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Crédit Agricole CIB and SEB Unveil so|bond: A Sustainable, Blockchain-based Digital Bond Platform
Crédit Agricole CIB and SEB have announced the launch of so|bond, a sustainable and open digital bond platform powered by blockchain technology. The platform will allow issuers in capital markets to issue digital bonds on a blockchain network, enhancing efficiency and enabling real-time data synchronisation among participants. The blockchain network utilises a unique validation protocol…
Bloomberg Unveils BloombergGPT: A Large-Language Model Tailored for the Financial Industry
Bloomberg has introduced BloombergGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model specifically designed to enhance natural language processing (NLP) tasks within the financial sector. Developed using a vast range of financial data, this large language model (LLM) represents a significant step forward in the application of AI technology in the financial industry. While recent advancements in…
BMLL Broadens Level 3 Data Coverage of Asia Exchanges
BMLL, the independent provider of harmonized, historical Level 3 data and analytics, has announced the expansion of its equities and ETF data coverage to include Asia Exchanges, offering users a comprehensive global view of market behaviour based on the most granular Level 3 data. The addition of CBOE Japan, Japannext, and Singapore Exchange data complements…
QuantCube Launches Core CPI Nowcast Indicator for the US Economy
QuantCube, the alternative data analytics vendor, has launched the QuantCube Core CPI Nowcast indicator, designed to provide crucial insights into core inflation trends in the US economy, significantly ahead of official numbers published monthly. The indicator quantifies core inflation by measuring changes in the prices of goods and services, excluding the food and energy components…
OpenFin Integrates Dow Jones News Coverage into Its Workspace Platform
OpenFin, the operating system (OS) for enterprise productivity, has announced a strategic partnership with Dow Jones to bring real-time news coverage, expert analysis, and unique insights to financial professionals using the OpenFin Workspace platform. The collaboration aims to streamline access to crucial financial news and information for major banks, asset and wealth management firms, and…
The EU’s DLT Pilot Has Gone Live: What Does This Mean for Capital Markets?
With the EU’s DLT pilot regime now live, Alisa DiCaprio, Chief Economist at R3, examines the impact the programme will have on capital markets and what the launch means for the broader digitalisation of financial services. Against a backdrop of rising international competition, economic headwinds and technological innovation, jurisdictions across the globe are racing to…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2023
A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2023. The awards, now in their third year, celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. This year’s platinum award winners include Moody’s Analytics…
How to Control Access to Single Dealer Portals and Other Market Services
Against the backdrop of rapid adoption of electronic trading across cash asset classes that aren’t typically traded on exchanges, financial institutions are struggling to control access to external trading portals and platforms, and other market services. This phenomenon is presenting a particular challenge in fixed income and foreign exchange markets, where single dealer portals that allow…
Breaking the Dominance of the 4pm Fix: Alternative Approaches to FX Benchmarks
Introduction Since the mid-1990’s, foreign exchange (FX) benchmarks have played a crucial role in providing standardised FX valuation points, which are used for a wide variety of purposes by financial markets participants across the industry. Over the last decade however, particularly in the wake of the Libor scandal of 2012 and the FX fixing scandal…
Parameta Solutions Partners with Numerix to Deliver OTC Valuations
Parameta Solutions, the provider of OTC indicative and trade data, is partnering with Numerix, the global OTC analytics and derivatives pricing company, to develop automated, independent, fair valuations of OTC derivatives to market participants. By bringing together Parameta’s OTC data alongside Numerix’s analytical capabilities, the partnership aims to provide a more effective way of valuing…