Thomson Financial has named Mark Howarth managing director of Asia-Pacific operations based in Hong Kong. Howarth comes from a nine year stint at Instinet, where he was most recently managing director, Asia ex-Japan. He reports to Donal Smith, president, Europe and Asia, Thomson Financial.
Large language models (LLMs) and Generative AI applications are a hot topic in financial services, with vendors offering solutions, financial institutions adopting the technologies, and sceptics questioning their outcomes. That said, they are here to stay, and it may be that early adopters of Generative AI apps could gain not only operational benefits, but also...
Investment managers must take a fresh approach to data management, stressing trusted partnerships with outside expertise over traditional outsourcing models, as they seek to adapt to a rapidly changing economic landscape, a report has urged. The binary build-versus-buy strategy that has been the basis of innovation adoption for decades has been upended by advances in...
A-Team Group, organisers of the TradingTech Summits, are pleased to announce the inaugural ExchangeTech Summit London on May 14th 2026. This dedicated forum brings together operators of exchanges, alternative execution venues and digital asset platforms with the ecosystem of vendors driving the future of matching engines, surveillance and market access.
Entity data management is this year’s hot topic as financial firms focus on entity data to gain a better understanding of customers, improve risk management and meet regulatory compliance requirements. Data management programmes that enrich the Legal Entity Identifier with hierarchy data and links to other datasets can also add real value, including new business...