LPL Financial Rolls Out Money.Net into ‘Affinity' Vendor Program
Waters Technology Inclusion in LPL's Affinity vendor program exposes Money.Net to more than 14,000 LPL advisors, as part of a suite of affordable technology solutions. US-based broker-dealer LPL...
View ArticleBell Direct Rings in Charting Changes with Markit Chartworks
Waters Technology The charting package will allow Bell Direct's clients to utilize technical analysis to support investment analysis and trading decisions. Australian online broker Bell Direct has...
View ArticleRSJ Algo Trading Taps Activ for Managed Tick Data
Waters Technology The firm will use the new Activ-Big Xyt joint offering to test trading models before entering new markets and asset classes. Prague-based investment firm RSJ Algorithmic Trading has...
View ArticleFINRA Fines BarCap $1.3M for Reporting ‘Failures'
Waters Technology The failures included missing or duplicate reports, and erroneous data for timestamps and execution quantities, among other data fields. Industry regulator FINRA (the Financial...
View ArticleFranklin Templeton Inks Quill Deal for Investment Commentary
Waters Technology Using Narrative Science's Quill product will help Franklin Templeton to scale its commentary production and focus on more complex analysis. Franklin Templeton Investments has rolled...
View ArticleEFIS 2016: Defining Data, Building Trust Key to Managing Consumers and...
Waters Technology Communication with end-users and vendors alike is key to managing costs and supplier relationships, panelists said. Providing clear definitions of what constitutes market data and the...
View ArticleDeutsche's Dublin ‘Hive' to Boost Data Science, Analytics
Waters Technology Deutsche Bank hopes that building a “hive” of activity around data science will help modernize and simplify its technology. Deutsche Bank is to utilize its new Dublin-based data lab,...
View ArticleEFIS 2016: Execs Embrace ‘Rise of the Machines' for Data Management, Trading
Waters Technology Panelists acknowledged a skills gap that is hampering even faster takeup of machine-learning tools. As machine-learning technologies become more commonly used among financial...
View ArticleNAB Scraps ‘System X,’ Enlists StatPro to Solve Performance Data Quality Issues
Waters Technology The bank's custodian arm is using StatPro's new Revolution Performance module to replace five former systems used for portfolio performance analytics. NAB Asset Servicing, the...
View ArticleFormer Citadel, Pico Tech Exec Baillargeon Joins KCG
Waters Technology Baillargeon has spent almost 20 years in trading and technology roles on the buy side and sell side. KCG Holdings (formerly Knight Capital) has hired Sonny Baillargeon as head of...
View ArticleFinland's Kauppalehti Taps Millistream for Print, Online Data
Waters Technology The media publisher will use Millistream's data across the print and online assets of itself and related companies. Finnish business and financial media company Kauppalehti has begun...
View ArticleAllianceBernstein Preps Symphony Rollout
Waters Technology The firm will use Symphony's platform to replace existing instant messaging platforms for internal communications, and ultimately external communications with clients. US asset...
View ArticlePanel: You Can Hand Off Data Processing, But Not Data Governance
Waters Technology User firms and vendors debate the roles of each in ensuring data quality and security. Asset managers looking to reduce the burden of managing increasing amounts of market and...
View ArticleAlgert Global Taps OneMarketData Best Ex for TCA
Waters Technology The San Francisco-based firm will use OneMarketData's OneTick Best Ex and its data history to perform TCA and review its trading performance. San Francisco-based asset manager Algert...
View ArticleLPL Taps MT Newswires for Advisor News
Waters Technology The news service also incorporates MT Newswires' enhanced insider transaction and holdings data, which identifies opportunities arising from company insiders buying or selling stock....
View ArticleMizuho Taps Wolters Kluwer for Risk, Regulatory Reporting
Waters Technology The bank will use Wolters Kluwer's solutions suite to perform calculations and reporting functions, in line with upcoming regulations. Mizuho Bank Nederland, the Dutch subsidiary of...
View ArticleSocGen Taps Smartkarma to Meet MiFID 2 Unbundling Regs
Waters Technology The bank believes that by outsourcing the provision of research content, it can meet the unbundling requirements of MiFID 2. Société Général has partnered with Asian investment...
View ArticleJackson National AM Picks Markit Fixed Income, Equity Pricing Services
Waters Technology The pricing and fair value services from Markit will support Jackson's valuation processes. Jackson National Asset Management, an investment advisor and commodity pool operator that...
View ArticleWebcast: MiFID II reporting──The data management challenge
Waters Technology Panelists tackle the transaction reporting aspects of the upcoming MiFID II regulations and field questions from a live audience. With the implementation of MiFID II now just over a...
View ArticleRoyal London Enlists Confluence for AIFMD Reporting
Waters Technology Confluence's platform will help Royal London support the increasing reporting burden associated with its growing alternative investments business. Royal London Asset Management is...
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