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FinTech Veterans Create Data, Technology and Services ‘Ecosystem’ to Solve Regulatory Challenges
The battery of ESG and financial regulations introduced in the past few years – and the future rules already in an advanced state of preparation – are weighing on institutions as the threat of censure for breaches increases. But a team of FinTech specialists has come up with a novel approach to helping all parties,...
London Stock Exchange Group to Launch Blockchain-Powered Digital Marketplace
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is preparing to introduce a digital marketplace that will use blockchain technology to facilitate the trading of traditional financial assets. This will position LSEG as the first major global stock exchange to employ blockchain for this purpose. LSEG has been investigating the potential uses of blockchain technology in trading...
NatWest Pilots AI Solution to Help Enable ESG Data Insights for SME Clients
NatWest Bank is the UK’s largest lender to small and medium-sized businesses, a success story it proudly broadcasts and an achievement the bank maintains through a robust data management strategy that enables it to provide finance to some of the most difficult-to-reach borrowers. Like other banks, the strength of NatWest’s system has been tested in...
Data Management Summit Returns to NYC with a Focus on Unlocking Data Value for the Business
Don’t miss it! Data Management Summit NYC will be hosted by A-Team Group president and chief content officer Andrew Delaney on 28 September in New York City. The summit promises plenty of new content, a line-up of expert speakers, and lively discussion on topics from how to unlock data value for the business to how...
Appital Unveils Appital Insights to Help Buyside Firms Unlock Liquidity in Equity Markets
Appital, the price discovery and liquidity sourcing technology vendor, has launched Appital Insights, which aims to provide an unprecedented level of liquidity access for asset managers that is not available through traditional electronic trading venues. Appital Insights enables buyside institutions to evaluate the feasibility of executing larger Average Daily Volume (ADV) orders without the risk...
Xceptor’s Integration with Taskize Seeks to Aid Firms as They Grapple with T+1
With the US markets’ adoption of T+1 settlement looming, trade automation platform Xceptor has teamed up with corporate collaboration specialist Taskize to streamline the trade affirmation process. The integration of the Xceptor Confirmations solution with Taskize’s inter-company workflow platform is aimed at helping firms to orchestrate affirm, confirm, and dispute resolution with their counterparties as...
SimCorp Integrates Clarity AI Sustainability Data into Investment Management Platform
SimCorp, currently the subject of an all-cash offer from Deutsche Börse, has integrated Clarity AI’s sustainability datasets into its investment management platform providing institutional investors with access to AI-powered datasets that will help them align with EU sustainable finance regulations and execute impact investing strategies. Clarity AI uses machine learning and big data to deliver...
China’s CITIC Securities Selects NeoXam DataHub for Master Data Management
CITIC Securities, one of the largest securities companies in China, has selected NeoXam DataHub to deliver a master data management (MDM) project covering all its asset classes, business entities and corporate actions. The solution will be used to collect, clean and process data from Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Wind, Caihui, Juyuan and other data sources, and generate...
How Should Stock Analysts Use Prompts for ChatGPT?
Daniel Philps, Head of Rothko Investment Strategies and Co-Leader of Machine Learning at the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology at Warwick Business School. 2023, termed Generative AI’s ‘breakout year,’ has seen generative AI techniques continually advancing, researchers are exploring new applications and pushing the boundaries of what can be generated. The latest annual McKinsey Global...
Financial Institutions Slow to Disclose Nature-Related Metrics: CDP
A prominent sustainability disclosures body has said data availability and accuracy are contributory factors in financial institutions’ slow reaction to addressing biodiversity loss linked to their investments. Only one in 10 banks, asset owners, asset managers and insurers disclosing metrics on their portfolios’ impacts forests and water security, the CDP said in its latest examination...