ION Group has acquired Dallas-based Allegro Development, a commodity management solutions provider. The acquisition of Allegro is designed to expand ION’s footprint in commodities and its portfolio of enterprise solutions. Allegro intends to continue to expand its suite of offerings, while its clients can benefit from ION’s additional scale and offerings. ION last year acquired Fidessa to extend its reach in equities and derivatives trading solutions.
Tariff shocks, geopolitical realignment and macroeconomic regime shifts are redrawing the investment landscape faster than most firms’ technology stacks can keep up. For hedge funds and asset managers, the ability to move quickly into new asset classes, geographies or strategies is no longer just an operational concern – it is a front-office differentiator and, increasingly,...
FactSet’s acquisition of BCC Group International (bccg) brings the data and analytics provider further into the infrastructure layer underpinning institutional market data, as financial firms reassess architectures built around legacy distribution platforms. Announced last week, the deal brings bccg’s ONE Platform into FactSet’s Real-Time Solution Suite, combining FactSet’s real-time, historical and reference data capabilities with...
Now in its second year, the AI in Data Management Summit NYC explores what changes when AI becomes part of the data management operating model.
AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied...