Why Agentic AI Is Shifting Attention Back to the Data Layer
The rapid improvement of large language models is changing the way financial institutions approach agentic AI. Model capability remains important, alongside the practical challenges of connecting AI to the right data, providing sufficient context, embedding agents into investment workflows and controlling what they can access and do. These issues featured prominently during a panel discussion...
Date: 7th October 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Institutional activity in private markets has surged as organisations’ traditional investment theses have been upended by global economic volatility, geopolitical instability and fee compression. In their search for better risk-adjusted returns, they have found a rich seam of alpha…
Now in its 10th year, the RegTech Summit in New York will bring together the RegTech ecosystem to explore how the North American capital markets financial industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook. Supervisors increasingly expect firms to demonstrate which rules apply, which data supports each obligation, who owns the control and how exceptions are identified and resolved. Policies and implementation programmes must now be supported by records that can withstand regulatory scrutiny. This edition examines material…
The rapid improvement of large language models is changing the way financial institutions approach agentic AI. Model capability remains important, alongside the practical challenges of connecting AI to the right data, providing sufficient context, embedding agents into investment workflows and controlling what they can access and do. These issues featured prominently during a panel discussion...
Getting a return on the billions of dollars invested in artificial intelligence has become a defining theme of discussions over the past year and that was reflected in this year’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit New York City. With the technology’s honeymoon over, now is the time for payback; over a day of expert panel...
TS Imagine is taking its use of artificial intelligence beyond information retrieval and analysis and into trading, portfolio and risk workflows with the launch of TSIQ, an AI platform designed to explain, recommend and – subject to user-defined controls – act. The launch follows a five-year, $100 million investment by the company in data, infrastructure...
Copenhagen based spektr has added real-time transaction monitoring, policy management and AI-assisted investigations to its Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) platform. spektr 3.0 converts written policies into operational rules, monitors customer activity against them and uses Case AI to gather evidence and recommend an outcome for analyst approval. Transaction Monitoring checks...
Financial markets are at an inflection point in their relationship with artificial intelligence. The question is no longer whether to invest, it is how quickly institutions can move from experimentation to operational deployment, and what separates the firms that are scaling from those still stuck in extended pilot phases. The gap is wider than most...
Equities markets are becoming more fragmented, interconnected and continuously available. Liquidity is spreading across venues and geographies, trading hours are extending, and firms are processing more market data and supporting increasingly complex execution workflows. These changes are placing new demands on trading infrastructure. Many traditional platforms continue to deliver excellent latency and throughput, but were...
Banks are under intense pressure from a variety of quickly evolving trends. Clients want more from them; market volatility is challenging their trading strategies; and regulator scrutiny is deepening. In response, regional banks and large banking organizations (LBOs) are offering more products to clients and promising ever-more automated access to a greater array of asset...
Feedzai has launched Farol, an artificial intelligence (AI) agent embedded in its RiskOps Studio to analyse fraud-detection rules, retrieve case data, summarise alerts and draft suspicious activity reports (SARs). Embedding the agent within the risk platform gives it access to transaction data and existing investigation workflows. Feedzai positions this approach as an alternative to connecting…
Only 4.7% of financial institutions update compliance monitoring and controls continuously as risk changes, according to research from SymphonyAI and AML Intelligence. A further 56.8% have yet to adopt continuous monitoring, are exploring it or remain at the pilot stage. The FinCrime Frontier 2026–27 Report draws on responses from more than 200 financial crime and…
MCO, the provider of MyComplianceOffice, has secured more than $100 million in growth financing from Accel-KKR Credit Partners to fund product development, artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and market expansion. The company plans to expand its technology team and invest further in its integrated compliance platform. MyComplianceOffice brings together controls for employee activity, communications, financial transactions…
Apptopia has launched an MCP Server designed to enable investment analysts and portfolio managers to access and analyse its mobile app data directly through large language models including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot. Rather than simply exposing raw alternative data through an API, Apptopia says its MCP incorporates analytical logic developed specifically for mobile…
