Daiwa Securities America has gone live with XcitekSolutionsPlus’s XSP corporate actions processing platform in a record 30-day implementation. The project had been slated for a 60-day rollout. Daiwa opted for XSP in the hopes of reducing its exposure to corporate actions processing failure while preparing for future volume increases. In addition to the XSP software application, Daiwa also licensed Xcitek’s corporate actions data.
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 and value without having to use precise technical terminology. Data engineers achieve this through semantic layers,...
The breakneck development of artificial intelligence tools and applications is visible in the rapid emergence every six months or so of “the next big thing”. Generative AI was the big thing two years ago, agents were the big thing last year and this year it’s the turn of Model Context Protocols (MCPs). Attracting the “game...
Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
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...