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xyt Layers Natural-Language AI onto Trading Data Platform as Race for AI-Ready Analytics Intensifies
xyt, the independent trading data intelligence platform formerly known as big xyt, has introduced a set of AI-powered capabilities designed to let clients query its datasets in natural language, integrate its data into their own AI environments, and generate executable analytical outputs from a prompt. The announcement positions the firm in an increasingly crowded field…
Beyond the Benchmark: Bloomberg Extends BCOM for a Fragmented Commodity Market
When the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) was launched in 1998, the architecture made sense for its time. Liquidity in commodity futures was concentrated in North American contracts denominated in US dollars, and the methodology was built accordingly. Twenty-eight years later the way global commodity markets operate and the way institutional investors want to access them…
Recorded Webinar: From Data to Alpha: AI Strategies for Taming Unstructured Data
Unstructured data and text now accounts for the majority of information flowing through financial markets organisations, spanning research content, corporate disclosures, communications, alternative data, and internal documents. While AI has created new opportunities to extract signals, many firms are discovering that value is constrained not by models, but by the quality of the content, architecture,…
FPGA-Accelerated Engine from Exegy Will Power EU’s First Equities Consolidated Tape
EuroCTP, the joint venture of 15 European exchange groups selected by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to deliver the EU’s first real-time consolidated tape for shares and ETFs, has named Exegy as its core technology partner. Exegy’s FPGA-accelerated ticker plant will serve as the data normalisation and consolidation engine at the centre of…
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…
Prediction Markets Push for Institutional Credibility as ARK Invest Signs on with Kalshi
Prediction market operator Kalshi has signed a collaboration with ARK Invest, the latest in a series of moves designed to position prediction market data as a legitimate input for institutional investment workflows. The partnership, announced in late March, will see ARK request and monitor event contracts on the Kalshi platform, evaluating whether the probability signals…
Bridging the Data Monetisation Gap
The strategic argument for treating market data as a product rather than a cost has arguably been won. What remains stubbornly unresolved is what comes next: measuring the return on data investments, breaking the hoarding cultures that prevent data from flowing across the enterprise, and building infrastructure robust enough to support AI at scale. Those…
FIX Trading Community Urges Regulatory Alignment in Response to FCA Consultations
The FIX Trading Community has called for significant changes to UK financial regulation in its formal response to FCA consultations on the UK consolidated tape and transaction reporting. Executive Director Jim Kaye emphasised that harmonising UK reporting rules more closely with EU standards would reduce complexity, lower the reporting burden, and improve the quality of…
SEC Approves Cost-Saving Measures for the Consolidated Audit Trail
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an amendment to the National Market System Plan to implement various cost-saving measures for the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). This decision includes exemptive relief from specific requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, aiming to reduce the financial burden of the CAT while maintaining its core…