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Nasdaq Calypso Builds Agentic Layer for the Shift to Always-On Markets
Nasdaq is extending its Calypso capital markets solution beyond its traditional role as a system of record, adding an agentic AI layer designed to support increasingly automated workflows across trading, risk, clearing and collateral management while retaining the deterministic processing at the core of the platform. The move follows the launch of an agentic AI...
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The Surveillance Challenge Behind an Increasingly Continuous Market
The shift towards 24/5 equities trading and the rapid growth of prediction markets are presenting new challenges for trade surveillance. With trading activity increasingly spanning multiple venues, instruments and time zones, identifying potential market abuse is becoming more complex, particularly where suspicious behaviour crosses traditional market boundaries. For surveillance technology providers, however, these developments don’t...
As AI Agents Enter Financial Workflows, Do Information Barriers Need to Follow?
The widely reported accidental disclosure of sensitive information at Morgan Stanley last month has brought data loss prevention (DLP) back into focus. The incident, in which an email reportedly exposed details of more than 100 investment banking deals, illustrates the risks that remain despite years of investment in communications monitoring and information barriers. The incident...
Financial Firms Confront the Next Phase of AI-Driven Compliance
Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from experimentation into day-to-day compliance operations at financial institutions, changing not only how firms monitor communications and investigate potential breaches, but also the governance, data and skills they need to support those processes. That shift was evident during a private executive roundtable hosted by compliance recording specialist Luware at A-Team...
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Lynx Asset Management Selects xyt for Global Equities Liquidity Analytics
Stockholm-based systematic investment manager Lynx Asset Management has selected xyt to provide independent volume and liquidity analytics across global equities markets, supporting the development of its systematic trading strategies. The partnership will give Lynx a more granular view of intraday liquidity across trading venues, execution mechanisms and different times of day, moving beyond aggregated or…
Clearstream and Brookfield Partner to Expand Private Markets Access
Clearstream has partnered with alternative asset manager Brookfield to expand access to private market investments through its global fund distribution platform, targeting private banks, wealth managers and fund distributors. The agreement will make Brookfield’s Luxembourg-domiciled evergreen private market funds, spanning infrastructure, private credit and private equity, available through Clearstream’s existing distribution and order-routing infrastructure. The…
PhillipCapital Extends Eventus Trade Surveillance Partnership
Phillip Capital Inc. has extended its long-standing relationship with Eventus, continuing to use the vendor’s Validus platform for trade surveillance across its expanding range of markets. The US-based futures commission merchant and broker-dealer uses Validus to monitor activity across US equities, options, fixed income and global futures, as well as the rapidly developing prediction markets…
Rothera Automates High-Volume Derivatives Reconciliations with Smartstream
Rothera has deployed Smartstream’s Air platform to automate high-volume reconciliations across its CFTC-regulated event contract exchange and clearinghouse operations. The implementation uses Air’s Cash and Data modules to replace manual processes and support reconciliation of around 1.7 million transactions each day within an automated, fully audited environment. The initial deployment covers two reconciliation processes, Exchange-to-Clearing…
Liquidnet Launches SuperBlock TI for Large Block Liquidity Discovery
Liquidnet has launched SuperBlock Targeted Invitations (TI), extending its liquidity discovery capabilities to help buy-side traders source counterparties for exceptionally large equity orders while controlling how trading interest is distributed. The new functionality builds on Liquidnet’s existing Targeted Invitations capability, allowing traders to share SuperBlock interest with a broader group of potential counterparties while limiting…
Bloomberg Automates Market-on-Close Trading for Japanese Government Bonds
Bloomberg has introduced an automated Market-on-Close workflow for Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs), completing the first fully automated trade using the new functionality. Available through Bloomberg Electronic Markets, the workflow aligns execution with BB3P (Hikene Trading), the Market-on-Close reference rate for JGBs, giving traders greater certainty of execution at a specified close time while helping minimise…
