NetApp Unveils NVIDIA-based Software Stack to Manage Data for AI

NetApp has launched its AI Data Engine platform to manage enterprise data for artificial intelligence.

The software stack integrates with NVIDIA reference designs to create a unified metadata catalogue for global data estates. The system identifies and governs unstructured data by analysing file content in place to enrich metadata without moving files.

“Despite massive investments and market pressures to leverage AI for improved productivity and enhanced business decision making, data challenges are bottlenecking projects before they even reach production,” said Syam Nair, chief product officer at the data infrastructure company.

“To take back control of their data, customers need a mature enterprise-grade data platform that was designed disaggregated and intelligent from the beginning so that storage, services, and control scale independently without lock-in.”

The initial release begins this month for select partners, with broad availability scheduled for early summer across various cloud and on-premises environments.

Informatica Expands Microsoft Fabric Tie-Up

Informatica has deepened its integration with Microsoft Fabric and launched a new Swiss data pod.

The update provides general availability for the Intelligent Data Management Cloud to support Microsoft Fabric Open Mirroring. This integration enables customers to synchronise data from over 300 enterprise sources into mirrored databases with one click.

Embedding this support helps organisations streamline ingestion while ensuring data is governed and ready for analytics, the company said.

“As organisations are accelerating their AI and analytics initiatives, they require trusted context to succeed,” said Krish Vitaldevara, chief product officer at Informatica. “By embedding support for Microsoft Fabric Open Mirroring directly into IDMC, we are helping customers streamline ingestion from more than 300 enterprise sources while helping to ensure data is governed, high quality, and ready for analytics and AI at scale.”

A Switzerland-based infrastructure to support European data residency, sovereignty and local regulatory requirements has also been created.

MAS Launches MindForge Toolkit, Expands BuildFin.ai Collaboration on AI Risk

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has operationalised its approach to artificial intelligence (AI) governance in financial services, publishing a new AI Risk Management Toolkit developed through industry collaboration under Project MindForge. The initiative brings together 24 banks, insurers and capital markets firms, reflecting a coordinated effort to translate high-level AI principles into practical implementation frameworks.

At the centre of the release is an AI Risk Management Operationalisation Handbook, designed to provide firms with actionable guidance on embedding AI risk controls across both traditional and emerging use cases, including generative and agentic AI. The toolkit focuses on how institutions can implement and evidence existing risk management expectations in production environments.

The handbook is structured around four core areas aligned with MAS’ proposed AI risk management guidelines. These include governance and oversight, where firms are expected to define clear accountability for AI systems; risk management practices, including use-case identification and materiality assessment; lifecycle controls spanning development through deployment and monitoring; and a set of organisational enablers, such as data infrastructure and internal capabilities required to sustain responsible AI adoption.

Accompanying the handbook is a set of industry case studies, offering insight into how financial institutions are approaching AI deployment in practice. These examples highlight the operational challenges associated with scaling AI safely, particularly as firms move beyond experimental use cases into business-critical applications. They also reflect the growing need to integrate AI governance into existing risk and compliance frameworks rather than treating it as a standalone discipline.

The publication comes as MAS continues to review feedback on its earlier consultation on AI risk management guidelines, suggesting that supervisory expectations in this area are still evolving. In this context, the toolkit can be seen as an intermediary step—bridging policy intent and operational execution—while allowing both regulators and firms to iterate on best practices.

MAS has indicated that the handbook will be updated over time as industry adoption matures and supervisory expectations become more defined. This iterative approach recognises the pace of change in AI technologies, particularly with the emergence of more autonomous and agent-based systems that introduce new categories of model and conduct risk.

To support ongoing development, MAS will establish an industry workgroup under its BuildFin.ai initiative, bringing together MindForge participants and additional stakeholders. The group is expected to focus on developing implementation resources, sharing practical experience, and advancing approaches to managing risks associated with newer AI paradigms.

Commenting on the initiative, Kenneth Gay, Chief FinTech Officer at MAS, said: “The development of the MindForge AI Risk Management Toolkit, including the release of the Operationalisation Handbook, marks a major step forward in our journey to ensure the responsible adoption of AI in finance. We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous engagement and strengthening of AI governance and risk management practices across the industry. The BuildFin.ai programme also serves as a foundation for our next phase of collaboration in AI risk management, to bolster the safe adoption of AI across the financial industry.”

Taken together, the toolkit and associated industry collaboration point to a shift towards more collaborative, governance-led approaches to AI. As deployment extends across front-to-back workflows, the ability to operationalise risk controls, and evidence their effectiveness to supervisors become core conditions for deploying AI safely and credibly at scale.

Parameta Solutions Partners with Surperformance to Expand Access to Interest Rate Swap Indices

Parameta Solutions, the Data & Analytics division of TP ICAP Group, has partnered with Surperformance to broaden global access to its EUR and USD Interest Rate Swap Indices through Zonebourse.com and Marketscreener.com. The indices provide daily snapshots of interest rate swap markets and are used by banks, insurers and asset managers for pricing, hedging, portfolio analysis and risk management.

