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Eventus and IC360 Form Strategic Alliance to Build Integrity Framework for Prediction Markets
Prediction markets have entered a phase of rapid commercial expansion, regulatory scrutiny, and institutional attention. What began as a niche segment centred on retail speculation has evolved into a serious market structure discussion; one that blends characteristics of sports betting, digital assets, and traditional exchange-traded instruments. As liquidity rises and new venues emerge, so too…
The Year in Data: 2025’s Biggest Trends and Developments
The past 12 months saw breakneck developments in how firms applied artificial intelligence. AI began to change from a mere tool to an integral part of capital markets operations. The year also saw data services providers launch multiple products for the growing private markets investment sector. Data Management Insight spoke to leaders in our industry…
New Issue IQ and Boltzbit Partner to Slash Bond Issuance Data Processing Time by 74%
New Issue IQ, the solutions vendor dedicated to modernising primary bond markets, has announced a strategic partnership with deeptech AI company Boltzbit, to optimise the processing of new bond deal information. The collaboration reportedly delivers a processing-time improvement of approximately 74% by automating workflows that have traditionally been manual and fragmented. Through this integration, New…
Bloomberg Enhances RMS Enterprise to Unlock Proprietary Models and Strengthen Research Oversight
Bloomberg has announced significant enhancements to its enterprise-level Research Management Solution (RMS Enterprise), introducing two new capabilities: Custom Fundamentals and Digest Alerts. The updates are designed to address long-standing data interoperability challenges within investment firms, allowing research teams to better integrate proprietary financial models into their workflows and strengthen oversight across their organisations. For many…
Implementing Events-based Trading and Prediction Markets
By Jon Light, Senior Director of Product Management at Devexperts. The current surging interest in prediction markets is leading to a general reevaluation of this type of trading, with many financial services firms now questioning whether to offer events-based trading to their own users. To date, several high-profile firms have moved to incorporate prediction markets…
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…
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…
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…