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Prediction Market Data: The Questions Institutional Buyers Still Cannot Answer
Are prediction markets arriving in institutional workflows faster than the industry has worked out what it is buying? The valuations are real. The distribution deals are real. The research interest is real. What is not settled is a set of questions sitting underneath the adoption story – and a closing fireside session at the recent...
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The Business Conduct Risk and Data Challenge Behind AI Adoption
Poor data preparation for artificial intelligence deployments is exposing financial institutions to greater business conduct risks that could cost them as much as US$43 million per year, according to new research. An updated report by business conduct data provider RepRisk found that such AI-related incidents are on the rise as applications are rolled out at...
MCPs in Data Management: Bringing New Order to Private Markets
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...
Direct Lending Practitioners Target Large Tech Budget Growth on Data
An overwhelming majority of private credit market practitioners are planning to substantially increase their technology budgets as they seek to address risks that are contributing to concerns about the direct lending sector. The Compass 2026 survey conducted for Oxane Partners – a technology provider for credit and other private markets – found that almost four-fifths...
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Clearstream Partners with Ares to Boost Access to Private Markets
Clearstream, the post-trade business of Deutsche Börse Group, has partnered with alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation to add Ares’ private market strategies to its fund platform. The collaboration aims to simplify the investment process for fund distributors, allowing them to access private market investments with the same operational efficiency as traditional mutual funds. For…
Zema Global and Natural Gas Intelligence Enhance North American Energy Data Partnership
Zema Global and Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI) have announced an enhanced data partnership designed to provide energy market participants with expanded natural gas pricing and flow data. Building on an existing seven-year relationship, the collaboration integrates NGI’s extensive datasets into Zema Global’s Decisioning Infrastructure to support curve analytics, portfolio valuation, trading, and risk management in…
Exegy Expands Axiom Market Data Feed to Cover Key Middle Eastern Exchanges
Exegy has expanded its real-time consolidated market data feed, Axiom, to include key Middle Eastern exchanges. The update introduces coverage for markets in Saudi Arabia (TASI), Qatar (QSE), Kuwait (KSE), Abu Dhabi (ADX), and Dubai (DFM). This data is delivered with low latency via Exegy’s London Points of Presence (PoP) at the Equinix LD4 and…
Five Rings Joins BMLL Client Product Advisory Board
Financial data and analytics provider BMLL has welcomed proprietary trading firm Five Rings to its Client Product Advisory Board (CPAB). The New York-based firm will contribute its technological and market structure expertise to help shape BMLL’s future product roadmap, supporting the board’s mission to elevate historical market data standards across the industry. Five Rings utilizes…
S&P Global Integrates Energy Insights Into Capital IQ Pro
S&P Global has integrated news and insights from S&P Global Energy into the S&P Capital IQ Pro platform, giving clients AI-powered access to proprietary intelligence across the global energy value chain. The integration is positioned as a response to heightened geopolitical uncertainty and the resulting volatility in global energy markets, which is increasingly feeding through…
FactSet Partners with Valutico to Integrate Private-Markets Valuation into Cobalt
FactSet has announced a partnership with Vienna-based valuation software provider Valutico to deliver an integrated valuation workflow for private capital markets, anchored within FactSet’s Cobalt portfolio monitoring platform. Under the partnership, portfolio company financials collected in Cobalt flow directly into Valutico’s valuation environment, where analysts can run income-, market- and asset-based methodologies including discounted cash…
ISI Launches AI-Powered Corporate Debt Intelligence Platform for Emerging Markets
ISI, a global provider of market intelligence, has launched a new platform designed for investors, bankers, and advisers focusing on emerging market corporates. Powered by REDD intelligence and the proprietary AI tool AskISI, the platform covers public bonds, private credit, and primary debt issuance. It aims to provide transparency in opaque markets by surfacing credit…
BridgeWise Utilises X Data in New Wealth-Focused Sentiment Analysis Tool
Wealth management financial technology specialist BridgeWise has collaborated with X to integrate data from the social media platform into its intelligence engine to provide social sentiment analysis for thousands of securities. The system utilises an API-driven connector and a proprietary framework to convert unstructured data into structured signals for financial institutions. The resultant SentimentWise is…
Fitch Builds Fitch Nexus MCP Connector to Ratings Data
Fitch Solutions has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector, Fitch Nexus, that enables clients to access Fitch Ratings content through internal AI applications and large language models. The connector provides credit research, historical ratings data and financial forecasts through a single integration. “Fitch Nexus is designed to deliver faster, more actionable insights with greater…
ExtractAlpha Relaunches AlphaClub Research Workspace with Expanded Signal Coverage
ExtractAlpha has relaunched AlphaClub, its research workspace for investment professionals evaluating the firm’s quantitative stock selection signals and alternative datasets. The update introduces a redesigned interface, broader international coverage, and a workflow-oriented structure aimed at making signal discovery and evaluation more efficient. The platform is positioned as an environment where hedge fund analysts, portfolio managers,…
73 Strings Unifies Data Operating System for Private Markets Participants
