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T minus 17 and Counting: Anticipating Canada’s OTC Reporting Rewrite

With a little over two weeks remaining before Canada’s derivatives trade reporting rewrite comes into force on 25 July, market participants are finalising the broadest data governance uplift the domestic OTC market has ever seen. The year old amendments to Multilateral Instrument 96101 set a single compliance date for every province and territory and align...

 

 

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Upcoming Webinar: Unlocking value: Harnessing modern data platforms for data integration, advanced investment analytics, visualisation and reporting

4 September 2025 10:00am ET | 3:00pm London | 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 Minutes Modern data platforms are bringing efficiencies, scalability and powerful new capabilities to institutions and their data pipelines. They are enabling the use of new automation and analytical technologies that are also helping firms to derive more value from their data and…

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Data Management Summit New York City

Now in its 15th year the Data Management Summit NYC brings together the North American data management community to explore how data strategy is evolving to drive business outcomes and speed to market in changing times.

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AI in Capital Markets: Practical Insight for a Transforming Industry – Free Handbook

AI is no longer on the horizon – it’s embedded in the infrastructure of modern capital markets. But separating real impact from inflated promises requires a grounded, practical understanding. The AI in Capital Markets Handbook 2025 provides exactly that. Designed for data-driven professionals across the trade life-cycle, compliance, infrastructure, and strategy, this handbook goes beyond…

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T minus 17 and Counting: Anticipating Canada’s OTC Reporting Rewrite

With a little over two weeks remaining before Canada’s derivatives trade reporting rewrite comes into force on 25 July, market participants are finalising the broadest data governance uplift the domestic OTC market has ever seen. The year old amendments to Multilateral Instrument 96101 set a single compliance date for every province and territory and align...

Euroclear Launches AI-Driven EasyFocus+ Platform to Support T+1 Transition

Euroclear has launched EasyFocus+, an enhanced version of its exception management platform, developed in collaboration with Meritsoft, a Cognizant business, and Taskize, the Euroclear-owned investment operations collaboration platform. The initiative is aimed at supporting the industry’s transition to T+1 settlement in Europe by October 2027. Running on Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, EasyFocus+ integrates AI-driven analytics and...

Mainframes’ Utility in Deriving Value from Data Endures: Webinar Review

Despite advances in modern data architecture and hosting strategies, a majority of financial firms still house more than half of their data on mainframes, presenting them with novel data management pressures, an A-Team Group webinar discussed. Capital market participants and data professionals who viewed the event – entitled Are you making the most of the...

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Cover of the Capital Markets Technology APAC Awards 2025 Report with insights on FinTech trends

Unlock the Future of APAC Capital Markets: Your Definitive Guide to Technology, Data & Innovation

The Asia Pacific (APAC) capital markets are navigating a period of profound transformation, driven by relentless technological advancement and a complex regulatory environment. To stay competitive and drive sustainable growth, financial institutions need a strategic roadmap built on authoritative insights. A-Team Group presents “The State of Capital Markets Technology in Asia Pacific,” a comprehensive new...

Beyond the Buzz: Enabling the Move to 24 Hour Trading

The move toward 24 hour trading is becoming a reality due to significant retail interest and a greater need for real-time market access, with major exchanges actively exploring extended hours. This shift requires a deep examination of the practicalities and the significant organisational and technological demands on market participants adapting to continuous operations. Key challenges...

Unleashing the Power of AI for Financial Institutions with Snowflake and Amazon Web Services

Financial institutions are among the largest users of AI, deploying it for a range of use cases that, while already wide, will broaden in the future. A report by the International Monetary Fund has forecast that institutional spending on AI will surge 29% to US$97 billion by 2027. The technology has become crucial to automation...

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RegTech Insight Awards APAC

We are excited to announce that we are broadening the focus of the RegTech Insight APAC Awards to: Capital Markets Technology APAC Awards

RegTech Insight Awards Europe

Congratulations go out to the winners of A-Team Group’s RegTech Insight Awards Europe 2025. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.

TradingTech Insight Awards USA

Introducing the winners in the 7th annual TradingTech Insight Awards - USA 2025. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.

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