Editor's pick
Ataccama Signals Product Focus with New CEO Appointment
Ataccama has appointed its former chief technology officer Martin Zahumensky as its new chief executive in a move that highlights the company’s focus on products in the next few years. Zahumensky replaces Mike McKee, an operations-oriented leader who had sat in the top seat since 2023 and helped to drive the Boston-based data trust company’s...
Top Blogs
Taming Data Complexity Through Semantic Layers: Webinar Preview
The complex data needs of modern financial institutions requires a level of technical mastery that is beyond the talents of most members of their workforces. Artificial intelligence and agentic automation, in particular, have hastened that evolution to such a degree that without such mastery across the enterprise, organisations leave themselves competitively vulnerable. The solution to...
15 Software and Data Vendors Solving Valuation, Integration and Reporting in Alternative Investments
The secular shift towards private markets has transformed alternative asset allocations from an institutional tactical sleeve into a core portfolio driver. Yet behind this expansion lies a stubborn operational bottleneck: alternative asset data remains inherently unstructured, fragmented and delayed. Unlike public equities, where standardised data feeds integrate seamlessly into order management systems, private market data...
EU AI Act Puts AI’s Underlying Data Problems In The Spotlight
By Sarva Srinivasan, Global Head of Strategies at NeoXam Americas Another important part of the EU AI Act has come into play – with Article 50 introducing transparency obligations for certain AI systems, requiring organisations to disclose when users are interacting with AI. Now much of the discussion around these requirements has tended to focus...
Latest briefs
AI Needs Specific Regulations in Financial Services, University Report Urges
Bespoke rules covering artificial intelligence use are needed to limit risks to consumers and strengthen oversight across the financial sector, according to Durham University Business School, which studied the technology’s use in financial services. Regulatory approaches are inconsistent across jurisdictions, with the European Union and China implementing specific legislation while the UK and US rely…
Dun & Bradstreet Makes AI Agents Available on Snowflake Marketplace
Commercial data and analytics specialist Dun & Bradstreet has made its conversational artificial intelligence agents available to clients on Snowflake Marketplace. The integration combines AI with the D&B Commercial Graph, enabling users to interact with company intelligence through natural language directly in Snowflake. The deployment provides a sample of business-to-business company and contact data to…
Xceptor Expands SaaS to Switzerland and Japan
Xceptor has launched sovereign-grade software-as-a-service in Switzerland and Japan, expanding access to data automation, artificial intelligence and confirmations solutions to align with local requirements. The move reflects tighter data sovereignty regulations that are being drafted and implemented around the world. “Financial institutions operating in markets like Switzerland and Japan often have to navigate strict data…
LemonEdge Lures $21m to Develop Fund Accounting Platform
LemonEdge, which has built a fund accounting platform for private markets, has completed a US$21 million series A funding round led by Blackstone Innovations Investments. BNY and Sidekick Partners also contributed, bringing total investment in the company to more than $30m.The company appointed David O’Malley as chief executive and board chair alongside Katharine Briggs as…
Anthropic, Macquarie AM, GIC Collaborate on Data Centre Plan
Artificial intelligence model creator Anthropic has partnered with Macquarie Asset Management and GIC to form Theseus Infrastructure, a platform that will develop, operate and lease data centre infrastructure to Anthropic under long-term agreements.The initiative focuses on identifying and developing sites in the US, with funds from Macquarie Asset Management and GIC providing the majority of…
Data Implementation Firm Adastra Recognised for Financial Services by Databricks
Data, artificial intelligence, and cloud implementation services provider Adastra has received Databricks Brickbuilder Specialisation status in financial services following an assessment of technical and sales expertise, live customer implementations, customer success stories, and published thought leadership.The financial services designation covers solutions for banking, insurance and FinTech entities across fraud detection, risk management and regulatory reporting.“For…
Fenergo Launches Fen-AI to Govern AI Across Client Lifecycle Management
Fenergo has launched Fen-AI, an orchestration platform designed to help financial institutions deploy AI across client lifecycle management while retaining human oversight, policy controls and an auditable record of decisions. The platform supports Fenergo’s KYRA family of AI agents, which can carry out tasks across client onboarding, periodic reviews, ongoing monitoring and material changes to…
Hexaware Clients Given Access to Factory Software Development Capabilities
