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Crafting an Effective Data Strategy to Unlock Innovation

By Kelly Attrill, Head of Advisory & Consulting APAC at Lab49. Data can be both an asset and a liability. Used correctly, it can transform an organisation’s ability to unlock value and enable innovation. However, if data is mismanaged it can have catastrophic consequences. In financial services, firms recognise that the ever-increasing volume of data...

Data Warning After UK Signals New Law Covering AI Use

Financial institutions operating in the UK must begin ensuring the integrity of their data estates after the newly elected government signalled plans to forge a potentially far-reaching AI bill. Leaders of two large data management companies said that any new technology law could usher powers of intervention if AI models and processes are seen as...

OSTTRA and SpectrAxe Partner to Streamline OTC FX Options Post-Trade Workflow

Post-trade solutions provider OSTTRA has partnered with SpectrAxe, the all-to-all marketplace for over-the-counter (OTC) FX options, to offer a comprehensive end-to-end service encompassing price discovery, execution, booking, and risk management for the OTC FX options market. The partnership merges SpectrAxe’s central limit order book (CLOB) capabilities with OSTTRA’s extensive post-trade network, enabling full automation of...

QuantHouse Partners with QUOD to Enhance AI-Driven Trading Algorithms & TCA

Iress’s QuantHouse division has formed a strategic global partnership with multi-asset trading technology provider QUOD Financial. Under the agreement, QuantHouse will supply low-latency and historical market data to QUOD, which will be utilised for back-testing and optimisation of QUOD’s AI-driven trading algorithms, and to facilitate real-time, highly accurate transaction cost analysis (TCA) at the point...

Webinar Review: Harnessing the Wider Benefits of Data Identifiers

Almost three-quarters of capital markets participants are utilising data standards and identifiers beyond their immediate regulatory use cases, realising the huge benefits that ordered and consistent datasets can bring to an enterprise’s entire operations. The findings of an A-Team Group Data Management Insight poll showed that 40% of respondents said they are using the resources to a...

Exberry Makes Trading Platform Available on Google Cloud Marketplace

Exchange technology provider Exberry has announced the availability of its trading platform on Google Cloud Marketplace, which offers users the ability to discover, deploy, and manage a wide range of third-party software solutions on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). “Our relationship with GCP has been long-standing, marked by collaboration and innovation,” Guy Melamed, Exberry CEO,...

Meeting New Capital Markets Challenges: Gresham and Alveo Leaders Discuss Merger and Future Plans

The merger of Gresham Technologies and Alveo, which was announced last week, was born of a desire by each company to scale their capabilities to meet growing international demand from financial institutions at a time of increased focus on data management. The venture saw Gresham Technologies delist from the public market to create the new...

Jefferies Streamlines OTC Derivatives Clearing with AWS for T+1 and More

Investment Banking firm Jefferies has deployed AWS services to streamline OTC derivatives post-trade operations to meet the new T+1 settlement deadline. The implementation was presented as a case study at the recent AWS Summit in New York. The session was presented by Jefferies’ executives Sudhakar Paladugu, SVP Corporate Technology, and Manish Mohite, SVP Global Head...

A-Team Webinar: Best Practices in Regulatory Reporting – Data Quality, Standards and Stakeholder Communications

The recent A-Team webinar “Best Practices in regulatory Reporting” identified data quality, adoption of standards, and transparent stakeholder communications as recurring themes in an effective regulatory reporting strategy for today’s complex and rapidly changing regulatory environment. This webinar brought together experts from the practitioner and RegTech communities; Jehangir Abdulla, Head of Back Office Development at...

Evolving with the Market: Technology Strategies for Modern Sell Side Firms

When making strategic decisions regarding trading technology, sell-side firms such as investment banks and brokers face some difficult choices. Their technology platforms must do more than just meet their internal needs, such as; accessing liquidity on multiple trading venues, managing diverse asset classes, facilitating high touch and low touch order flow, providing their sales traders...