Markit Group has acquired Communicator, a New York-based provider of automated systems for OTC derivatives trade processing. The deal will enable Markit to combine its pricing data and valuations in credit, equity, OTC derivatives and structured finance with Communicator’s automated trade processing systems. The transaction will provide clients with enhanced trading and risk management capabilities across products and asset classes.
Date: 7th October 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Institutional activity in private markets has surged as organisations’ traditional investment theses have been upended by global economic volatility, geopolitical instability and fee compression. In their search for better risk-adjusted returns, they have found a rich seam of alpha...
By Neil Vernon, Chief Product Officer, Gresham. For years, capital markets firms have faced the same challenge: modernising sprawling, legacy data systems. Each attempt follows a familiar pattern – ambitious platform overhauls, eight-figure budgets, years of disruption – yet the old systems often remain in use long after the new ones are live. Replacing systems...
Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology London examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.
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...