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BMLL Set for “Supercharged” Growth Following Nordic Capital Acquisition
Nordic Capital has announced its acquisition of BMLL, the Level 3 historical market data and analytics provider. The investment, made in partnership with BMLL’s management team and minority shareholder Optiver, is set to accelerate the company’s growth and expand its global footprint. While the financial terms of the deal have not been officially disclosed, industry…
Past, Present, and Future of AI and Machine Learning in Trading and Investment Management
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 David Marcos, Founder and Managing Partner at Quantoro Technologies, to explore how AI agents are redefining trading, portfolio management, and the investor experience. From simplifying complex investment strategies to the rise of…
SOLVE Acquires MBS Source to Bolster Structured Products Offering
SOLVE, provider of pre-trade data and predictive pricing for fixed income markets, has acquired MBS Source, the data and trading solutions provider for the mortgage- and asset-backed securities (MBS/ABS) market. The acquisition, announced on October 16, 2025, aims to enhance SOLVE’s capabilities in the structured products space by integrating MBS Source’s specialised data and analytics…
13 Leading AI-Based Data Management Capability Providers
Institutions are facing huge operational burdens as they ingest huge volumes of data, demand real-time analytics and face stringent regulatory scrutiny. Consequently, the new data landscape is rendering traditional data management systems inadequate for the growing number of use cases to which data is being deployed. This has necessitated a shift towards modern data management…
Data Quality Still Troubling Private Market Investors: Webinar Review
Obtaining and managing data remains a sticking point for investors in private and alternative assets as financial institutions sink more of their capital into the markets. In a poll of viewers during a recent A-Team LIVE Data Management Insight webinar, respondents said the single-biggest challenge to managing private markets data was a lack of transparency…
Market Data Users Flag ‘Important Gaps’ in EU Consolidated Tape Plans
As the European Union forges ahead with its ambitious plan for a consolidated tape (CT), key market data user groups have raised concerns, identifying “important gaps” in the current framework. In a joint letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Commission, EFAMA, EPTA, and Protiviti have outlined a series of…
A-Team Group Announces Winners of the AI in Capital Markets Awards 2025
A-Team Group has announced the winners of the inaugural AI in Capital Markets Awards 2025, celebrating the most innovative and impactful applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning across the global financial markets. The new awards programme recognises technologies that have moved beyond proof-of-concept to deliver measurable value, supporting efficiency, resilience, and insight generation across…
Bloomberg BQuant Wins A-Team AICM Best AI Solution for Historical Data Analysis Award
When global markets were roiled by the announcement of massive US trade tariffs, Bloomberg saw the amount of financial and other data that runs through its systems surge to 600 billion data points, almost double the 400 billion it manages on an average day. “These were just mind-blowingly large volumes of data,” says James Jarvis,…
LSEG and Microsoft Deepen Partnership to Power AI Agents with Financial Data
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Microsoft are taking the next step in their strategic partnership, announcing a plan to transform how financial services professionals interact with data by embedding LSEG’s vast datasets into Microsoft’s AI ecosystem. The collaboration will enable users to build and deploy customised AI agents, or ‘Copilots,’ within their daily…
EuroCTP Taps DataBP to Build Digital-First Administration for EU Consolidated Tape
In a critical step toward the operational reality of a European consolidated tape, EuroCTP has selected DataBP, specialists in commercial management solutions for financial market data, to administer the licensing and subscriber management for its forthcoming equities and ETFs consolidated tape. The move signals a foundational focus on modern, digital-first infrastructure for what is poised…