Investment management systems vendor SimCorp and fixed income analytics specialist IntelliBonds are partnering to offer front-office portfolio management teams alpha generation capabilities that exploit cutting-edge technologies and offer a path to system consolidation, officials say. The partnership will integrate cloud-based workflows that are augmented by artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies as the way to bolster productivity… Read More >>
Electra Reconciliation Update Will Use ML: Q&A
(Electra Information Systems, Inc., a provider of reconciliation and other post-trade solutions, won the 2019 FTF News Technology Innovation award for Best Reconciliation Solution, its fourth consecutive win in this category. FTF News got time with Todd Sloan, senior vice president, business development and product management for Electra. Sloan joined Electra in 2003 as a… Read More >>
Bad Data Impedes Machine Learning’s Progress: Survey
Bad data is hampering the progress of machine learning (ML), a subset of artificial intelligence, as it gains ground at financial services firms, particularly the buy side, according to the findings of an inaugural AI/ML survey from Refinitiv, the vendor created from the former data and risk group of Thomson-Reuters. The survey report, “Smarter Humans…. Read More >>
ISITC to Scrutinize Disruptive IT at Spring Summit
David Scola, head of North America for the SWIFT financial messaging and services cooperative, will dive into the impacts of disruptive technologies such as open application programming interfaces (APIs), distributed ledger technology (DLT), artificial intelligence and machine learning at ISITC’s 25th Annual Securities Operations Summit later this month in Boston. Scola is serving as moderator… Read More >>
Lucena to Apply A.I. to Wall Street Horizon’s Data
Lucena Research, a predictive analytics vendor, and Wall Street Horizon, a provider of corporate earnings and events data, have announced that they are combining forces to yield offerings that could uncover “actionable signals” for investment. With the partnership in place, Lucena will validate Wall Street Horizon’s data using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies,… Read More >>
FTF News & ISITC Extend Alliance
FTF News is happy to announce a big step for us and we hope a major boost to what we are providing to you — we will be the exclusive media partner for ISITC throughout 2019. As you know, the ISITC industry trade group has made a major commitment to foster standards and best practices… Read More >>
