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Strategies for Mastering Benchmark Data Management
Benchmark data is fundamental to the functioning of capital markets. Yet, despite its use over many decades, it remains costly to source, complex to manage and difficult to integrate with existing systems, leaving many firms unable to derive full value from the data. It is also perceived by many capital markets participants to be the...
Talos Integrates with TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets to Drive Institutional Crypto Adoption
In a bid to grow the institutional adoption of digital currencies, Talos, the institutional digital asset trading technology provider, has integrated with TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets, the UK-regulated spot crypto exchange. Fusion Digital Assets is a trading venue designed specifically for institutional participants and registered with the UK’s FCA, highlighting its focus on regulatory...
ValidMind Secures $8.1 Million for Model Risk Management and AI Governance Solutions Development
ValidMind has secured $8.1 million in a seed funding round. The investment will focus on developing model risk management and AI governance within the banking and financial services sectors. The company says the seed round was over-subscribed, demonstrating support from investors in its long-term vision to be the certifying authority for all AI solutions, starting...
NICE Actimize ARCHIVE-X Offers Single Source Regulatory Record Keeping
NICE Actimize has released ARCHIVE-X, a cloud-based, all communications archiving and records management solution that provides buy-side, sell-side and online trading platforms with one solution to support regulatory requirements for communications archiving and records management. The aim is to help financial institutions achieve more robust records lifecycle management and reduce compliance risk by archiving all...
OpenYield Launches Automated Bond Trading Platform
OpenYield Trading LLC, a relatively new player in the financial markets, has commenced its operations as a broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS) registered with both FINRA and the SEC, by executing its first trade. The OpenYield platform is designed to democratise access to the bond market, catering to broker-dealers, financial advisors, and asset managers...
UK Moves Dial on ESG Data Assurance and Regulations
The UK has moved further along the dial of sustainability and reporting regulations with a slew of developments that suggest new rules are imminent. Announcements covering data assurance and biodiversity disclosure standards were announced a week after the Chancellor of the Exchequer signalled in his annual budget speech that ratings companies will come under the...
Return on Investment Remains a Challenge for Financial Institutions Migrating Data to Cloud
Migrating data and apps to cloud can be a game changer for financial institutions. It can also be more expensive than expected and raise issues around data quality, governance, security, access and integration. A clear data strategy with a defined goal, and an understanding of what can and cannot benefit from a move to cloud,...
Snowflake Reviews the Rise of the Chatbot
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being used to create chatbots with 46% of apps falling into this category in May 2023, and the percentage continuing to rise. This shows a shift from LLM applications with text-based input, 82% in 2023 and 54% in 2024, to those with iterative text input and offering the ability...
Vendor Strategy: Impact Cubed Has a 3D Vision for ESG
The novelty of the ESG data space has inspired many innovations to help financial institutions build their sustainability investment and risk programmes. Most have sought to fill gaps in the nascent data market. Impact Cubed, however, found its impetus in a very different experience: disenchantment with what was already on offer. The investment solutions company was...
Forge Launches OMS for Institutional Trading in Private Markets
Forge Global Holdings, the infrastructure, data services, and technology solutions provider, has publicly released Forge Pro, a trade order management system (OMS) specifically designed for institutional investors trading in private company securities. As the interest in private markets grows among institutions, Forge Pro aims to make private market data more accessible while providing investors with...