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The Potential and Practicalities of Implementing Generative AI for Compliance
While AI has been around for 20 years or so, its time has come in capital markets with Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) able to handle vast volumes of compliance data and achieve outcomes that cannot be reached by humans. GenAI apps are not, however, a silver bullet, and compliance teams are not…
Leveraging Interoperability – Laying the Foundations for Unique Best of Breed Solutions
With today’s traders being surrounded by a multitude of applications on their desktops, including order/execution management systems (O/EMSs), various data analytics tools, news feeds, chat/communication platforms, trade blotters and of course the ubiquitous Excel spreadsheets – most of which need to be used simultaneously – the need for seamless communication between those applications has never…
Overcoming the Challenges of Expanding into New Markets and Moving Towards the Cloud: The BSO Blueprint
For trading firms who see diversification as a means of uncovering alpha, the challenges of entering new markets can be daunting. From navigating unfamiliar regulatory landscapes to ensuring optimal connectivity, the journey is fraught with potential pitfalls. In this Q&A, we talk to Michael Ourabah, CEO of Infrastructure & connectivity provider BSO, about how firms…
Sales Unplugged: Everything You Need to Know About FinTech Sales – and More
By Michael Walford-Grant They say that in life timing is everything. And so it was that in February 2020, after more than 30 years’ working in sales for financial data management and technology companies, including PolarLake, AIM Software, SunGard and FIS, I decided to start my own sales consultancy. Within a month, the UK was…
Celoxica Strengthens APAC Presence with Sydney Office and Enhanced Offerings
Celoxica, provider of ultra-low latency market access gateway and feed handler solutions, has opened a new office in Sydney to support its global expansion and to service customers across the APAC region. The company has appointed Ben Tyas to head up the region. Tyas comes with considerable expertise in low-latency trading technology and customer support,…
EthicsAnswer Creates ESG-Trained AI to Ease Disclosure Pain
A SaaS platform is using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to significantly reduce the burden of sustainability disclosure requests from investors and other stakeholders faced by chief sustainability officers (CSOs). Welsh company EthicsAnswer says its GenAI product will substantially reduce the time it takes for CSOs to complete ESG surveys and will improve accuracy. The tool is backed by a large-language model (LLM) that is trained on more than 46,000 publicly…
Arcesium wins Most Innovative North American Data Management Provider in A-Team Group Data Management Awards USA 2023
Arcesium has won the award for Most Innovative North American Data Management Provider in A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards USA 2023. The awards celebrate leading providers of data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants. Arcesium was selected as a winner by A-Team Group’s US data management community. Mahesh Narayan, Institutional Asset…
Financial Institutions Turn to AI and Cloud to Solve Data Challenges
Financial institutions are undergoing digital transformations that are seeing them harness the full potential of the huge volumes of data they generate. Importantly, to do that they are deploying the technologies that are already defining our era – artificial intelligence (AI) and the cloud. From streamlining back-office processes to informing front-office decision making, and from…
Modernising Front to Back Trading Technology
The evolving landscape of trading technology presents both challenges and opportunities to financial institutions. From the integration and application of AI on the trading desk to the promise of digital ledgers in the post-trade environment, such trends emphasise the importance of internal agility, the ability to swiftly adapt to changes, and the need to strike…
TS Imagine and Cassini Systems Collaborate to Offer Intelligent Margin and Collateral Analytics for Derivatives
TS Imagine, the trading, portfolio and risk management platform provider, has entered into a partnership with Cassini Systems, provider of margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, to make Cassini’s intelligent margin and collateral analytics available through TS Imagine’s product suite. The strategic partnership will provide users of TS Imagine’s technology with access to…