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2019 Industry Outlook: The Year of the Active Manager

I always try to take a step back over the holidays and reflect on the prior 12 months. It is easy to forget how much can happen in a year. 2018 was no different, packed full of noteworthy headlines, and handful of notable firsts. France winning the World Cup, the Eagles winning their firstSuper Bowl, Apple becoming the World’s first trillion-dolla...

15 January 2019 /ai

Ivy Schmerken Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems

Alt Data: A Work in Progress

Banks and investment firms have increased their consumption of alternative data sets, but there are still challenges around selecting the most relevant data for trading purposes, according to panelists at a recent industry fintech conference. In particular, the quality of time stamping and backtesting from third-party alternative data platforms is ...

18 December 2018

Ivy Schmerken Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems

CAT is out of the Bag

Despite a one-year delay and other missed deadlines, the order-tracking system known as the Consolidated Audit Trail is back on track as exchanges were due to begin reporting required equities and options data into the CAT on Nov. 15. That message was conveyed by panelists at a recent industry conference. Executives speaking at Tabb Group's FinTech...

03 December 2018 /regulation

Darren Bishop Business Development Specialist at MDX Technology

Content is king, the venue is all a matter of choice

A famous sportsman and music lover once said, “If you are a serious boxer, fight at the Royal Albert Hall. If you are a footballer, play at Wembley. If a DJ, mix at the Ministry of Sound.” Until recently it was as much about being in an iconic venue as the performance itself. The digital age has changed everything as the new commercial reality dic...

03 December 2018

Simon Barnby CMO at Archax

Tokenised Assets: The Next Evolution in Capital Markets

The capital markets structure of today is firmly rooted in modus operandi that have existed for decades. Although technology has transformed how firms actually trade financial markets and manage their investments, the basic processes remain broadly unchanged – particularly when it comes to raising capital. However, this is all changing as the adve...

29 November 2018

Steve Wilcockson Technical Product Marketing at Quantexa

Embracing alternative data: a three-stage approach for portfolio managers

In the quest for alpha, a growing number of portfolio managers have been exploring the esoteric world of alternative data. Some forms, such as sentiment data based on terabytes of news texts and social media, are well established and have matured to the point of securing devoted followings. Other forms, such as satellite imagery that sheds light on...

14 November 2018

Olivier Deheurles Co-Founder and CTO at Adaptive

The theory of thinking differently: banks moving to cloud without multicast support

Einstein once said that the “measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” In the complex world of financial markets, change is very much afoot, as the major institutions seek to overhaul their legacy trading platforms from an on-premise, to a public cloud environment. But exactly how easy the migration will prove to be is very much up for de...

31 October 2018

David Creer Technology & Innovation Lead at GFT

Blockchain: Can it handle real-world trading volumes?

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has received significant attention in recent years and is viewed by many as a technology solution that can reduce operational costs and inefficiency across the capital markets. However, until now, DLT has not been able to demonstrate enterprise maturity, nor scalability sufficient to handle real-world financial ...

19 October 2018 /sibos

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Making sense of the Data Lake

Today, receiving and providing accurate data, is king. But rather than firms searching for more data, they are now looking at how best to store, access and manage the data that already exists. How can you tap into your data lake to not only meet regulatory requirements, but to also start innovating by applying that data in new and interesting ways...

03 October 2018 /regulation

Ivy Schmerken Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems

Treasury Trading Evolves with Bilateral Streaming

Electronic trading in the US Treasury secondary market is evolving and shifting, as non-bank liquidity providers and dealers participate on venues that offer bilateral streaming on a disclosed basis. Non-bank liquidity providers and some dealers are actively participating in venues that support bilateral streaming, according to a Greenwich Associat...

27 August 2018