A-Team Insight Author: Jeri-Anne McKeon
A-Team Launches Inaugural AI in Data Management Summit New York City
Artificial intelligence-led applications offer financial institutions the potential to do more with their data at a time when increasingly complex economic and geopolitical influences place extraordinary operational pressures on them. The technology is now being applied to all parts of an organisation, from asset and risk management to customer relationship management and regulatory compliance. A...
Why your Technology Spend isn’t Delivering the Productivity you Expected
By Gareth Evans, Chief Product Officer, FINBOURNE. An uncomfortable truth: technology spend in asset management has surged 8.9% annually over the past five years across North America and Europe. But productivity? Flat. Cost as a share of assets under management (AUM)? No improvement. Operational expenses in other functions? Despite the promises that technology would create...
LSEG and Anthropic Partner to Embed Financial Data into AI Workflows
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced a significant collaboration with artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, aimed at embedding its vast reserves of financial data directly into Anthropic’s new “Claude for Financial Services” offering. The move marks a key development in LSEG’s AI strategy, dubbed “LSEG Everywhere,” which focuses on making its trusted, licensed data...
FCA Takes Charge: UK Centralises AML Supervision Across Professional Services
The United Kingdom’s decision to centralise Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) supervision under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) marks a structural shift that brings professional services oversight in line with the rest of the financial sector. The move aligns the UK with a broader global trend toward consolidation, consistency, and intelligence-led supervision –...
BMLL Set for “Supercharged” Growth Following Nordic Capital Acquisition
Nordic Capital has announced its acquisition of BMLL, the Level 3 historical market data and analytics provider. The investment, made in partnership with BMLL’s management team and minority shareholder Optiver, is set to accelerate the company’s growth and expand its global footprint. While the financial terms of the deal have not been officially disclosed, industry...
Past, Present, and Future of AI and Machine Learning in Trading and Investment Management
On this episode of FinTech Focus TV recorded at A-Team Group’s Buy AND Build Summit, Toby Babb of Harrington Starr sits down with David Marcos, Founder and Managing Partner at Quantoro Technologies, to explore how AI agents are redefining trading, portfolio management, and the investor experience. From simplifying complex investment strategies to the rise of...
The New ROI: How Cloud Data Is Driving a Strategic Shift in Financial Markets
Cloud migration in financial markets has evolved from a cost-saving exercise into a cornerstone of strategic performance. As firms modernise their trading and data infrastructure, the emphasis has shifted toward scalability, innovation, and long-term competitive advantage. Drawing on findings from LSEG’s Cloud Strategies in Financial Services report and insights from Kristin Hochstein, Global Head of...
AiMi Unveils Agentic Workflow to Automate Mandatory Market Changes
AiMi, specialists in AI for trading and market data operations, has launched an end-to-end agentic workflow designed to streamline how firms manage mandatory changes from exchanges and market data vendors. The new capabilities build on AiMi’s existing AI-enabled platform, introducing a dynamic suite of digital agents that automate the tracking, review, and triage of market...
Navigating the Complex New Sanctions Landscape: Webinar Preview
The criticality of sanctions to the armoury of international relations has been amplified over the past decade as geopolitical and trade tensions have intensified. Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its attempted full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, governments around the world have increased sanctions on nations and entities by 700%, according to...
SOLVE Acquires MBS Source to Bolster Structured Products Offering
SOLVE, provider of pre-trade data and predictive pricing for fixed income markets, has acquired MBS Source, the data and trading solutions provider for the mortgage- and asset-backed securities (MBS/ABS) market. The acquisition, announced on October 16, 2025, aims to enhance SOLVE’s capabilities in the structured products space by integrating MBS Source’s specialised data and analytics...