A-Team Insight Author: angela
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...
Data Surge Argues for Enterprise-Grade Lineage: Webinar Review
The ingestion of growing volumes of data into financial institutions’ systems is posing a pressing challenge as data managers seek to optimise their data lineage, according to the latest A-Team Group webinar. Being able track data as it enters and is distributed within organisations is essential for prising the most value from that information. However,...
Exegy Unveils Nexus Market Data Platform to Tackle Latency, Scale and Cost Trade-Offs
Exegy has launched Nexus, a new market data platform designed to streamline infrastructure for high-volume, low-latency trading environments. The FPGA-based system replaces traditional, server-heavy feed handlers with a combination of managed appliances and network interface cards that deliver microsecond-level performance and reduce datacentre footprint by over 40%. “Across the buy side and sell side, market...
FINBOURNE Integrates Agentic AI via MCP to Enable Secure, Real-Time Investment Operations
FINBOURNE Technology has integrated with Claude, the large language model developed by Anthropic, via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling secure, agentic AI across investment operations. The integration allows AI agents to access live investment data, automate workflows, and perform real-time actions while maintaining enterprise-grade governance, compliance, and auditability. Introduced in late 2023, MCP is...
Regulators Hit Pause on Rules but Signal Zero Tolerance for Weak Governance
In an eventful month for global financial oversight, key regulators in the U.S. and EU have taken a pragmatic stance – extending major compliance deadlines while simultaneously trimming regulatory agendas. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended critical deadlines for broker-dealer reserve computations and private fund disclosures, withdrew fourteen proposed rules, and the European...
Navigating Global Stablecoin Regulation
Stablecoins have surged from niche crypto curiosities to pivotal elements of global finance. Pegged to fiat currencies or other assets, these digital tokens promise near-instant settlement, lower transaction costs, and 24/7 liquidity-features reshaping capital markets and payment infrastructures worldwide. However, this rapid growth has drawn intensified regulatory scrutiny, particularly across the G20, where authorities grapple...
How Fast is Fast Enough? Calibrating your Low Latency Use Cases for Maximum Impact
The landscape of electronic trading is in constant flux, driven by a relentless pursuit of speed and efficiency. As execution times shrink from milliseconds to microseconds – and even nanoseconds – the underlying infrastructure has become paramount. A recent webinar hosted by A-Team Group and sponsored by LSEG Data & Analytics gathered industry experts to...
The Future of Market Data: Cloud and AI’s Transformative Impact on Capital Markets
Market data is the lifeblood of trading, but soaring data volumes and rising real-time demands are straining traditional methods of distribution and consumption. In response, financial institutions are turning to cloud technology and AI-driven solutions to modernise their data infrastructure, enabling greater scalability, improved efficiency, and deeper insight from their data assets. A recent webinar,...
ION to Power GFO-X’s Regulated Crypto Derivatives Platform
ION has partnered with GFO-X, the UK’s first regulated and centrally cleared trading venue dedicated to digital assets, to provide the software infrastructure supporting the exchange’s operations. The collaboration aims to integrate GFO-X’s offering with ION’s established front-to-back trading and clearing platforms. Under the agreement, GFO-X will run on ION’s XTP Execution, XTP Clearing, and...
big xyt Withdraws from EU Equities CTP Bid After Strategic Review
big xyt, the independent provider of market data and analytics, has withdrawn from the bidding process to become the European Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) for Equities and ETFs, citing a lack of sufficient financial backing to support its continued participation. The company formally entered the competitive tender earlier this year, positioning itself as a strong...