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Kaiko Buys Amberdata as Digital Asset Data Consolidation Picks Up Pace
Kaiko has acquired Amberdata, its fifth acquisition and its second in a fortnight, in a deal that points less to any single transaction than to the speed at which the institutional digital asset data layer is consolidating into a small number of scaled providers. The Paris-headquartered firm announced the purchase of the US-based data 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…
Build, Buy, or Both? Why the Real Question for Quant Infrastructure Has Shifted to Where the Edge Sits
The questions have become perennial: build versus buy, cloud versus on-premise, in-house versus managed platform. But the discussion that emerged from a recent A-Team Group webinar on quantitative research infrastructure pointed to something more interesting than a binary choice. The build-versus-buy question, panellists agreed, has matured into a more sophisticated conversation about where firms locate…
European Market Structure’s Unfinished Business, Mapped
Two decades after MiFID I set out to introduce competition into European equity markets, the regulatory project has reshaped market structure without finishing the job it was meant to do. That, at least, was the thesis put to the opening panel at A-Team Group’s inaugural ExchangeTech Summit London earlier this month, entitled “Navigating the European…
Recorded Webinar: Agility as Alpha: How Trading Infrastructure Determines Who Wins in Volatile Markets
Tariff shocks, geopolitical realignment and macroeconomic regime shifts are redrawing the investment landscape faster than most firms’ technology stacks can keep up. For hedge funds and asset managers, the ability to move quickly into new asset classes, geographies or strategies is no longer just an operational concern – it is a front-office differentiator and, increasingly,…
AI in Capital Markets Handbook 2026
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…
Recorded Webinar: Navigating the Build vs Buy Dilemma: Cloud Strategies for Accelerating Quantitative Research
For many quantitative trading firms and asset managers, building a self-provisioned historical market data environment remains one of the most time-consuming and resource-intensive steps in establishing a new research capability. Sourcing data, normalising symbologies, handling corporate actions and maintaining infrastructure can take months and absorb significant budget before a single model is tested. At the…
LGT Selects xyt to Enhance Trading Data Intelligence and Execution Quality
LGT, the international private banking and asset management group, has partnered with trading data intelligence provider xyt. While the initial catalyst for the collaboration was regulatory compliance, LGT’s adoption of xyt’s platform has evolved into a strategic initiative. LGT is now using the platform’s transaction cost analysis (TCA) insights to actively refine and optimise its…
TRG Screen Launches AI-Powered Invoice Automation for Market Data Management
TRG Screen has launched Invoice AI, a new artificial intelligence capability integrated within its Optimize Spend platform. The tool is designed to help financial institutions automate the processing of market data invoices by transforming varied formats into structured, validated data. This launch follows the recent introduction of Contracts AI, forming part of the company’s broader…
LSEG Integrates Financial Data and Analytics into Gemini Enterprise via MCP Connector
LSEG has integrated its licensed data and analytics into Gemini Enterprise through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector. This collaboration with Google Cloud provides financial institutions with secure, governed access to AI-ready content, specifically designed for the “agentic era.” By using Gemini Enterprise’s end-to-end system, users can deploy AI agents capable of executing complex, multi-step…