A-Team Insight Author: sharon
Janus Henderson and Centrifuge Launch Nasdaq-100 Tokenised Fund on Stellar Network
London-based asset manager Janus Henderson and tokenisation platform Centrifuge have announced the launch of JQQQ, a blockchain-native fund that provides exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index through an issuer-sponsored strategy. The fund is designed for issuance and operation on public blockchain infrastructure, combining traditional investment management standards with digital financial applications. The fund is launching on...
Chainlink’s CustodySync Boosts TradFi Custody with DeFi Lending
Chainlink Labs has launched Chainlink CustodySync to synchronise regulated digital asset custodians with decentralised finance (DeFi) lending markets. The platform aims to bridge the gap between approximately $700 billion in digital assets held under custody and the more than $80 billion available in DeFi deposits, allowing institutions to access on-chain liquidity without moving assets out...
Layer-1 Blockchain Projects Respond to SEC’s Proposed “Crypto Assets” Regulation
A group of major Layer-1 blockchain projects has formally urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to explicitly codify a “digital commodity” classification within its proposed regulatory framework. In a joint comment letter addressed to SEC Secretary Vanessa A. Countryman, six prominent industry participants requested key modifications to the agency’s proposed “Regulation Crypto Assets”...
Is Regulatory Reporting Moving to a Pull Model?
As regulators look to simplify transaction reporting and reduce duplication across regimes, Leo Labeis, CEO of REGnosys, explores how “report once”, common data standards and digital regulatory rules could lay the foundations for a longer-term shift from push to pull-based reporting. For years, regulatory reporting has asked firms to solve essentially the same problem repeatedly....
United Fintech on AI, Shared Infrastructure and the New Economics of Capital Markets Technology
AI-assisted coding may be making software easier to develop, but getting it into banks remains a complex and costly process. These challenges are also reshaping the economics of specialist fintech providers, many of which face difficulties securing investment and achieving the scale required to serve major banking clients. For United Fintech, the financial technology group...
AutoRek Builds Out AI Reconciliation Across Three Deployment Models
A global financial institution can match 98% of its transactions and still face thousands of unmatched exceptions each day. For the staff investigating those breaks, the remaining workload determines how much value automation delivers. Compliance reviewers need to trace the data behind each exception and demonstrate the reasoning behind each resolution. Founded in 1994, AutoRek...
Reimagining the Trading Desk: Integration, AI and the Future of the O/EMS
The architecture of the trading desk is evolving as financial institutions seek to simplify fragmented technology environments, extend their multi-asset capabilities and incorporate AI into trading workflows. While the convergence of order management systems (OMS) and execution management systems (EMS) has been a longstanding industry objective, the emphasis is increasingly shifting towards interoperability, shared data...
Symphony Advances AI-Powered Client Communications with Secure Agentic Workflows
Winner of Best AI Solution for Client Communications at the A-Team Group’s AI in Capital Markets Awards 2026, Symphony is extending its communications platform to support AI agents across institutional workflows and client-facing channels. Financial institutions are increasingly exploring how AI agents can improve client engagement and automate communications workflows, while maintaining the security, governance...
Zema Global Integrates SatYield Crop Intelligence into Commodity Data Infrastructure
Zema Global has expanded its partnership with SatYield, integrating the satellite-based agricultural intelligence provider’s crop forecasts into its Decisioning Infrastructure to give commodity traders and risk managers access to forward-looking supply data alongside conventional market and fundamental information. The integration extends SatYield’s earlier availability through Zema Global’s data marketplace, making its datasets accessible within the...
SEC’s 2027 Examination Priorities Detail Scrutiny of Fees, Private Assets and Technology
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2027 examination priorities give compliance teams more detail on how examiners will assess economic conflicts, private-asset valuations and technology oversight. Published on 23 October, the Division of Examinations (EXAMS) report also identifies tokenisation and Treasury clearing among the developments shaping examinations of market infrastructure. Many concerns carry over...