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Recorded Webinar: The Buy-side Trading Desk of the Future

The buy-side trading desk is facing a structural reckoning. Decades of siloed systems for equities, FX and fixed income have created what COOs increasingly describe as a “silo tax” – duplicated headcount, fragmented data, and operational overhead that is harder to justify now that the underlying workflows have, in functional terms, converged. Thirty years of...

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Open USD is Live: Consortia-managed Stablecoin Looks to Remake Internet Finance

The Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin is officially live as of September 30, marking a shift in the digital asset landscape by introducing an open-architecture stablecoin designed to compete directly with traditional, single-issuer models, such as Tether and Circle. Announced earlier this year,  OUSD is issued by Stripe’s Bridge unit and is operated by the independent Open Standard...

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Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology

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.

AI in Capital Markets Handbook 2026

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...