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AI Governance Frameworks Are Emerging as Applications Abound: Webinar Review
Capital markets leaders are in the early stages of implementing comprehensive artificial intelligence governance frameworks as they begin to realise the challenges as well as the opportunities offered by the technology. As the adoption of AI accelerates it’s becoming apparent that it needs its own set of rules on how it can be effectively and…
DTCC Sees T+1 Prep Accelerate as BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan Adopt CTM Workflow
As the UK and Europe advance towards their 2027 deadline for T+1 settlement, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan have adopted its CTM automated tri-party matching workflow. The move is a significant indicator that large-scale preparations for the compressed settlement cycle are gathering pace, with firms…
LSEG Launches Digital Asset Platform to Modernise Private Funds Market
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has officially entered the digital asset space with the launch of its new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform. The platform, developed in collaboration with Microsoft, aims to revolutionise the private funds market by leveraging blockchain technology to streamline the entire asset lifecycle. The DMI platform will support tokenisation, issuance,…
Liquidnet Targets Bilateral Trading’s “New Normal” with Buy-Side Solution
Liquidnet, the agency execution specialist, has launched a new solution aimed at providing European buy-side traders with more effective access to bilateral liquidity. The move comes as bilateral trading has grown to become a significant component of the European equity market, accounting for close to 50% of total market volumes, according to a recent report…
Options Targets AI Workloads with Icelandic Data Centre Expansion
Capital markets infrastructure provider Options Technology has announced a significant expansion of its private cloud infrastructure with a new AI-optimised data centre in Iceland. The move is a direct response to the escalating demand from financial firms for high-density computing power, driven by the rapid adoption of AI for trading strategies, risk management, and data…
Navigating the Future of Regulatory Reporting: Insights from Industry Leaders
The landscape of regulatory reporting in capital markets is in constant flux, shaped by technological change, evolving compliance demands, and industry cost pressures. A recent webinar, Best Approaches for Trade and Transaction Reporting, hosted by A-Team Group in September 2025 and sponsored by the Derivatives Service Bureau, brought together senior RegTech executives and compliance practitioners…
FCA AI Update 2025: How the Regulator is Embedding AI Oversight into UK Financial Rules
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now issued its AI Update (2025), a significant step in its regulatory journey. It builds on the 2022 Discussion Paper on AI and Machine Learning (DP22/4), which set out early questions about AI’s transformative potential and the risks it introduces. Three years on, the FCA’s position has sharpened:…
Audit-Ready AI: How Fenergo Is Redefining Financial Crime Compliance
Regulators are losing patience. In the first half of 2025, global financial institutions were hit with fines totalling $1.23 billion, a 417% increase on the same period the year before. Sanctions failures alone surged from $3.7 million in H1 2024 to $228.8 million this year, underscoring just how closely watchdogs are monitoring AML, KYC and…
Growing Modern Data Platforms Adoption Seen as Benefits Become Apparent: Webinar Review
Take-up of modern data platforms (MDPs) is expected to accelerate in the next few years as financial institutions realise the greater agility, scalability and deeper insights offered by the innovation. Organisations that have so far been relatively slow to adopt the streamlined platforms – because they have been unsure of the technologies’ benefits – will…
BMLL Frees Quants from Data Prep with New Trades Plus Offering
Data and analytics provider BMLL has launched Trades Plus, a new equities dataset designed to eliminate the complex and time-consuming process of combining trade and quote data, a significant and resource-intensive challenge for quantitative analysts and trading firms. The new offering, developed in direct response to requests from its Client Product Advisory Board (CPAB), provides…