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Big Xyt Launches in APAC, Names Barnes to Lead BizDev

Big xyt has established a presence in the Asia-Pacific region to plug a gap in its client engagement coverage. The analytics specialist, which last year added an office in the Americas, has named industry veteran Philip Barnes to lead its charge in APAC as regional head of business development. According to CEO Robin Mess, the…

Technology Firms are Leading the Way. Why Technology is Driving Electronification in Bond Markets

By Chris Jenkins, Managing Director, Tora. For many years equities, FX and derivative trading desks have worked with smart trading tools that help develop new trading strategies, execute orders and perform post trade functions. Today, four seismic shifts that are transforming the landscape of the bond market. Increasing electronification in the market Equity markets went…

RavenPack Report Lists 12 Use-Cases for Alt-Data-Driven Analytics

Analytics provider RavenPack has identified a dozen use-cases for traders seeking to profit from alternative data. In a new report – ‘12 Validated New Ways to Capture Alpha with Alternative Data’ – the company demonstrate how news analytics provides original sources of alpha not already factored in by existing indicators and models. The report –…

Refinitiv Teams with MarketPsych to Launch ESG Analytics

Continuing its focus on adding capabilities with an ESG theme, Refinitiv has teamed up with Los Angeles-based MarketPsych to launch Refinitiv MarketPsych ESG Analytics to monitor perceptions of sustainability and ESG risk. The analytical tool draws upon news and social media monitoring to offer analysts and portfolio managers numerical insights into companies and countries of…

Bond Market Automation: New Initiatives Embrace AI for Pricing

As global fixed Income markets move further towards greater electronification, two recent announcements underscore the market’s growing acceptance of solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Last week saw the announcement of a strategic partnership between New York-based data and analytics specialist 7 Chord and IHS Markit that will enable customers to consume IHS Markit’s fixed…

Case Study: How Liquidnet Deployed OpenFin for Investment Analytics Unit

Desktop integration specialist OpenFin has published a case study mapping out how Liquidnet deployed its platform to develop a single application uniting three of its key data and analytics offerings. The project aimed to bring together the respective capabilities of the OTAS Technologies, Prattle and RSRCHXchange units, which Liquidnet combined into a single entity called…

Natwest Markets Taps ipushpull for PPQ Price Negotiation Tool

Natwest Markets has implemented ipullpull’s PPQ (Pushpull Quotes) for price negotiation of non-standard and complex trades. PPQ is a pre-trade workflow tool that automates the negotiation process between the buy and sell side. It uses messaging networks like Symphony and standardised syntax within private bilateral chats to allow trading and sales to communicate detailed pricing…

A-Team Webinar to Address Challenges of Deploying Market Data in the Cloud

The past year has witnessed a surge in interest in co-opting cloud technologies as a sourcing, hosting and distribution mechanism for market data. Firms seeking to migrate their market data infrastructure to the cloud, however, face significant challenges, particularly in the context of real-time data for fast-moving markets. A-Team’s February 25 webinar – ‘Approaches to…

Practitioners Discuss Use of Cloud Technologies for Signal Extraction

Capital markets firms’ appetite for cloud technologies is growing apace, driven by the promise of improved efficiency, reduced costs, faster development of new products and services, and the ability to do all of this at scale. Cloud usage within the financial markets is growing across a wide range of business areas. Firms are exploring how…

TA Associates Sells ITRS Stake to Montagu Private Equity

Montagu Private Equity has agreed to acquire a majority position in ITRS Group, a global provider of real-time monitoring and analytics software, from TA Associates, which will remain a minority holder alongside Montagu and Management. Financial terms were not disclosed but completion is expected next month, subject to regulatory approvals.London-headquartered ITRS Group has over 3,000…