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BBH Subsidiary Braid Seeks to Fill Data Transformation Hole for Financial Institutions

As data is distributed throughout an enterprise, it has to be integrated with a variety of technologies in order to bring efficiencies to different workflows. This can create a lot of manual overhead, particularly in organisations with fragmented legacy tech systems. While bolt-on point solutions exist, they tend to be custom-built for particular use cases…

InterSystems-Aegis Trace Collaboration Seeks to Give Clients AI Adoption Confidence

Data integrator InterSystems has engaged Aegis Trace to provide the tools for clients to manage their data in a way that ensures trust in their artificial intelligence-led decision making. MSDK Labs-developed Aegis Trace brings it traceability capabilities to InterSystems IRIS data platform, enabling financial institutions and other regulated industries to evidence and audit the responses…

How AI is Reshaping the Buy/Build Calculus for Capital Markets Technology

Artificial intelligence is changing the economics of technology development across capital markets, making it faster and cheaper for firms to build their own applications. But while AI is lowering the barriers to software development, it is also raising questions about long-term ownership costs, the pace of vendor innovation and where firms should focus their technology…

Data and Governance Take Centre Stage in AI Adoption

Financial institutions are making significant progress in deploying agentic AI, but differences in data infrastructure, governance and commercial priorities are creating a widening gap between those scaling the technology and those still experimenting, according to new research from A-Team Group. The study, commissioned by LSEG Data & Analytics and based on responses from 200 senior…

The $1million Brokerage Fee Blind Spot Banks Can No Longer Ignore

By Liz Collegio, Head of Product Management, Meritsoft (a Cognizant company). Banks scrutinise every fraction of a basis point on the trading desk, yet millions can still leak away through brokerage fees. These fees are the cost of doing business, but few have a clear view of what they should be paying across the business….

S&P Global Expands AI Data Strategy with Visible Alpha, Credit Ratings and Enhanced ChatIQ

S&P Global is extending its AI-enabled data delivery capabilities with the addition of Visible Alpha consensus estimates and credit ratings to its AI Data Portal, alongside expanded conversational AI functionality within Capital IQ Pro. The announcements reflect a broader strategy to make its financial datasets accessible through external AI applications and agents while embedding AI…

A-Team Group Announces AI in Capital Markets Awards 2026 Winners

As artificial intelligence dominates conversations among the decisions makers of the world’s financial institutions, A-Team Group has recognised the vendors that are enabling those firms to transform their operations with the most cutting edge of technologies. In its second annual AI in Capital Markets Awards, the group celebrates the technology suppliers in this fast-growing sector…

To Beat Financial Crime, Banks Need to Start Doing the Time

By Sean Vickers, Global Head of CLM, Delta Capita. When it comes to having the resources to fight financial crime – have banks ever had it so good? Think about it, not only has technology never been more sophisticated, but financial institutions can now call on armies of consultants to advise on compliance, not to…

LSEG and NVIDIA Accelerate Historical Market Data Analysis from Hours to Seconds

LSEG has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA that enables financial institutions to analyse years of historical tick data in seconds rather than hours, using GPU-accelerated processing technology. The initiative is designed to support increasingly data-intensive quantitative research, trading analytics and AI applications, while maintaining the licensing and access controls governing institutional market data. The collaboration…

Securitize Taps Solana, Jump and Others for Launch of On-chain US Equities

Securitize has launched Securitize Stocks bringing prominent US equities on chain for eligible investors in the US, EU and other permitted global jurisdictions. The tokenised asset platform, which accounts for around $5 billion in assets under management, designed the new securities to provide direct 1:1 backing by underlying shares, preserving traditional investor protections, dividends, and…