A-Team Insight Author: Jeri-Anne McKeon
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...
LSEG Secures Major Bank Investment to Overhaul Post-Trade Landscape Ahead of T+1
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced a significant partnership with a consortium of 11 leading global banks, who will collectively invest to take a 20% stake in LSEG’s Post Trade Solutions business. The £170 million investment values the unit at £850 million and signals a collaborative push to innovate and standardise the derivatives...
From London to New York: How Regulators and Firms Are Re-Drawing the AI Compliance Map
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes financial services, regulators and industry leaders are converging on a shared challenge: how to balance innovation with accountability. At A-Team Group’s recent RegTech Summit London, the conversation moved beyond theory into practice, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and leading firms outlining how principle-based regulation, collaborative testing, and emerging “agentic...
Canada and Hong Kong Regulatory Reporting Updates Signal Continued Global Shift
Canada and Hong Kong’s latest regulatory reporting rule changes mark a broader international trend toward regulatory convergence, placing increasing pressure on financial institutions. Leo Labeis, CEO of REGnosys, explains how Digital Regulatory Reporting offers a path forward for reporting firms. Canada’s new trade reporting reforms, introduced by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), came into effect...
13 Leading AI-Based Data Management Capability Providers
Institutions are facing huge operational burdens as they ingest huge volumes of data, demand real-time analytics and face stringent regulatory scrutiny. Consequently, the new data landscape is rendering traditional data management systems inadequate for the growing number of use cases to which data is being deployed. This has necessitated a shift towards modern data management...
Data Quality Still Troubling Private Market Investors: Webinar Review
Obtaining and managing data remains a sticking point for investors in private and alternative assets as financial institutions sink more of their capital into the markets. In a poll of viewers during a recent A-Team LIVE Data Management Insight webinar, respondents said the single-biggest challenge to managing private markets data was a lack of transparency...