Bloomberg has launched a collateralised loan obligations data solution, delivering reference datasets for market participants through the Bloomberg Data License. The launch connects enterprise loan-level data with regulatory, liquidity and credit risk datasets. “Bloomberg is making it easier for clients to understand how the security, its collateral and the corporate borrower fit together in one…
J.P. Morgan is now using DTCC’s CTM automated trade matching workflow for US listed options, targeting greater efficiency in commissions reconciliation and post-trade processing. The workflow is designed to increase straight-through processing by standardising trade matching and reducing manual reconciliation. CTM can automate the handling of commission breaks, removing the need for customised reports and…
Options Technology has partnered with ZutaCore to deploy high-density, waterless liquid-cooled compute infrastructure across its global financial services platform. The agreement gives Options clients access to ZutaCore’s HyperCool technology, a two-phase, direct-to-chip cooling system designed to support high-power processors while keeping water out of the IT environment. The companies say this can enable higher compute…
Your Bourse has introduced Virtual Groups, a new capability designed to simplify routing management for brokers operating across multiple connected trading platforms. The functionality allows brokers to combine native client groups from different trading servers into a single virtual grouping, enabling them to manage common routing requirements more centrally. Initial routing rules are configured on…
Purple Group has launched Hello Purple, a fintech infrastructure platform designed to simplify the development and launch of financial products by providing access to technology and regulated financial capabilities. Built on infrastructure developed across Purple Group’s existing fintech businesses, the platform brings together services spanning payments, trading and embedded finance. It targets entrepreneurs, developers and…
SOLVE has introduced a series of enhancements to its fixed income platform, spanning TRACE market data, structured credit workflows and relative value analytics. The new TRACE Data Product Suite brings reported trade activity into SOLVE’s MBS Source workflow alongside collateral characteristics, historical offers, BWIC results and other security-level information. Coverage includes agency and non-agency MBS…
FutureSports has agreed with Major League Baseball (MLB) to create rules-based financial indexes tracking the performance of each of the league’s 30 teams, potentially providing the basis for a new class of sports-related derivatives. Under the agreement, MLB will supply Official League Data for the creation of CME FutureSports Performance Indexes (FSPI). CME Group plans…
Smartstream is to introduce a new version of its Smart Reconciliations Premium updated with agentic artificial intelligence that investigates, progresses and resolves reconciliation exceptions autonomously under centralised governance. This development follows market pressures such as compressed settlement cycles and rising audit expectations, the data solutions provider for financial institutions and enterprises said. “This release puts…
NeoXam has extended its NeoXam Manager and NeoXam Compliance platforms to Raiffeisen Capital Management’s Croation unit Podružnica Hrvatska za upravljanje fondovima. The deployment provides the Croatian branch with a platform for portfolio management and pre- and post-trade compliance monitoring, the software provider said. The extension builds on a partnership with Raiffeisen Capital Management, one of…
UK rural insurance specialist NFU Mutual has selected Bloomberg Buy-side Solutions alongside the Clearwater platform to update its investment operating model. The insurer that manages $32 billion in assets, will deploy the combined technology to standardise its front-to-back multi-asset investment processes. Under the arrangement, Bloomberg provides portfolio management, trading, pre-trade compliance and trade operations, while…
Curium Data Systems, a data management technology and services provider, said pension and insurance company Velliv has migrated to the Curium SaaS platform. The migration transfers platform operations, environment monitoring and application performance oversight to the vendor while the client retains internal data management controls. The transition aligns with the pension provider’s broader strategy to…
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Alex Duggan as Head of BPO International, with responsibility for expanding its business process outsourcing operations across EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Duggan will also oversee the continued development of Broadridge’s Glasgow hub, which the company is positioning as a strategic UK centre for client service, operational innovation and technology-led delivery. The…
Behavox has appointed former Macquarie Group surveillance head Rich Ziegenbalg as Executive Advisor, adding three decades of banking experience to its work with compliance and surveillance teams. Ziegenbalg will advise Behavox customers and prospective clients on surveillance target operating models, control frameworks and programme maturity. He will also contribute to the company’s regulatory strategy, industry…
VoxSmart has appointed Royce Wilkie as Global Sales Director and Andy Faulknall as Head of Customer Engagement following the launch of its VX1 communications compliance platform. Wilkie will lead the company’s sales activity across its target financial markets. He brings more than a decade of experience working with asset managers and investment banks on communications…
