Refinitiv turns to AWS to deliver financial data to APAC clients
Real-time data from Refinitiv Elektron platform will be accessible to clients in Asia-Pacific region through the Amazon Web Services cloud service.
R3 to launch new office in Dublin following expansion plans
Dublin will be R3’s second European office and is set to open in 2020 as part of the vendor’s rapid expansion plans.
FactSet rolls out DataRobot artificial intelligence tool for investment workflow
Partnership between FactSet and DataRobot sees AI solution for investment workflow rolled out on FactSet workstations.
HSBC Global Asset Management taps head of DWS as new chief executive
Nicolas Moreau to join HSBC GAM from German asset manager to replace Sri Chandrasekharan.
Swiss asset manager taps BlackRock managing director as new chief executive
Peter Sanderson to take helm of GAM as group chief executive officer as of 1 September.
Digital broker attracts host of tier one banks with euro interest rate swaps platform
Wematch IRS adds JP Morgan, RBC, HSBC and Societe Generale to dealer-to-dealer platform.
Deutsche Bank reveals over 900 equities jobs gone in transformation strategy cull
German institution details €3.1 billion net loss in Q2 2019 following initiation of dramatic restructuring plan.
SS&C’s front-to-back platform signs up 70 clients
The combined front-to-back platform been adopted by a range of SS&C's hedge fund clients looking to optimise operational efficiency.
Buy-Side
Cathy Gibson: Building a diverse desk
Since joining Royal London Asset Management in early 2018, the firm’s head of dealing, Cathy Gibson, has been busy establishing and running a new centralised trading desk. Gibson talks to John Brazier about building a desk on the foundation of diversity in the face of increasing market complexity and evolving trading conditions.
Buy-Side
Hedge funds doubling down on algos
The 2019 algorithmic trading survey finds that brokers are stepping up to the plate in the post-MIFID II landscape to provide consistent execution to hedge fund firms that are more knowledgeable and discerning than ever before.