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FactSet Releases LLM-Based Knowledge Agent for Junior Bankers
FactSet, a digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has released the beta version of FactSet Mercury, a knowledge agent based on a large language model (LLM) and designed to power digital workflows and enhance fact-based decision making. The solution optimises company research workflows for junior bankers, offering a single, trusted conversational interface to access key…
2024: Why FX Liquidity Provision Analysis (LPA) will Come Into its Own
By Daniel Chambers, Head of Data & Analytics at BidFX (an SGX company). As we usher in 2024, the world of market infrastructure is abuzz with anticipation, particularly in the foreign exchange (FX) markets where investors hang on every word uttered by central banks around monetary policy. Looking ahead, the New Year promises an increased…
Tech Trends in Trading: Industry Experts Review 2023 and Look Ahead to 2024
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time to look back at some of the more interesting trends that have emerged in the trading technology space over the last twelve months, and to take a look ahead at what 2024 might have in store. With this in mind, TradingTech Insight reached out to a group…
Bloomberg, MarketAxess, and Tradeweb Abandon Joint Fixed Income Consolidated Tape Venture
In a statement released on Friday, Bloomberg, MarketAxess, and Tradeweb jointly announced their decision to halt their plans around the establishment of a fixed income consolidate tape (CTP) in the EU and UK. Earlier this year, in a strategic move designed to improve the fixed income ecosystem, the three companies signed a joint venture agreement…
big xyt Partners with Baillie Gifford to Launch Portfolio Liquidity Analysis Solution for Dilution Levy Calculation
big xyt, the independent data and analytics solutions provider, has launched a new tool to automate the process of dilution. The Portfolio Liquidity Analysis solution, developed in collaboration with Baillie Gifford, is designed to enhance buy-side firms’ understanding of equity portfolio liquidity and to address the forthcoming industry guidance on the application of dilution levies….
Re-imagining the User Experience: LSEG’s Workspace Strategy
Earlier this year, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announced that it was on track to transition all Refinitiv Eikon clients to Workspace, LSEG’s next generation workflow platform, by the end of 2024, and that it intended to shut down Eikon in 2025. Over 50% of clients have now been migrated to the new platform,…
The Impact of The Move to T+1: What to Look Out for
By Sandeep Sabnani, Head of Equities Product Strategy and Growth at ION Markets. The shift to T+1 settlement over the past few years has occupied the minds of front office and trading desks across equity markets globally. Earlier this year, India became the first major economy to fully introduce T+1, following a phased approach, while…
As Good as it Looks: Why UI/UX Design Has Become a Crucial Ingredient in Retail Platforms’ Success
By Matt Barrett, CEO of Adaptive. We are told not to judge a book by its cover. Yet we are naturally drawn to content and platforms that, on the surface, stand out from the crowd. When quality design is the norm, as is increasingly the case in our digital world, customers’ expectations of exceptional user experience…
Overbond and interop.io Partner to Enhance Fixed Income Trading Workflows
Overbond, the fixed income data, analytics and trade automation solutions provider, has partnered with interoperability specialist Interop.io, to improve fixed income trader workflows through FDC3 interoperability. The partnership aims to address the prevalent challenges of data silos and liquidity fragmentation in the credit markets, by enabling clients to integrate various applications and features into one…
Aquis Becomes First Recognised Investment Exchange to Run Cloud-Based Matching Engine
Aquis Exchange PLC has successfully migrated the primary and secondary markets of Aquis Stock Exchange to Amazon Web Services (AWS), marking it as the first recognised investment exchange (RIE) to run a matching engine in production on the cloud. Since 27th November 2023, the group’s Aquis Stock Exchange division has been matching trades on all…