Private markets valuation and portfolio intelligence platform 73 Strings has launched a unified global operating model, which the company said “brings together the platform, people, and clients into one ecosystem”. This transition aligns global teams to support clients across private equity, private credit, venture capital and infrastructure, it said. “Private markets are entering a new…
BMLL Integrates SpiderRock Options Analytics into Data Lab Environment
BMLL has expanded its cross-asset research capabilities by making SpiderRock’s Options Print Set data available through the BMLL Data Lab. This integration allows institutional clients to analyse the relationship between options markets and underlying cash equity behaviour within a single, unified framework. By combining SpiderRock’s print-level analytics with BMLL’s historical data, users can better evaluate…
BMLL Historical Data Launches on Databricks Marketplace
BMLL, the independent provider of historical market data and analytics, has made its datasets available via the Databricks platform. This move is part of the firm’s broader strategy to offer flexible delivery mechanisms, complementing its existing API, SFTP, and S3 options. The collaboration was driven by customer demand and guidance from the BMLL Client Product…
Bloomberg Introduces MYQ to Centralise Foreign Exchange Price Discovery
Bloomberg has launched MYQ, a price monitoring tool designed to aggregate and display foreign exchange (FX) quotes identified by Natural Language Processing (NLP) within Instant Bloomberg (IB) chats. The solution addresses the “swivel chair” challenge by consolidating fragmented pricing data from multiple chat rooms into a single, centralised FX curve-style format. By grouping quotes by…
Bloomberg Expands MAC3 Risk Models for Enhanced Portfolio and Risk Forecasting Across Public and Private Investments
Bloomberg has expanded its MAC3 multi-asset risk models to cover private markets, extending the platform’s portfolio and risk forecasting capabilities beyond traditional public asset classes into private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and liquid alternatives. The update reflects growing demand among institutional investors for more consistent measurement of risk across portfolios spanning…
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Moody’s Corporation Appoints Christina Kosmowski as CEO of Moody’s Analytics
Moody’s Corporation has announced that Christina Kosmowski will take over as Chief Executive Officer of Moody’s Analytics in June. Kosmowski joins the firm with nearly 30 years of experience in the enterprise technology sector, having previously held senior leadership positions at several major global firms. Her expertise lies in scaling high-growth businesses and implementing customer…
BMLL Appoints Kevin Barrett as Senior Sales Director for Listed Derivatives
BMLL, provider of harmonised historical data and analytics, has appointed Kevin Barrett as Senior Sales Director for Listed Derivatives. Based in the US, Barrett is tasked with driving the company’s expansion within the listed derivatives sector. This move follows a period of significant corporate development for the firm, including its recent acquisition by Nordic Capital…
Exegy Appoints Laurent de Barry as Chief Product Officer and Jogesh Menon as Product Director for Axiom
Exegy, provider of low-latency trading and enterprise market data solutions, has announced two key leadership appointments. Laurent de Barry has been promoted to Chief Product Officer (CPO), and Jogesh Menon has been appointed as Director for the Axiom market data as-a-service offering. These moves are designed to strengthen the company’s dual strategic pillars of low-latency…
TRG Screen Appoints Amjad Zoghbi as Head of AI to Drive Innovation
TRG Screen has appointed Amjad Zoghbi as its first Head of AI, a newly established executive role designed to embed artificial intelligence at the centre of the company’s strategy. The move reflects TRG Screen’s aim to enhance its internal operations, deliver greater value to clients, and reinforce its position as the only provider integrating market…
Exegy Appoints Jim Fiesel as Chief Revenue Officer to Drive Growth and Innovation
Exegy, the market data and trading technology provider, has appointed Jim Fiesel as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Fiesel, previously Managing Director of the Americas at Broadridge, brings extensive expertise from leadership roles at Bloomberg, Tradeweb, and Finastra. Exegy’s 64% sales growth in 2024 highlights its momentum, which Fiesel aims to accelerate drawing on his deep…
BMLL Appoints Former HSBC Executive Niall Cameron as Non-Executive Director
Historical market data and analytics provider BMLL has announced the appointment of Niall Cameron as a Non-Executive Director to support the company’s strategic development. Cameron, who’s career spans over three decades and has included executive roles at HSBC, IHS Markit, and ABN Amro, also joins BMLL’s group of investors. The appointment of Cameron, who comes…
Exegy Appoints Brian Pomraning as Chief Revenue Officer
Trading and market data systems vendor Exegy has appointed industry veteran Brian Pomraning as Chief Revenue Officer. With 25 years of leadership experience in the financial services industry, including product management, technology, sales, and marketing, Pomraning has a proven track record of transforming and growing global businesses and cross-functional teams. During his career, Pomraning has…
DiffusionData Appoints Former CME Group Executive Scott Fink as Managing Director for the Americas
DiffusionData, a company specialising in real-time data streaming and messaging solutions, has appointed Scott Fink as its new Managing Director for the Americas. Fink, formerly an Executive Director of Site Reliability Engineering at CME Group, will oversee customer and partner engagements across the US, Canada, and Latin America. During his tenure at CME Group, Fink…
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Using AI for rapid access to robust, accurate and usable insights: How AI is unlocking data value for optimal trading and investment decisions
Traders and investment managers need to have confidence in the data sets they use to make faster, smarter decisions. After initial reticence, they are now finding that AI can help unlock hidden value in datasets, by augmenting workflows and offering unprecedented degrees of personalisation. With AI-enabled data discovery and visualisation, market participants can enjoy superior,...
Valuing Hard-to-Price Securities in Volatile Markets
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