Recent press reports suggest that MiFID’s implementation deadline will be pushed back to November 2007. EU member allegedly met on October 21 to discuss pushing back the deadline.
Meanwhile, Investit, a buy-side consultancy, has warned that asset managers are unprepared for MiFID.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a key technology for financial services firms, with applications ranging from algorithmic stock trading and credit card fraud detection to sanctions monitoring and trade settlement. The benefits of AI technologies can include automation, reduced manual intervention, improved efficiency and cost saving, but there are caveats and concerns for legal,...
The UK’s proposed equity consolidated tape is framed as a response to long-standing fragmentation in equity market data. By aggregating post-trade information and an attributed best bid and offer across trading venues, the tape is intended to provide a single, standardised view of UK equity trading. At the same time, transaction reporting under the Markets...
Now in its 3rd year, the AI in Capital Markets Summit returns with a focus on the practicalities of onboarding AI enterprise wide for business value creation. Whilst AI offers huge potential to revolutionise capital markets operations many are struggling to move beyond pilot phase to generate substantial value from AI.
AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied...
