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3 Major Data Problems Capital Markets Face
by Jimmy HuangCoping with Big Data: CSTA 2018 Recap This past August, at the 2018 annual Canadian Traders Securities Association, TickSmith was invited to speak with industry titans on the importance of using
How to Implement Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technology in Capital Markets
By Jimmy Huang Machine learning and artificial intelligence are exciting buzzwords right now, used frequently and perhaps inattentively at times to describe a sort of nebulous innovation that an organization
Building on Top of our Platform is Easy – The DXC Fixnetix Use Examples
By Emilie Katavic TickSmith’s Data Lake platform, TickVault, provides the missing link to centralize data from external and internal data sources. Based on big data technology and built as a
What is the secret sauce of successful Data Lake Platforms? (Featuring National Bank of Canada & AWS)
By Emilie Katavic We did it again- we hosted the second edition of our breakfast event to discuss the topics of: open technology, data lakes, and cloud storage security. There
JWG RegTech 2018 Conference Recap
By Emilie Katavic We exhibited at the JWG 2018 RegTech conference last week. The audience included more than 200 senior-level attendees from top-tier banks and buy-side firms. All these
Coping With Large and Diverse Quantities of Data (Featuring CME Group and AWS Amazon)
We hosted our first breakfast event on Wednesday, February 21st in Montreal with the contribution from Finance Montreal and AWS Amazon. The event’s purpose was to shine light on an issue that many
Build vs. Buy: When it becomes obvious
By Emilie KatavicWe’ve all heard it. It’s the age old ‘build vs. buy’ software debate. You (assuming you are a financial institution or a market maker) have a great challenge
2017 Canada FinTech Forum Recap
By Emilie Katavic We had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the 2017 Canada FinTech Forum. The conference is held annually by Finance Montreal and if you were not sure about attending
Make Shared Data the Cornerstone of your Architecture for FRTB
By Emilie Katavic & David Côté Calling all trading firms and banks… we’re here to help! As the Fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB) implementation deadline is drawing closer (December 31,