As Reference Data Review went to press, Interactive Data Corp., the main U.S. operating entity of Financial Times Interactive Data, reported fourth- quarter revenues of $120.4 million, up 24.8% from a year earlier. Net income rose 6.9% to $18.2 million from $17.0 million. For full year 2003, revenues increased by 18.0% to $442.7 million and net rose by 18.9% to $72.2 million.
Cloud-based services and processing have become essential to financial institutions as their data management demands have become more complex and expansive. Thousands of organisations have made the jump from their limited on-premises tech stacks to the near-infinite scalability opportunities of public and private clouds. They have also been motivated by the need to modernise their...
Financial institutions have begun deploying Model Context Protocols (MCPs) as they have expanded the use of artificial intelligence applications and agents. The technology developed by Anthropic is an open-source contextual layer that helps coordinate models and data, enabling AI applications to connect with a multitude of other platforms and processes. In the first of a...
Your Gateway to the Alternative Data Ecosystem. Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference, managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content and networking forum for investment firms and hedge funds using alternative data.
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...