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Modernising Legacy Systems Amid Ageing Infrastructure and Skills Shortages
By Wayne Kiphart, CEO CloudFirst Global. The lack of IT skills globally is widely acknowledged but the problem is particularly concerning when it comes to older systems. As the experts who built these vital platforms retire, younger generations have not been trained in the skills to maintain the infrastructure nor, sadly, have they learnt their…
AI Agents are Rewriting the Future of Banking Data, Says Smartstream
Intelligent semi-autonomous AI agents promise a powerful solution to many challenges with the financial space. But their need for good-quality data is also highlighting the shortcomings that remain within some institutions’ data architectures. This apparent chicken-and-egg situation is one that Thomas Steinborn, chief product and technology officer at Smartstream, believes can only be resolved by…
Robust Data Management Still the Silver Bullet for AI Challenges
As the maturity of artificial intelligence applications evolves, financial institutions are finding that the solution to the challenges associated with the technology of data quality and trust can be found in data management. Guaranteeing good outcomes from their models requires that organisations feed them good data, and the only way to ensure that is through…
Novata Broadens Sustainability Regulations Monitor
Sustainability management data platform provider Novata expanded its regulatory monitoring service to include a premium tier for tracking global compliance obligations. The updated engine utilises 30 data points, including revenue and jurisdiction, to identify specific legal requirements for companies and investors. It combines AI monitoring with human expertise to provide clarity on which rules apply…
Private Market GPs Unhappy with Data Availability, Unsure About AI Value
General partners (GPs) within the private equity space are dissatisfied with the quality of data available to them at a time when technology is rapidly transforming the sector. Despite being upbeat about the prospects for deals in the coming year, fund allocators are more pessimistic about their operations amid a shortage of digital operational and…
Fitch Opens New Chapter with Data Distribution and AI Strategy
Fitch Solutions’ recent extension of its distribution strategy to include a presence on Snowflake is the first step in a programme of leveraging the company’s huge cache of credit ratings and research data. The move, which saw Fitch add its core credit ratings products on Snowflake Marketplace earlier this year, will be followed by other…
SimCorp Builds AI-Powered Market Stress Test for Axioma Risk
SimCorp has introduced an artificial intelligence capability for stress testing market scenarios within its Axioma Risk platform. The enhancement uses natural language processing to enable investment managers to design customised market scenarios and identify historical precedents without manual configuration. It identifies portfolio vulnerabilities and interprets risks arising from interest rate changes, currency movements or geopolitical…
Synechron-Cognition Collaboration Seeks to ‘Shift Paradigm’ in Software Creation
The race to harness artificial intelligence to create data products and software for financial institutions is at the heart of a collaboration between consultancy Synechron and technology developer Cognition. New York-headquartered Synechron, which has longstanding expertise in providing software solutions that financial organisations use to transform their operations, has embedded Cognition’s Devin agentic engineering platform…
Alteryx QnA: Automating Data and Analytics Transformations
California-based Alteryx has been helping financial institutions solve complex analytical tasks for more than a quarter of a century. Data Management Insight spoke to Jon Pexton, chief financial officer, to find out what drives the company and how its services benefit its clients. Data Management Insight: Hello Jon, when was Alteryx created and how does…
12 Companies Bridging Agentic AI and Data Management in Capital Markets
The friction inherent in mobilising data is a perennial problem for financial institutions, who have spent the last decade perfecting the passive data stack – investing heavily in cloud warehouses, governance frameworks and ETL pipelines designed to move data for human consumption. However, the operational reality remains plagued by manual intervention. Recent developments in agentic…