Markit has launched an electronic affirmation service within Markit Trade Processing (MTP). The first dealers to sign up are Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. The new service, which builds on Markit’s existing affirmation model, provides trade date affirmation and trade confirmation through industry utilities such as the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and electronically matches trades between counterparties prior to confirmation.
Institutional investors, investment banks, exchanges and service providers are accelerating their preparations to embrace the burgeoning marketplace for digital assets. Market participants are vying for position in the new digital assets ecosystem, hoping to emerge as the dominant gateway into the new market’s infrastructure. This webinar looks at the characteristics of the emerging institutional market...
Capital markets firms are under pressure to convert AI experimentation into sustainable business value. The challenge is not simply finding use cases but demonstrating that AI can support regulated workflows through approved data, accountable ownership, measurable outcomes and defensible evidence. A-Team Group’s AI in Capital Markets Handbook 2026 examines that shift across the trade lifecycle....
Our TradingTech Summit in New York is aimed at senior-level decision makers in trading technology, electronic execution, trading architecture and offers a day packed with insight from practitioners and from innovative suppliers happy to share their experiences in dealing with the enterprise challenges facing our marketplace.
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...