J.P. Morgan Automates US Listed Options Matching with DTCC’s CTM
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 Partners with ZutaCore on Liquid-Cooled Trading Infrastructure
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 Introduces Virtual Groups for Multi-Platform Routing
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 Launches Fintech Infrastructure Platform Hello Purple
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 Expands Fixed Income Data and Trading Workflow Tools
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 and MLB Pave Way for Team Performance Futures
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…
ProCredit Selects Teciem’s Kondor Up for Group-Wide Treasury Operations
ProCredit group has selected Teciem’s Kondor Up treasury platform to support funding, liquidity management, trading and risk processes across its international banking network. The group operates ten development-focused commercial banks in South Eastern and Eastern Europe. ProCredit Holding also oversees capital adequacy, regulatory reporting and risk management across the network. Kondor Up will provide front-to-back…
Bank of Canada Selects CanDeal DNA for Fixed Income Pricing
The Bank of Canada has selected CanDeal Data & Analytics (DNA) to provide Canadian dollar-denominated fixed income pricing under a multi-year agreement. The central bank will use CanDeal DNA Reference Pricing across operational activities, market analysis, research, policy development and risk management. The agreement also allows Government of Canada benchmark bond yields derived from CanDeal…
IEX Launches Revenue-Sharing Programme for Market Data Vendors
IEX has launched a vendor partnership programme offering revenue-sharing incentives to firms that help distribute its direct US equities market data. Under the programme, participating market data, connectivity, infrastructure and application providers will be eligible for incentives linked to qualifying new client subscriptions to IEX data products. Eligible feeds include IEX TOPS, IEX DEEP and…
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Tokenovate Appoints William L’Heveder as Chief Revenue Officer
Tokenovate has appointed former BMLL executive William L’Heveder as Chief Revenue Officer, with responsibility for expanding the company’s commercial pipeline and driving institutional adoption of its post-trade and programmable settlement technology. L’Heveder spent more than seven years at BMLL, where he helped scale the historical market data and analytics provider through to its acquisition in…
Connamara Technologies Promotes Daniel Davis to President
Connamara Technologies has promoted Daniel J. Davis to President as the trading infrastructure provider targets further expansion across new markets, geographies and asset classes. Davis was previously Chief Revenue Officer and has been with Connamara since 2022, initially joining as Head of Growth. He has played a central role in developing the company’s commercial strategy…
Valstro Appoints Chris Valpone as Head of Sales
Valstro has appointed Chris Valpone as Head of Sales as the cloud-native order management system provider expands its US operations and moves into its next phase of commercial growth. Valpone joins from Quod Financial, where he served as Head of Sales for the Americas. He brings 25 years of financial services experience, including senior sales…
DTCC Appoints Samir Pandiri as Chief Client Officer
DTCC has appointed Samir Pandiri as Managing Director and Chief Client Officer, joining the company’s Executive Committee and reporting to President and CEO Frank LaSalla. Pandiri will oversee DTCC’s Global Client Management organisation, including client leads, relationship management and growth, partnerships and strategic alliances. His remit also covers DTCC Consulting Services and Marketing & Communications,…
Trading Technologies Names Maxime Jeanniard du Dot to Lead Margin Business
Trading Technologies (TT) has promoted Maxime Jeanniard du Dot to EVP, Margin Analytics, giving him responsibility for the TT Margin business created following the company’s acquisition of OpenGamma in December. Jeanniard du Dot spent 10 years as Chief Operating Officer of OpenGamma before its acquisition by TT. The firm’s margin analytics technology is used by…
Broadridge Appoints Alex Duggan to Lead International BPO Growth
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…
Trading Technologies Appoints Katie Price to Lead Data, Analytics and Compliance
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…
BMLL Appoints Brad Hunt as Board Chairman Following Nordic Capital Acquisition
BMLL, the provider of harmonised historical Level 3, 2, and 1 market data and analytics, has appointed Brad Hunt as Chairman of the Board. Hunt succeeds Lee Hodgkinson, who will remain on the board as an independent Non-Executive Director (NED). Hunt brings 30 years of experience in financial data businesses, having most recently served as…
