Amazon Web Services has introduced High I/O instances for its EC2 compute cloud, leveraging solid-state disks (SSDs) to speed up storage I/O. The SSDs can deliver 120,000+ read and 80,000 write operations per second. Although pitched at companies providing consumer apps, such performance would help to make AWS more attractive to running financial analytics, perhaps on time series data.
Ultra-low latency is no longer the preserve of a handful of proprietary trading firms. As new asset classes electronify, data volumes surge, and regulatory expectations around execution quality and resilience tighten, the performance demands on trading infrastructure are broadening across sell-side desks, electronic market makers, and an expanding range of buy-side participants. The technology landscape...
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...
Now in its 17th year, Data Management Summit (DMS) London returns In April 2027, to explore how to use data and AI to drive measurable business outcomes reliably, repeatedly and at scale.
AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied...