Swift has made some changes to the personnel handling its reference data strategy. The co-operative has appointed Paolo Bernini head of information products of which reference data is an important component, it says. Peter O’Keefe meanwhile has moved from product management to markets, with responsibility for defining Swift’s reference data strategy – with a particular focus on securities pre-settlement.
Data is the fuel that keeps modern financial institutions’ motors running but if that data can’t be trusted then the decisions made based upon it, or the uses to which its put, will be compromised. That’s especially important for data that’s fed into artificial intelligence models. If the data isn’t clean, accurate and complete, then...
The potential real-world impacts of hastily deployed artificial intelligence rollouts have been highlighted in new reports that underscore the need for better-quality data and greater literacy in the technology. Financial firms that don’t invest in creating greater workforce awareness of how AI tools can be used are at risk not only of failing to optimise...
Now in its 15th year the TradingTech Summit London brings together the European trading technology capital markets industry and examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.
AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied...