B2PRIME Secures Platinum Partnership and Integrates B2TRADER with TradingView

B2PRIME has announced a strategic partnership with the charting and social trading platform TradingView. As part of this collaboration, B2PRIME has been recognised as a Platinum Partner and has completed the integration of its core trading platform, B2TRADER, with the TradingView interface. This development enables clients to place trades directly from TradingView charts, seamlessly bridging the gap between technical analysis and trade execution while leveraging B2PRIME’s liquidity and infrastructure.

The integration provides B2PRIME users with access to TradingView’s extensive suite of analysis tools. Clients can also utilise custom indicators via Pine Script and access a social trading environment that includes expert analysis and economic calendars. By enabling direct execution through this cloud-based platform, the partnership aims to streamline workflows for professional traders across both desktop and mobile devices.

DataCT to Serve as Independent Administrator for New US Consolidated Tape Plan

DataCT, an affiliate of DataBP, has been selected by the Operating Committee of the Consolidated Tape Plan (CT Plan) to serve as its Independent Administrator. Pending final negotiations, the new CT Plan is expected to launch in early 2027 as the unified successor to the three existing US equity market data plans for Tape A, B, and C securities. To comply with SEC independence requirements, DataCT was established as a separate entity with its own governance and management structures, operating under the oversight of the CT Plan Operating Committee.

Mark Schaedel, CEO of DataBP, will serve as Acting CEO of DataCT during the transition period to ensure operational readiness before handing over to a permanent Chief Administrative Officer. DataCT has engaged Deloitte to assist with the transition programme and provide ongoing shared services, although Deloitte will have no role in governance. Responsibilities for the new administrator include subscriber onboarding, licensing, billing, compliance oversight, and coordination with Securities Information Processors (SIPs), replacing the current CTA/CQ and UTP Plan Administrators.

United Fintech Secures Strategic Investment from Dansk Vækstkapital

United Fintech has accepted a strategic minority investment from Dansk Vækstkapital (Danish Growth Capital), a fund strategy under Danske Private Equity and Danske Bank Asset Management. This transaction positions Dansk Vækstkapital as the company’s sixth institutional investor, following closely on the heels of Barclays joining the investor group earlier this month. These new partners sit alongside existing investors BNP Paribas, Citi, Danske Bank, and Standard Chartered.

This investment aligns with a period of continued expansion for United Fintech. In 2025 alone, the company completed two acquisitions, expanding its portfolio to seven fintechs and strengthening its capabilities in commercial banking, capital markets, and wealth and asset management. With a workforce of over 200 employees across 11 global offices, United Fintech intends to utilise this latest funding to support further innovation and international scaling, helping clients modernise infrastructure and deploy AI-powered solutions.

LSEG and Citi Announce Multi-Year Strategic Data and Analytics Partnership

LSEG and Citi have entered a multi-year strategic partnership to deploy LSEG’s data, analytics, and workflow solutions at an enterprise scale. This agreement supports Citi’s modernisation efforts by consolidating data access and standardising governance across front-to-back workflows, including markets, investment banking, wealth, trading, and compliance. The initiative aims to enhance efficiency and ensure consistent data-driven decision-making throughout the organisation.

Under the agreement, LSEG will provide AI-ready content and multi-asset class data, ranging from economic indicators and pricing to benchmarks and regulatory information. Citi will utilise LSEG’s end-to-end workflow solutions, primarily LSEG Workspace and various APIs, to support client delivery. Furthermore, the partnership strengthens Citi’s risk management and KYC frameworks by integrating World-Check risk-intelligence data, improving the auditability and coverage of onboarding processes.

Publicis Sapient and Murex Deliver Treasury Transformation for Aldermore Bank

Publicis Sapient and Murex have announced the successful implementation of the MX.3 front-to-back-to-risk platform for Aldermore Bank. The UK specialist financial services provider undertook this initiative to replace its legacy systems with a modern, integrated, cloud-based treasury platform. The primary objectives were to enhance treasury efficiency and provide greater hedging options for risk management.

Publicis Sapient led the transformation, tasked with blueprinting the target operating model and defining a resilient SaaS-based architecture. Aldermore opted for MXGO, a specific MX.3 packaged solution designed to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership while allowing for rapid deployment. This SaaS-based model supports the bank’s evolving needs through broad functional coverage and seamless integration across treasury workflows, ensuring scalability and regulatory compliance.

Clearstream Launches Next Data Solutions to Enhance Post-Trade Analytics

Clearstream, part of Deutsche Börse Group, has introduced Next Data Solutions, a new suite of analytics designed to increase transparency across the post-trade value chain. The offering unifies four specific products—SettlementNext, LendingNext, CollateralNext, and LiquidityNext—under a single framework. The primary objective is to enable financial institutions to shift from retrospective reporting to proactive decision-making, allowing them to anticipate settlement challenges, optimise collateral allocation, and manage liquidity in real time.

Within the SettlementNext product, Clearstream has introduced the T+1 Scorecard to support clients preparing for the accelerated settlement cycle in Europe. This tool provides insights into the operational effort required to meet T+1 compliance standards. Next Data Solutions is currently available to clients through the Clearstream Xact web portal, with additional analytics modules scheduled for release in 2026.

LSEG Integrates MCP Connector for ChatGPT users and OpenAI Enterprise Customers

LSEG is collaborating with OpenAI to integrate its financial data and news into ChatGPT via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector. As part of the ‘LSEG Everywhere’ strategy, this integration allows users with LSEG licensed credentials to access and analyse market data directly within the ChatGPT interface. The rollout will commence with LSEG Financial Analytics, enabling faster insights and deeper market analysis, with the connector expected to be live from the week of 8 December 2025.

Additionally, LSEG is deploying ChatGPT Enterprise to an initial 4,000 employees to streamline internal tasks and enhance productivity within a secure environment. LSEG will work alongside OpenAI’s technical success teams to ensure the effective adoption of these AI models. This partnership builds upon LSEG’s recent collaborations with other enterprise-grade platforms, including Microsoft and Databricks, to deliver trusted licensed data for AI applications in the financial services sector.

CJC Launches Market Data Continuity Support Service

Crown Jewels Consultants Ltd (CJC) has introduced Market Data Continuity Support (MDC), a flexible subscription service providing an on-demand safety net for mission-critical market data operations. Designed for financial firms that require operational resilience but do not need a comprehensive managed service, MDC addresses the risks associated with data failures, such as frozen prices and trading stoppages. The service grants clients priority access to CJC’s senior engineers to diagnose and resolve issues either remotely or on-site.

Offered through a fixed monthly subscription, MDC includes 24/7 access to global specialists and a specific allocation of on-site hours. A key feature of the offering is that every support request is treated as a Severity Level 1 incident, ensuring immediate triage and rapid resolution by experts familiar with real-time data environments. This approach allows firms to manage critical infrastructure costs while maintaining access to high-level technical support during operational emergencies.

LSEG Integrates Tick History Data with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI for Scalable AI in Finance

LSEG has made its historical tick data accessible via Google Cloud’s BigQuery and Vertex AI platforms, marking a key development in its AI strategy, “LSEG Everywhere.” This integration allows financial institutions to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning directly to LSEG’s tick history data, enabling data-driven insights to support trading and risk management decisions.

Using Vertex AI, customers benefit from accelerated query performance, significantly reducing processing time from hours to seconds. The platform supports agentic AI, allowing complex reasoning over unified proprietary and historical datasets. Additionally, the integration offers cost efficiencies by eliminating the need for on-premises infrastructure, and improves accessibility through natural language interfaces and SQL outputs. This move aims to make advanced AI capabilities scalable and more widely available across the financial sector.

SOLVE Partners with Charles River Development to Integrate Predictive Pricing for Fixed Income

SOLVE, provider of pre-trade data and predictive pricing for fixed income securities, has partnered with Charles River Development, a State Street company, to integrate SOLVE’s fixed income and predictive pricing capabilities directly into the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS). The aim is to enhance market transparency and efficiency for joint fixed income clients by embedding advanced analytics and predictive intelligence into their trading and portfolio management workflows.

The integration will allow clients to access SOLVE’s data directly within Charles River IMS, enabling traders and portfolio managers to monitor pricing in real-time, streamline analysis, and make more confident pricing decisions. Key SOLVE products being made accessible include SOLVE Market Data, which leverages over 24 billion daily quotes, and SOLVE Px Predictive Pricing, which delivers machine learning-based pricing predictions for over 250,000 corporate and 1.1 million municipal bonds. Clients will also gain access to BWIC Monitoring for more informed pre-trade analysis.

By unifying these data sources, the partnership aims to reduce the need for manual data handling and to provide buy- and sell-side institutions with a comprehensive view that combines both contributed market data and AI-generated insight. Unlike solutions focused solely on quote aggregation, the SOLVE integration promises a deeper, more actionable view of bond behaviour across various liquidity conditions, building on the company’s mission to expand transparency across fixed income markets.