Dr Lisa Cameron Joins Stablecoin Standard to Lead Government Relations
Stablecoin Standard has appointed Dr Lisa Cameron to support its government relations and policy engagement across the United Kingdom and United States. In her new role, she will focus on convening global policymakers and members through a series of dedicated initiatives, including roundtables, networking dinners, and international trade missions. Dr Cameron brings extensive legislative and…
Genesis Global Announces Key Leadership Appointments to Propel AI-Driven Capital Markets Growth
Genesis Global has announced five senior leadership promotions to support increasing client demand for efficient, compliant software delivery in capital markets. The appointments are strategically positioned to help financial institutions integrate artificial intelligence into their development processes. By combining AI capabilities with a library of established capital markets workflows and components, the Genesis platform ensures…
BMLL Appoints Michael Chiappinelli as Chief Revenue Officer to Drive Global Growth
Capital markets data and analytics provider BMLL has appointed Michael Chiappinelli as Chief Revenue Officer. Based in the United States, Chiappinelli will lead the company’s international commercial strategy and global sales function, reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Paul Humphrey as part of the executive management team. His appointment follows the company’s acquisition by Nordic…
Eventus Expands Leadership Team With New Chief Technology Officer and Chief Customer Officer
Eventus, provider of trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, has announced two major additions to its leadership team. Eric Litz has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Sarah-Jane McColl joins as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Both executives report directly to CEO Cameron Routh as part of the company’s focus on enhancing client compliance…
Eventus Appoints Cameron Routh as Chief Executive Officer
Eventus, a global provider of trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, has announced the appointment of Cameron Routh as its new Chief Executive Officer. The transition follows a majority investment in the company by Terminus Capital Partners (TCP), a private equity firm specialising in B2B AI and software. Routh succeeds founder Travis Schwab, who led…
Zema Global Strengthens Leadership Team to Drive Long-Term Growth Strategy
Zema Global, the data and analytics provider for the energy, commodities, and financial sectors, has announced three senior executive appointments to its leadership team. Tina Morris joins as Chief Operating Officer to oversee operational excellence and the integration of AI-driven efficiencies. Frederick Winston has been appointed Chief Financial Officer to manage strategic scaling, while Javed…
SOLVE Appoints Michael Pellerito as Senior Vice President of Innovation
SOLVE, a provider of pre-trade data and predictive pricing for fixed income markets, has promoted Michael Pellerito to the role of Senior Vice President of Innovation. This appointment underscores the company’s commitment to integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning (AIML) into its product roadmap. Pellerito is tasked with accelerating the development of AI-driven capabilities to…
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Generative and Agentic AI in Financial Markets: From Pilot to Platform
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...
The economics of modernising equities trading infrastructure
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...
From volatility to visibility: The fixed income intelligence shift
Fixed income markets are undergoing a fundamental structural shift, transforming how institutions price risk, govern data and make decisions at scale. The convergence of cloud-based delivery, AI-enabled analytics, expanding private credit markets and heightened regulatory scrutiny, is redefining what ‘confidence’ means in fixed income workflows. Access to third-party pricing and valuations alone is no longer...
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Upcoming Webinar: Modernising Equities Trading Infrastructure: Architecture, Resilience and the Economics of Change
Date: 14 October 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Equities markets are entering a more distributed, always-on phase. Liquidity is fragmenting across venues and geographies, trading hours are extending toward 24/5 and beyond, and market data volumes, investor expectations and competitive pressure are all rising at once. Many...
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Date: 15 October 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Artificial intelligence is reshaping financial markets – but the reality on the ground is more nuanced, more uneven, and more instructive than the headlines suggest. A new A-Team Insight research programme, drawing on responses from senior AI decision-makers at...
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