DataFi Grouph has appointed Heather Leigh Flannery as its new Head of Institutional Markets and Canton Network/Ethereum Ecosystems. In this role, Flannery is tasked with leading the company’s commercial launch, expanding its footprint in the US market, managing strategic partnerships and driving policy and regulatory engagement across the institutional finance sector. The appointment serves as a strategic…
Arcesium has appointed Brian Rosenberg as President, Revenue and Commercial to oversee client development, partner development and go-to-market strategy. Rosenberg previously worked at Wilshire Indexes as President and Chief Revenue Officer, and held positions at Qontigo, FTSE Russell, LSEG, SunGard, MSCI and RiskMetrics Group over 20 years. The role involves reporting to Chief Executive Gaurav…
Gresham Technologies has named Davit Harutyunyan as Chief Product & AI Officer to lead product strategy, management, innovation and AI. Harutyunyan previously worked as Head of Product, Platform & Innovation at Allvue Systems and held leadership roles at Fidessa and CQG during two decades in capital markets technology. Gresham chief executive Spiros Giannaros said that…
Rimes has appointed Amir Mirza as Chief Financial Officer to oversee growth strategy, capital allocation and operational performance at the data management and investment intelligence solutions provider. Mirza joins Rimes with more than 25 years of technology experience after previously working at Loadsmart and Datalot as CFO and spending almost two decades in investment banking…
Trading Technologies (TT) has appointed Katie Price as EVP, Global Head of Data, Analytics and Compliance, bringing its previously separate data and analytics and compliance businesses under a single leadership structure. The combined business includes TT TCA and TT Trade Surveillance, reflecting what the company sees as growing convergence between data-driven analytics, regulatory reporting, oversight…
Hexaware Technologies has appointed Vivek Jetley as CEO Designate to assume the CEO role at the IT services company on October 28. Jetley worked at EXL for 20 years, serving as partner at Inductis before its 2006 acquisition and holding leadership roles including president of analytics, insurance, healthcare and life sciences businesses. Jetley replaces outgoing…
SimCorp has named Gareth Morris as Head of Portfolio Management and Trading, charged with leading development of the company’s SimCorp One’s portfolio management and trading capabilities. Morris, who previously worked on BlackRock’s Aladdin business for 16 years, will be joined by Kate Ryan, who was appointed Head of Product Design to drive the design system…
Ondo Finance has appointed global financial regulation veteran Allison Parent as its new Chief Policy Officer. Parent brings nearly a decade of experience as the executive director of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), alongside prior high-profile roles including global policy lead at Barclays, senior policy adviser at the Bank of England, and general counsel…
Kaizen has appointed Sam North as chief product officer (CPO) to lead the regulatory reporting assurance specialist’s product strategy and roadmap. North joins Kaizen after more than 15 years at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), where he most recently served as executive director, product management. His experience covers regulatory reporting, post-trade services, product…
73 Strings, a provider of artificial intelligence software for private capital valuation, has appointed former Barclays leader Eamon O’Dwyer as president to oversee execution and operational capabilities. O’Dwyer previously spent more than 10 years at Barclays in roles spanning digital strategy, product development, sales, partnerships and innovation. He later co-led several financial technology companies. Based…
Consulting firm Accenture has recruited Bob Zeglarski as Principal Director – Digital Assets. He was most recently Associate General Counsel and Executive Director for Digital Assets at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC). In his new role, Zeglarski will help to guide institutions “through complex regulatory landscapes while designing and implementing scalable, future-proof digital…
Blockchain infrastructure provider Fireblocks has appointed former Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Elad Roisman as its new Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer and General Counsel, Regulatory. In this Washington, D.C.-based role, Roisman will oversee the company’s global regulatory strategy and lead policy engagement with lawmakers. His appointment comes as Fireblocks expands its services past…
Building on our expansion into the alternative data market, A-Team Group is proud to be launching a new awards program. These awards will recognize and celebrate the industry’s most innovative providers and services, spotlighting excellence in this rapidly evolving space.
We are thrilled to unveil the winners of the Data Management Insight Awards USA 2026. These awards celebrate the leading vendor solutions and companies that deliver high-value, innovative data management capabilities to financial institutions in capital markets across North America.
Voting is now closed for the 2nd Annual AI in Capital Markets Awards 2026. These awards have been designed to recognise exceptional AI applications advancing innovation in capital markets.
