Mitsui Bussan Commodities (MBCL) has expanded its use of MDX Technology, the front office trader collaboration solution. Initially implemented to support real-time data sharing across MBCL’s global energy trading business, MDXT will soon be deployed to the metals team, who will use it to collaborate and share key data. This will support MCBL’s clients in managing the impact of price fluctuations across their value chains to reduce exposure, according to the company.
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,...
Citi and HSBC have made a strategic investment in trading technology firm Adaptive, signalling growing momentum behind efforts by major financial institutions to modernise the infrastructure underpinning their electronic trading platforms. The investment comes as banks increasingly confront the challenge of evolving front-office technology environments that have developed over decades of incremental change. In practice,...
Now in its 16th year, the Data Management Summit (DMS) in London brings together the European capital markets enterprise data management community, to explore how data strategy is evolving to drive business outcomes and speed to market in changing times.
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...