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Xceptor Accepted into Microsoft Agentic Launchpad Programme
Xceptor has joined the Microsoft Agentic Launchpad to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence systems. The programme, created in collaboration with NVIDIA and WeTransact, provides resources and infrastructure to deploy autonomous agents at scale. The provider of data automation for capital markets was one of 13 innovators selected from a pool of more than 500…
Snowflake Retools Cortex to Offer FSI Tailored AI Capabilities
Snowflake’s Cortex AI features has been enriched to provide financial services companies with agentic artificial intelligence capabilities honed to their specific needs, the first of a planned suite of editions focused on individual industries. Cortex AI for Financial Services will feature all the functionality of the platform’s Cortex features but will offer clients large language models that…
New Bloomberg US BDC Index Offers Insight into Private Credit
Bloomberg has launched a new index that brightens the light that is bringing transparency to often opaque private markets, this time with a focus on one of the sector’s more specialised corners. The New York-based data behemoth’s US BDC Aggregate Eligible Index (Ticker: BDCUSAGG) gives investors a unique view into how bonds issued by the…
TRG Screen Launches AI Assist to Advance Reference Data Cost Management
Market data spend and usage management software provider TRG Screen has launched an artificial intelligence-powered capability to help financial institutions better manage spiralling data costs. The conversational AI interface sits on top of TRG Screen’s established Xmon platform, allowing users to interact with their own programme data using natural language. Instead of digging through technical reports, users can ask the system direct questions about cost optimisation opportunities and…
Data Automator Xceptor Offers Platform Ready-Made for AI
Dan Reid is not surprised that Xceptor, the data automation giant he formed two decades ago, finds itself at the vanguard of a change in the way financial institutions regard and use documents. The rapid and accurate parsing of information from paper- and PDF-based reports has been made possible thanks to recent developments in artificial intelligence. The volume…
Why AI is Making Data Ownership a Business Imperative
By Edgar Randall, UK&I Managing Director, Dun & Bradstreet. As AI becomes the engine of modern business, the question of verifiable data ownership is no longer theoretical, it’s central to how organisations build trust in AI-driven decisions. The rise of AI means models depend entirely on the quality and integrity of the data they consume….
Arcesium Expands Asia Presence with Hong Kong Office Opening
Arcesium has opened a new office in Hong Kong as the investment lifecycle and data management technology provider seeks to expand into the Asia Pacific market. This expansion establishes a physical presence in the region to provide data infrastructure and operational technology to local financial institutions.The office supports a client base of asset managers, hedge…
Bigger is Better, Says Gresham CEO After Acquisition of S&P Global’s EDM Business
Gresham has finalised its acquisition of S&P Global’s EDM business as the data automation company expands to meet the growing and increasingly complex data needs of modern financial institutions. EDM, which supports more than US$12 trillion in assets, will sit alongside Gresham’s existing enterprise data management business, which was created with its merger with Alveo…
Free from Fear and Lock-In – The Efficiency Jackpot Back-Offices in PE can Deliver
By Gareth Hewitt, Co-founder and CEO, LemonEdge. Private equity firms and fund administrators face heavier workloads and closer scrutiny than ever before, yet many back offices still run on systems built for a past era, when there was less expectation that services needed to be delivered quite as regularly. Teams recognise that sticking with these…
The Data Year Ahead: AI Comes of Age, Private Markets Become Less Opaque
2026 is set to be the year in which the evolutionary changes hinted in the past 12 months become established within the data landscape, according to expert predictions. Artificial intelligence will mature into the game-changing innovation it has promised for years and private markets, whose growth in importance in the past few years has been…