Hexaware Technologies has partnered with Factory to deliver agent-native software development to enterprise clients across major sectors, including banking and financial services. The agreement integrates Factory’s Droid platform into Hexaware Technologies’ global delivery system. Hexaware Technologies previously deployed the Droid platform internally within its own engineering ecosystem. “We’re seeing 5x to 10x gains in production-ready…
New Funding as Feathery Expands Wealth and Insurance Data Management Platform
Feathery has secured US$30 million in funding to expand its artificial intelligence-powered data automation software for the insurance and wealth management industries. Feathery’s platform provides data management capabilities that enable clients to overcome the restrictions presented by fragmented tech stacks, which are common within the sectors. Erie Insurance Strategic Ventures provided capital alongside Index Ventures,…
Merger Brings ESG Book Under EthiFinance Ratings Brand
EthiFinance, which provides credit and sustainability ratings, has agreed a merger transaction with ESG Book to create a ratings agency that combines the data and analytics from both companies. The merger, which will bring ESG Book under the EthiFinance brand, will enable financial markets clients to better meet obligations to report sustainability information and risk…
Kyckr Revenue Grows 46% as Demand Rises for Live Registry Data
KYB data provider Kyckr has reported 46% revenue growth for the financial year ended June 2026, which it described as its strongest performance in two decades. The company attributes the increase to regulatory pressure in Australia and North America, where firms face growing scrutiny of the data supporting their compliance controls. Kyckr said regulated firms…
Precisely Adds Mainframe Software Visibility to ServiceNow Marketplace
Precisely has released Ironstream z/OS Software Discovery for ServiceNow, which automatically identifies z/OS software installed on mainframes and synchronises the inventory data with the ServiceNow Configuration Management Database. The latest product is available through the data integrity specialist’s ServiceNow Store. It enables the replacement of manual tracking via spreadsheets to establish a continuous system of…
LSEG Data Now Available to Clients via Databricks
LSEG has expanded its partnership with data and artificial intelligence company Databricks to make more than 50 datasets from its Quantitative Analytics Database available on the Databricks Marketplace. The expansion utilises OpenSharing, an open protocol for sharing data and artificial intelligence assets, to grant clients direct access to financial and economic data within their Databricks…
GoldenSource Scout AI Platform Seeks to Bring Trust to Data
GoldenSource has launched an artificial intelligence platform called GoldenSource Scout, which is designed to help financial services firms establish trusted data context for AI models. The release follows findings from the InvestOps 2026 research report, which indicated that 98 per cent of firms are concerned that poor data could lead to incorrect artificial intelligence insights….
MSCI Buys First Street to Bolster Climate Risk Data Offering
MSCI has acquired physics-based climate risk data and analytics provider First Street as it seeks to enhance its climate risk capabilities. The US$120 million transaction coms as as financial institutions demand physical climate risk data embedded into workflows to inform decision-making during accelerating global climate risks, MSCI said. “The integration of First Street data into…
Latest people
Former Barclays Leader Appointed President of AI Software Firm 73 Strings
73 Strings, a provider of artificial intelligence software for private capital valuation, has appointed former Barclays leader Eamon O’Dwyer as president to oversee execution and operational capabilities. O’Dwyer previously spent more than 10 years at Barclays in roles spanning digital strategy, product development, sales, partnerships and innovation. He later co-led several financial technology companies. Based…
Gomez Named as New CEO by ISS STOXX
ISS STOXX has named Virginia Gomez as its next chief executive effective on August 3. Gomez has more than 20 years of leadership experience and served as president of North America at Dun & Bradstreet, executive vice president of product and portfolio management at TransUnion and in leadership positions at LexisNexis and PeopleFluent. Gomez will…
Precisely Appoints New Executives
Precisely has appointed Vinesh Vis as chief revenue officer to drive sales execution and customer growth, and Jane Gilson as chief business officer to manage commercial growth frameworks. Vis joins from Smarsh, where he worked as chief revenue officer and general manager, following revenue leadership roles at Oracle and other private and public technology companies;…
Gresham Names Spiros Giannaros to Replace Mark Hepsworth as CEO
Gresham has appointed Spiros Giannaros as chief executive to succeed Mark Hepsworth at the enterprise data automation company for financial services firms. Giannaros previously spent more than 25 years in capital markets software, serving as chief executive at Charles River Development and partner at Markit, where he led the business that Gresham acquired in 2026….