Built on transaction data from TP ICAP’s interdealer broker desks, the indices use a robust methodology to deliver an 11am fixing. Originally launched with Société Générale as anchor client, they have been adopted by major European and US banks and approved by leading insurance companies. The partnership with Surperformance provides a neutral distribution infrastructure that enhances visibility and accessibility for both institutional and retail market participants.

Investec Joins BPX as First Member of Digital Securities Marketplace

BPX, the UK FCA-authorised institutional venue for issuing, trading and lending traditional and tokenised alternative assets, has announced that Investec has become the first member of its digital securities marketplace. This milestone marks the beginning of institutional participation as BPX moves towards live market operations, with additional institutions progressing through onboarding.

Investec will connect to BPX through its electronic trading platform ZebrA-X, which provides clients with a single point of access to multiple trading venues and liquidity pools. The integration will enable Investec’s clients to access BPX’s securities marketplace through a unified electronic environment whilst maintaining familiar trading workflows. BPX is among a select group of firms admitted to the joint Bank of England and FCA Digital Securities Sandbox, where it is developing infrastructure to support digital assets and helping to lay the foundations for a more efficient, transparent and digitally native market structure.

Derive.xyz Integrates with Haruko to Enhance Institutional Risk Management

Derive.xyz, the on-chain options exchange, has integrated with Haruko, a global provider of institutional digital assets technology. This partnership aims to strengthen risk and portfolio management capabilities for institutional clients by providing real-time insights into trading activity, portfolio positions and market exposure.

Through the integration, Derive clients can now use Haruko’s platform to consolidate data from Derive alongside other venues, offering a unified, institutional-grade view of their digital asset portfolios. The platform provides advanced pricing, risk analytics and performance reporting. Derive operates a hybrid market structure combining a central orderbook with an institutional RFQ system, portfolio margining and cross-asset collateral, enabling professional traders to execute complex derivatives strategies with capital efficiency whilst maintaining the transparency and self-custody benefits of on-chain settlement.

GlobalBlock Launches Digital Assets Offering for UK Clients with FCA-Approved Financial Promotions

GlobalBlock, part of GCEX Group, has launched its digital assets offering for UK clients, providing access to crypto services with institutional-grade support and robust controls. The company’s UK cryptoasset financial promotions have been approved by Archax, the regulated digital assets platform, under the FCA’s cryptoasset financial promotions regime. This approval complements GCEX Group’s existing licences, including FCA authorisation for FX and CFDs, a MiCA licence for crypto-asset services across the EU, and a Virtual Asset Service Provider licence in Dubai.

Available via globalblock.co.uk, the offering includes OTC execution, portfolio solutions for eligible clients, and cryptoasset settlement and invoicing tools for businesses. It is supported by GCEX Group’s institutional infrastructure, liquidity and global counterparty relationships. The launch marks a significant step in GlobalBlock’s integration into the GCEX Group ecosystem following its acquisition in September 2025, and reflects the Group’s strategy to serve high-net-worth individuals, family offices, asset managers and corporates seeking professional access to digital assets.

McKay Brothers and Quincy Data Launch High-Speed Services Linking Illinois Futures Markets with Sydney Trading Hubs

McKay Brothers and Quincy Data are launching new services connecting Illinois futures markets with major trading facilities in Sydney, Australia. The services link the CME in Aurora and ICE Futures in Chicago with Sydney’s Australian Liquidity Centre and Equinix SY5, which host ASX and Cboe Australia respectively.

McKay Brothers will offer private transport capacity, while Quincy Data will distribute its Snapshot Feeds covering equity indices, energy, metals and foreign exchange futures. The connection delivers a round-trip delay of less than 168 milliseconds between North America and Australia. Both companies maintain their Level Playing Field policy, ensuring all clients receive equal access to the same high-performance infrastructure regardless of their size.

B3 Completes Phase Two of CSD System Built on Vermiculus VeriSafe Technology

B3, the Brazilian marketplace operator, has completed the second phase of its new central securities depository (CSD) system, developed using VeriSafe technology from Vermiculus. This represents one of the largest CSD transformation projects globally, with Vermiculus and B3 delivering a major phase into production for the second consecutive year.

The elastically scalable platform now supports the full range of complex transactional rules required by a modern CSD, including settlement transactions, participant transfers, deposits, withdrawals and IPOs. VeriSafe also handles creation and redemption processes for all Brazilian certificate types, including ETFs, depository receipts and fractional shares. The microservice-based architecture enables B3 to introduce new products with shorter time-to-market whilst maintaining operational resilience.

Vermiculus and B3 are now progressing to the third and final phase, which will replace B3’s existing corporate actions module and further extend the system’s capabilities for high-volume corporate action processing.

S&P Global’s Capital IQ Pro Updated with AI and More Datasets

S&P Global has updated its Capital IQ Pro platform with artificial intelligence capabilities and expanded datasets.

The update integrates ProntoNLP sentiment analysis into document workflows and follows the acquisition of Drift AI to automate Excel-based financial modelling.

The developments build upon the 2025 purchase of ProntoNLP to enhance the assessment of earnings call transcripts and textual data.

Warren Breakstone, head of data and research at S&P Market Intelligence, said the company continues to deliver new AI-powered capabilities while unlocking the platform to support agentic use cases.

Expanded data coverage now includes four million structured securities, biopharma pipeline analytics and 20,000 private-market investment documents.