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Antitrust complaint against Cusip can go forward, SDNY judge rules
The federal judge presiding over the ongoing class-action suit against Cusip Global Services, S&P Global, FactSet, and the American Bankers Association, has dismissed all complaints against the defendants except one alleging the quartet violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Google urges regulators, market participants to clarify risk guidance for AI models
A new whitepaper from Google finds that existing guidance on the use of AI and ML models for risk management is a start, but leaves room for improvement.
What does it take to put a database in the cloud?
There are several ways to migrate an old legacy system to the cloud, but there's always a trade-off.
Waters Wrap: Goldman Sachs and the facts and fiction of being data driven
Neema Raphael, CDO and head of data engineering for Goldman Sachs, explains what he believes it means for a firm to be data driven.
Bank-backed Versana takes aim at syndicated loan tech
Born from a consortium that includes JP Morgan and Bank of America, Versana aims to bring up-to-date and permissioned data to the syndicated loan market—the first step to a more transparent and faster operating market.
Where does Pyth fit in?
A small number of exchanges have joined the Pyth Network. Nyela wonders whether the on-chain data distribution model fits in with the swift rise of data marketplaces.
Could cloud kill the data licensing debate and shake up pricing models?
Market participants say cloud has the potential to reimagine data licensing. But moving to the new operational model comes with a raft of unanswered questions.
Four years on, S&P's Kensho buy yields new automation tools, saving decades of manual data analysis
S&P-owned AI tool Kensho is leveraging its parent's massive datasets with its own machine learning to release a series of tools for analysts.
Nasdaq gears up for 1st migration in a long journey to AWS
While Nasdaq is set to begin migrating its MRX exchange to AWS’s cloud infrastructure next month, the full migration program could take 10 to 15 years to complete.
Gold standard: Are golden copies losing their luster?
The concept of a “golden copy” is well established. But what happens when buy-side firms want to differentiate themselves by launching new services, only to find themselves maintaining multiple “single” sources of data—or worse, none at all?
After switch to Google, Symphony begins data migration for clients
Symphony decided to first migrate client data to Google from AWS, and then focus on applications.
Advancements in NLP bring focus to document insight
Vendors are looking to provide AI models to help financial professionals get more value out of unstructured data sources.
Firms challenging Cusip file new lawsuit alleging antitrust violations, breach of contract
A broker-dealer and two investment managers have filed a new, joint complaint against the quartet of companies associated with management of the Cusip numbering system.
Financial crime vendors respond to Ukraine demand
Anti-money laundering laws and sanctions have brought complexity to banks' KYC/AML processes. Some vendors are responding by investing in their systems.
Waters Wrap: After Symphony, David Gurle’s new opus looks to distributed cloud storage, compute
The creator of Perzo/Symphony has started a new company called Hive. Anthony chats with David Gurle to see how the startup will look to disrupt the cloud space.
Beyond the 'big red blob': UBS sees future in data mesh for analytics
The Swiss bank has started a journey to implementing mesh data architecture, a new concept for federated data availability in enterprises aimed at getting value out of analytical data.
Man Group revamps data science platform to tackle data deluge
The London-based investment manager spent four “long and intense” years rewriting its data science platform, Arctic.
Charles River adds AWS to build out multi-cloud strategy
The vendor is also using Microsoft Azure and is rolling out a new Ibor product in the cloud.
Collaborating to innovate: Franklin Templeton builds out internal/external fintech programs
The asset management giant is strengthening its investment management and data science initiative to streamline innovation within the firm.
Where have all the blockchain startups gone?
Building a startup is hard. Building a blockchain startup is harder. More than 10 current and former financial blockchain builders and users detail their experiences of trying to cut their teeth on a once-darling tech, and the lessons they’re still…
Eliminating the human touch: Examining RBC’s tech infrastructure evolution
The Canadian bank’s tech infrastructure unit is using Kubernetes as it looks to become a “truly end-to-end digital enterprise.”
Danske Bank turns to licensing optimization for cost savings in the millions
In a cloud world, IT asset management can save on operational and compliance costs and get the most out of software usage. But it's important to find the right people for the job.
Cloud promises cost savings, but users still overspend
Cloud overspending and overprovisioning is a pervasive problem as cloud usage is poised to grow in 2022.
Disrupting data delivery: AWS Data Exchange gains ground with addition of FactSet content
Leveraging AWS’s presence on Wall Street, Data Exchange has the potential to shake up traditional financial data delivery and contracts, if it can add relevant content and overcome challenges like real-time streaming and connectivity in the cloud.