additional views for model comparisons and exposure analysis, and ability to allocate cash based on model targets. Advent Lumis, a data governance tool for Geneva, features new Rule Builder functionality.

Clarity Partners to Market MDX, IOWA.rocks in APAC

Clarity Partners has been named as sales agent for MDX Technology (MDXT) and its IOWA.rocks affiliate in the APAC region. MDXT provides data and distribution solutions for the global trading community. IOWA.rocks is the new on-demand financial data marketplace for all content creators and content consumers. Under the terms of the agreement, Clarity Partners will provide business development services for both MDXT and IOWA.rocks including account management of existing clients and lead generation activities.

MOEX Deploys Avelacom to Expand Connectivity in Asia, Middle East

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has deployed Avelacom networking infrastructure technology at new points of presence (PoPs) in data centres in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai and Mumbai. MOEX’s PoPs feature FIX connections for trading transactions, access to MOEX’s market data, and sponsored access to MOEX’s equity, fixed-income, foreign exchange and derivatives markets. market. MOEX’s use of Avelacom equipment has also allowed it to reduce latency on its connection to Equinix’s LD4 data centre to 36 milliseconds from 41 milliseconds.

Cboe Launches FX Point for One-to-One FX Trading

Cboe has launched FX Point, a foreign exchange trading platform that allows institutional clients to trade directly with one or more of their preferred counterparties while benefiting from Cboe’s trading technology, credit and straight-through processing infrastructure. The platform offers low-cost support of one-to-one relationship-based trading, and features configurable routing, message rate and order review time functionalities. The solution provides  flexibility to liquidity providers and their clients, while minimizing market impact. Access is via the Cboe FX FIX Bookfeed and ITCH protocols for expedited on-boarding.

Alternative Data Gives Asset Managers Investing Edge

Some 71% of asset managers believe alternative data gives them an investing edge over competitors, according to a study by Greenwich Associates commissioned by IHS Markit. Around half of investment managers are using alternative data with another quarter planning to do so in the next 12 months, according to the research. Nearly 30% of quantitative funds attribute at least 20% of their alpha to alternative data, while 42% of asset managers believe the alpha edge they achieve using alternative data lasts at least four years. For practitioners, the tools to analyse the data are as important as the data.

Accuity Offers Sentiment-Based Research Terminal on MetaQuotes Platform

Acuity Trading, a provider of AI data-driven trading tools, has released a sentiment-based research terminal, essentially a news data solution based on MetaQuotes MT4 and MT5 trading platforms. The terminal augments existing services offered on MT4 and is the

springboard for Acuity’s services on MT5. Users of the terminal on MT4 or 5 can access financial news, calendar, sentiment data and Acuity’s unique AI-driven Market Alerts tool in a single expert advisor. By integrating the terminal product with the platforms, traders are able to conduct trade research within the platforms. The terminal also includes the ability to launch trade tickets.

Shield Adds Surveillance for Microsoft Teams

RegTech provider Shield Financial Compliance has integrated its platform with Microsoft Teams, a chat room and team collaboration solution in Office 365 that integrates people, content and tools. The integration provides full surveillance of Microsoft Teams and records and searches interactions, providing the ability to extract, review and analyse specific conversations to assist with investigation processes. The solution delivers out-of-the-box integration with Microsoft Teams, ability to build detection scenario models to include all Microsoft Teams e-comms types and detect misconduct behaviour, and alerts and reviews of Microsoft Teams content.