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MCPs in Data Management: Bringing New Order to Private Markets
Financial institutions have begun deploying Model Context Protocols (MCPs) as they have expanded the use of artificial intelligence applications and agents. The technology developed by Anthropic is an open-source contextual layer that helps coordinate models and data, enabling AI applications to connect with a multitude of other platforms and processes. In the first of a…
Direct Lending Practitioners Target Large Tech Budget Growth on Data
An overwhelming majority of private credit market practitioners are planning to substantially increase their technology budgets as they seek to address risks that are contributing to concerns about the direct lending sector. The Compass 2026 survey conducted for Oxane Partners – a technology provider for credit and other private markets – found that almost four-fifths…
Agentic AI, Data Readiness and Governance Shape AICMS London 2026
AI adoption in capital markets has entered a more exacting phase. The early cycle of pilots, productivity tools and isolated use cases is giving way to questions of operating model, governance, data architecture, control evidence and return on investment. A-Team Group’s AI in Capital Markets Summit London 2026 will examine that shift through a practical…
Immaturity of AI Shines Through in Report Highlighting Persistence of Age-Old Data Challenges
The relative novelty of artificial intelligence use within financial services has been highlighted in a global study of the technology’s adoption, with many data challenges remaining and blind spots in security still widespread. While the 2026 Global AI in Financial Services Report by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance found firms were eager to integrate…
Top 13 Client Onboarding Solutions in Capital Markets
Streamlining the Onboarding Lifecycle: A Comparative Analysis of 13 Leading Capital Markets Solutions For institutional broker-dealers, asset managers and investment banks, client onboarding has transitioned from a straightforward administrative function into a complex operational bottleneck. The combination of fragmented global regulatory mandates, ultimate beneficial ownership transparency laws and multi-jurisdictional compliance protocols has steadily increased the…
Data Lineage is Finally Getting the Attention it has Always Deserved, Says Solidatus
For Philip Dutton, chief executive of data lineage specialist Solidatus, operating a business whose data dependencies have no robust lineage controls is like boarding a flight on an aeroplane that has no blueprints. “If they told you they didn’t know how the plane was put together, I’m not sure you’d step on board,” Dutton tells Data…
AI in Capital Markets Handbook 2026: From Experimentation to Governed Execution
Capital markets firms are under pressure to convert AI experimentation into sustainable business value. The challenge is not simply finding use cases but demonstrating that AI can support regulated workflows through approved data, accountable ownership, measurable outcomes and defensible evidence. A-Team Group’s AI in Capital Markets Handbook 2026 examines that shift across the trade lifecycle….
Institutions’ Data Governance Capabilities Strengthening Amid AI Adoption
Financial institutions are leading the way in strengthening their data governance capabilities as artificial intelligence reshapes the industry, research by the Enterprise Data Management Association (EDMA) found. The study, published in the international organisation’s annual Global Data Management Benchmark Report, found that financial organisations scored the highest, and beat all all other industries, in their…
Private-Market Investors Don’t Need to Wait for ‘Perfect’ AI Data, says JMAN
The shorter investment lifecycle of private-market investments has made it necessary for participants to access analytics and other data-led processes at speed. The obvious focus in achieving that has been on developing artificial intelligence applications. But piloting initiatives on evolving models can take time. Organisations want to test their applications to know they will work…
Clean Data Is Not Enough to Power AI
By Shai Popat, managing director, product and commercial strategy, financial information, SIX. Agentic AI projects are beginning to roll out across the financial industry. Many firms are testing AI’s feasibility by assigning it relatively simple tasks, such as summarising information or retrieving data and documents from internal databases. Two maxims are often cited when discussing…