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From Broker Bias to Independent Insight: The Case for Cloud-Native TCA
For years, the path of least resistance for buy-side transaction cost analysis (TCA) was simple: let the broker do it. Historically, asset managers have relied on their execution counterparties to provide post-trade reporting. It was a workflow of convenience. Brokers executed the trades and subsequently provided the analysis on how well they performed. However, this…
From Noise to Signal: How AI is Revolutionising Data Discovery for Traders and Investment Managers
The financial markets have never suffered from a lack of data. If anything, the challenge for modern traders and investment managers is quite the opposite: they are drowning in it. From real-time pricing and news feeds to unstructured earnings call transcripts and social media sentiment, the volume of information is immense. The critical differentiator in…
Duco Unveils ‘Agentic Workspace’ to Bridge Human-AI Collaboration in Operations
Duco, the AI-powered data automation company, has announced the launch of “Agentic Workspace,” a new collaboration layer within the Duco Platform designed to integrate human expertise with autonomous AI agents. Planned for general availability in Q1 2026, the workspace aims to provide financial institutions with a transparent, auditable environment where operations teams can build, maintain,…
The New Shape of Market Data: Why Institutions Are Moving Toward a More Modular, Machine-Readable Architecture
For decades, the market-data ecosystem has been defined by reliance on a handful of dominant vendors. Their breadth, depth and entitlements frameworks became foundational to both the trading desk and the wider enterprise. But the requirements of the modern financial technology stack have shifted dramatically. Cloud-native development, agentic AI workflows, and a proliferation of analytics-driven…
TRG Screen and S4 Partner to Deliver Integrated Market-Data Procurement and Operations
TRG Screen, provider of market data and subscription cost management technology, has formed a strategic partnership with S4 Market Data that brings together TRG’s operational managed-services platform with S4’s specialist procurement and negotiation expertise. The collaboration is designed to give financial institutions a single, integrated operating model across both the administrative and commercial layers of…
The Institutional Imperative: Unpacking the Challenges and Opportunities for Stablecoin Adoption
The shift of stablecoins from niche crypto assets to credible institutional financial instruments is gaining irreversible momentum. This trajectory was the central theme of a recent A-Team Group webinar, “Unpacking Stablecoin Challenges for Financial Institutions,” sponsored by Apex Group. Drawing on expertise from Sergey Nazarov, Co-founder of Chainlink, Daniel Gabreil, Digital Assets and Currency Lead…
A-Team Group Expands Events with Acquisition of Eagle Alpha’s Alternative Data Conferences
A-Team Group, the publisher of this newsletter, has acquired the Alternative Data Conference business from Eagle Alpha, the leading platform for alternative data solutions. This move significantly expands our event portfolio and broadens our footprint in the capital markets industry. This move directly complements our TradingTech Insight brand, which focuses on trading technology and traditional…
ClearToken Gains FCA Approval to Tackle Digital Asset Settlement Risk and Unlock Institutional Capital
Digital financial market infrastructure firm ClearToken has secured authorisation from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch its Delivery versus Payment (DvP) net settlement system, a landmark move aimed at building a regulated, institutional-grade backbone for the digital asset market. The new service, named CT Settle, is designed to eliminate the costly pre-funding requirements…
Buy & Build: Don’t Hire Picasso to Paint Your Living Room
On this episode of FinTech Focus TV recorded at A-Team Group’s Buy AND Build Summit, Toby Babb of Harrington Starr sits down with Paul Humphrey, CEO and Elliot Banks, CPO of BMLL to discuss how historical market data is reshaping trading technology. From the shift from build vs buy to build on trust, to why…
Watching the Future: The Top 10 Surveillance and Compliance Challenges in Prediction Markets
By Joe Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus. Prediction markets are quickly becoming the next frontier of finance – a new class of markets where people trade on what they believe will happen next. From election results to interest rate fluctuations, these platforms turn collective judgment into tradable data. But as prediction markets move…