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LSEG to Acquire Octus for $3.5 Billion in Major Expansion of Credit Data and Analytics
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has agreed to acquire Octus, the New York-based provider of credit intelligence, data and workflow solutions, for $3.535 billion in cash, significantly expanding its presence in private and illiquid credit markets. The acquisition will bring Octus’ proprietary credit data and analytics into LSEG’s existing fixed income offering, providing institutional customers…
Substantive Research Finds AI Driving Market Data Costs Higher as Investment Research Budgets Stall
Two new studies from Substantive Research reveal contrasting commercial pressures across the financial information industry, with market data vendors seeking substantial premiums for AI-enabled access while investment research providers struggle to translate growing machine consumption into additional revenue. The findings highlight how artificial intelligence is reshaping the economics of financial information, raising questions about pricing…
How AI is Reshaping the Buy/Build Calculus for Capital Markets Technology
Artificial intelligence is changing the economics of technology development across capital markets, making it faster and cheaper for firms to build their own applications. But while AI is lowering the barriers to software development, it is also raising questions about long-term ownership costs, the pace of vendor innovation and where firms should focus their technology…
Data and Governance Take Centre Stage in AI Adoption
Financial institutions are making significant progress in deploying agentic AI, but differences in data infrastructure, governance and commercial priorities are creating a widening gap between those scaling the technology and those still experimenting, according to new research from A-Team Group. The study, commissioned by LSEG Data & Analytics and based on responses from 200 senior…
The $1million Brokerage Fee Blind Spot Banks Can No Longer Ignore
By Liz Collegio, Head of Product Management, Meritsoft (a Cognizant company). Banks scrutinise every fraction of a basis point on the trading desk, yet millions can still leak away through brokerage fees. These fees are the cost of doing business, but few have a clear view of what they should be paying across the business….
A-Team Group Announces AI in Capital Markets Awards 2026 Winners
As artificial intelligence dominates conversations among the decisions makers of the world’s financial institutions, A-Team Group has recognised the vendors that are enabling those firms to transform their operations with the most cutting edge of technologies. In its second annual AI in Capital Markets Awards, the group celebrates the technology suppliers in this fast-growing sector…
LSEG and NVIDIA Accelerate Historical Market Data Analysis from Hours to Seconds
LSEG has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA that enables financial institutions to analyse years of historical tick data in seconds rather than hours, using GPU-accelerated processing technology. The initiative is designed to support increasingly data-intensive quantitative research, trading analytics and AI applications, while maintaining the licensing and access controls governing institutional market data. The collaboration…
Nasdaq Backs One Trading’s Push to Rethink Derivatives Market Infrastructure
Nasdaq Ventures’ strategic investment in One Trading, announced last week, could open the door to a different approach to derivatives market infrastructure, bringing technologies developed for digital asset trading into more traditional financial markets. The European regulated derivatives venue has built a platform that integrates execution, risk management and settlement, with an architecture designed to…
Is AI Changing the Market Data Business and Opening the Door to New Competition?
Artificial intelligence is prompting financial institutions to reassess how they source, consume and manage market data, potentially creating new opportunities for providers seeking to challenge established vendor relationships. As AI-driven workflows become more prevalent, data quality, governance and delivery flexibility are emerging as increasingly important considerations alongside traditional requirements for coverage, performance and cost. These…
The Always-On Exchange: Rebuilding Market Infrastructure for 24/5 and Beyond
US equity markets are moving towards a much longer trading day. Major exchanges are preparing for 23-hour trading, five days a week, while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently devoted a roundtable to the operational, resilience, clearing and market-structure implications. Overnight trading remains relatively small – accounting for less than 1% of NMS stock…