Fenergo Names Lekshmi Nair as CRO
Client lifecycle management specialist Fenergo has appointed Lekshmi Nair as chief revenue officer to lead the global go-to-market organisation and commercial operations. Nair previously worked at Finastra, formerly Misys, where she held roles in software development, delivery, platform sales and enterprise leadership before serving as global chief revenue officer for lending. Based in London, Nair…
Former Quantexa Risk Head Patel Hired by AI-Specialist Galytix
Galytix, an AI firm for financial institutions, has hired former Quantexa leader Roshni Patel as chief growth officer, charged with accelerating global expansion. Patel previously worked at Quantexa as global head of risk solutions, following more than 20 years at KPMG, Lloyds Banking Group and Moody’s Analytics. As chief growth officer, he will manage global…
Xceptor Names Former Pershing Leader Dalla Brookshire as New CPO
Xceptor has appointed former Pershing and Vanguard leader Sareena Dalla Brookshire to the newly created position of chief product officer to help the capital markets data automation specialist advance its artificial intelligence product programme. Dalla Brookshire, who has almost two decades of experience working in capital markets, is based in New York and will focus…
Finastra Governance Chief Elected to DAMA International Leadership Team
Finastra’s global head of data governance, Peter Vennel, has been elected vice president at data management professional group DAMA International. Vennel will serve a three-year term focusing on global strategy and member support for the association. The position involves chairing the Governance and Nominations Committee and participating in the Finance Committee to provide organisational oversight….
GLEIF Appoints Former Finoa Chief to New COFO Role
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation has appointed Michaela Fleischer as its inaugural chief operating and financial officer. Fleischer previously served as COO at Finoa and held leadership positions at Deutsche Bank, N26, Holvi and Revolut. Based in Frankfurt am Main as managing director of GLEIF Germany, Fleischer reports to the chief executive and oversees…
Innovative Systems Appoints London-Based Revenue Chief
Data quality and AML compliance technology provider Innovative Systems appointed Ben Sher as chief revenue officer to lead global revenue strategy and commercial expansion. Sher previously spent more than 20 years in fintech and enterprise software roles, most recently serving as managing director and head of sales for EMEA at SimCorp. Based in Innovative Systems’…
GRI Names New Chair of Standards Board
The Global Reporting Initiative has appointed Susanne Stormer as chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board to oversee the setting of GRI Standards. , GRI provides sustainability reporting standards for companies. Stormer previously served as a Partner at PwC Denmark for four years and as Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at Novo Nordisk for 13…
Rimes Names New Executive to Helm Commercial Development
Rimes has appointed Kieran Kennedy as Chief Revenue Officer to oversee commercial evolution at enterprise data management and investment intelligence provider. Kennedy previously served as Global Vice President of Data Cloud Product Partnerships at Snowflake and spent 30 years at FactSet in roles across global sales, product development and strategic partnerships. The position involves managing…
Sustainability Software Firm Diginex Appoints Deputy Chair to Lead Governance, Mergers
Lorenzo Romano has been named Deputy Chair of sustainability software provider Diginex Limited to oversee corporate governance and mergers. Romano previously worked at EFG Bank as head of private banking for Geneva and spent several years at Syz Group in senior leadership roles. Based in the expanded leadership team, he will report to the board…
SimCorp Appoints Iyan Adewuya as Chief Product Officer
SimCorp has appointed Iyan Adewuya to the newly created position of Chief Product Officer (CPO). Based in New York, Adewuya will report directly to Marc Schröter, the Chief Product and Technology Officer. He brings over 20 years of experience in product strategy and innovation to the company, with a career that covers both public and…
