Bloomberg’s Secunda in charge of technological revolution

Bloomberg co-founder Tom Secunda was ranked No. 1 on Institutional Investor’s Tech 50 list, which recognizes innovators in the financial services industry.

Institutional Investor writes, “Secunda and his team 3,000 technologists, meanwhile, have continuyed to produce and product innovations at a breakneck — and accelerating pace.

“Last November, Bloomberg launched its App Portal for third parties such as software companies, financial firms and academics to offer data analysis, visualization and other tools. Secunda, vice chairman and global head of financial products and services, sees it as a way “to embrace innovation and fuel creativity” and to “enhance the user experience and grow the value of the Bloomberg Professional service.”

“Other recent developments include integrating Twitter feeds into the terminal work flow; filing to to serve as a swap execution facility; releasing Instant Bloomberg Dealing, a chat-based platform for foreign exchange trading; and announcing Bloomberg Beta, a $75 million venture capital fund with a handful of high-tech start-ups in its portfolio.”

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