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Quantitative asset management company WorldQuant, in partnership with global online learning company Udacity, has launched a new Artificial Intelligence for Trading Nanodegree program.
Students enrolled in the programme will analyse real data and build financial models by learning the basics of quantitative trading, as well as how to analyse alternative data and use machine learning to generate trading signals.
Udacity and WorldQuant have collaborated with top industry professionals with prior experience at leading financial institutions to ensure students are exposed to the latest AI applications in trading and quantitative finance. By learning from industry experts, students will advance their
When it comes to technology adoption and innovation, compared to other industries financial services is merely scratching the surface. Dipping its toe in. Engaging in proofs of concept but rarely integrating new solutions across multiple geographies.
Yewno, a provider of Artificial Intelligence solutions in the financial sector, has partnered with STOXX to launch the iSTOXX Yewno Developed Markets Blockchain Index.
This is the second index based on Yewno’s unique algorithm launched by STOXX, following the STOXX AI Global Artificial Intelligence Index introduced January this year. This new Index leverages Yewno’s intelligent framework and extracts a portfolio of companies from a wide range of industries that are highly exposed in the development of technologies related to blockchain. These companies are therefore considered to be well-positioned to benefit from the increased adoption of blockchain.
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Securrency, a US-based provider of financial and regulatory technology products for the tokenised issuance and trading of securities, is planning to secure a license to operate a crypto-asset business with strategic partners under the new Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) crypto regulatory framework.
Securrency will file an application with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, the international financial centre in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The company will partner with top global blockchain companies and innovative industry leaders to create and launch a fully-regulated crypto-asset business for institutional clients, globally. Leveraging Securrency’s
Cappitech, a provider of regulatory reporting and intelligence technology for the financial services industry, has expanded its integrated reporting solution to CME Group’s Australian Trade Repository (ATR).
This integration provides investment firms with automation technology to comply with ASIC Derivative Reporting requirements and extends Cappitech’s existing cooperation with the CME Group on its European Trade Repository (ETR) that supports EMIR reporting. Since 2016, over 500 million trades have been submitted to the ETR through Cappitech’s reporting platform.
This new integration with CME’s ATR provides ASIC regulated investment firms with the ability to leverage Cappitech’s source system integration, data transformation,
Bitwise Index Services, a subsidiary of Bitwise Asset Management, creator of a cryptocurrency index fund, has launched three additional indexes covering the mid-cap, small-cap, and total-market segments of the cryptoasset market.
In addition, the company has renamed the HOLD 10 Index as the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index.
The new additions to the Bitwise Crypto Index family are: the Bitwise 20 Mid Cap Crypto Index (BITW20); Bitwise 70 Small Cap Crypto Index (BITW70); and Bitwise 100 Total Market Crypto Index (BITW100).
To support the indexes, Bitwise has launched an index advisory board, featuring experts in institutional indexing and
The Vienna Stock Exchange is now distributing the first crypto index calculated by the LIMEYARD joint venture in cooperation with Decentriq, a specialist in distributed ledger technology.
The central data feed of the Vienna Stock Exchange reaches around 250 data customers from 68 countries.
The LIMEYARD Crypto Asset Index (LYCAI), calculated in USD and Bitcoin, consists of the top 20 crypto assets and is distributed realtime by the Vienna Stock Exchange. The composition of the index is rebalanced on a monthly basis to ensure maximum agility. In addition, the crypto index provides investors with maximum transparency by using public information
Thomson Reuters is now offering clients access to in-depth content from Real Vision, a video-on-demand service for financial and business media.
The agreement will enable banks, brokerage houses, asset managers, hedge funds and other Thomson Reuters’ clients to purchase Real Vision subscriptions for employees, and for retail investment customers to gain insight and make more informed investment decisions.
Real Vision video content will be available on the Reuters Insider online platform, which delivers interviews, financial data and other information to subscribers. Reuters Insider is available through both Thomson Reuters’ flagship desktop product Eikon and its T1 terminal.
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SimCorp, a provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry, has announced a raft of enhancements and developments of its flagship investment management software solution, SimCorp Dimension.
The 6.4 release features several advances to the system, covering the full investment management value chain, from front to back. One of the primary features of the release is new and advanced accounting analytics for the front office, created to meet the growing complexity across the buy side, particularly in the global insurance sector. An enhanced Collateral Manager, and new functionality to help clients with European General Data
OpenFin, an operating system for the financial industry, has appointed Stephen Wood as Global Head of Enterprise Deployment.
Wood joins from Deutsche Bank, where he served as Head of Market Data, Risk and Compliance, from 2012-2015, and Global Head of Market Data Services, from 2015-2018, with responsibilities including managing the deployment of vendor products. Wood brings his unique insights to OpenFin, where he will be responsible for driving the firm’s enterprise deployment strategy. He will be working closely with the growing number of banks, asset managers and hedge funds now running their financial desktop applications on OpenFin.
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