Rimes Names New APAC and EDM Sales Leaders
Data management and investment intelligence solutions provider Rimes has appointment Ross Allen as head of the Asia and Pacific region and Bill Blythe as global head of EDM sales. Allen previously held senior leadership roles, including head of financial markets APAC, during 25 years at IHS Markit (now S&P Global) and was chief commercial officer…
Featured
FEATURED WEBINAR
Upcoming Webinar: Taming the Private Markets Data Beast: Solving for Valuation, Integration, and Reporting in Alternative Investments
Date: 7th October 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Institutional activity in private markets has surged as organisations’ traditional investment theses have been upended by global economic volatility, geopolitical instability and fee compression. In their search for better risk-adjusted returns, they have found a rich seam of alpha…
FEATURED EVENT
AI in Capital Markets Summit London
Now in its 3rd year, the AI in Capital Markets Summit returns with a focus on the practicalities of onboarding AI enterprise wide for business value creation. Whilst AI offers huge potential to revolutionise capital markets operations many are struggling to move beyond pilot phase to generate substantial value from AI.
FEATURED GUIDE
Regulatory Data Handbook 2026 – Fourteenth Edition
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook. Supervisors increasingly expect firms to demonstrate which rules apply, which data supports each obligation, who owns the control and how exceptions are identified and resolved. Policies and implementation programmes must now be supported by records that can withstand regulatory scrutiny. This edition examines material…
Top White Papers
From volatility to visibility: The fixed income intelligence shift
Fixed income markets are undergoing a fundamental structural shift, transforming how institutions price risk, govern data and make decisions at scale. The convergence of cloud-based delivery, AI-enabled analytics, expanding private credit markets and heightened regulatory scrutiny, is redefining what ‘confidence’ means in fixed income workflows. Access to third-party pricing and valuations alone is no longer...
From noise to knowledge: why financial AI needs trusted news
Decisions in financial markets are increasingly shaped by machines. Yet the information feeding those decisions is arriving in unprecedented volume, velocity and variety. As a result, the true differentiator is no longer access to more content, but access to news that is trusted, relevant and correct to the moment in time. With AI rapidly becoming...
The Future of AI in Compliance Recording
In an era of escalating regulatory pressure, financial institutions can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to transform compliance from a cost burden into a strategic competitive advantage. These technologies, applied to sophisticated monitoring systems, generate structured, high-quality data at scale, converting what was once a static compliance archive into a source...
Events and webinars
Upcoming Webinar: Building a Semantic Layer for Your Enterprise Data Estate
Date: 8 September 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes The democratisation of data has encouraged engineers to think about how to make their data estates more accessible and useable for non-technical business end-users. Translating intention into data action requires careful configuration that enables consumers to mine insight, analytics...
Data Management Summit New York City
Now in its 15th year the Data Management Summit NYC brings together the North American data management community to explore how data strategy is evolving to drive business outcomes and speed to market in changing times.
Find out more
Upcoming Webinar: Executing the Migration to Cloud to Enable Scalability and Innovation
Date: 22 September 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes 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...
Awards
Capital Markets Technology Awards APAC
A-Team Group is proud to unveil the winners of this year’s Capital Markets Technology Awards APAC. Now in its second year, this program highlights the exceptional technology providers and financial institutions driving the next wave of innovation across the Asia-Pacific financial ecosystem.
