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Growing Modern Data Platforms Adoption Seen as Benefits Become Apparent: Webinar Review
Take-up of modern data platforms (MDPs) is expected to accelerate in the next few years as financial institutions realise the greater agility, scalability and deeper insights offered by the innovation. Organisations that have so far been relatively slow to adopt the streamlined platforms – because they have been unsure of the technologies’ benefits – will…
BMLL Frees Quants from Data Prep with New Trades Plus Offering
Data and analytics provider BMLL has launched Trades Plus, a new equities dataset designed to eliminate the complex and time-consuming process of combining trade and quote data, a significant and resource-intensive challenge for quantitative analysts and trading firms. The new offering, developed in direct response to requests from its Client Product Advisory Board (CPAB), provides…
LSEG Launches REDI on Workspace in Strategic Move to Unify Buy-Side Execution
LSEG Data & Analytics has launched REDI on Workspace, a significant step in its strategy to create a unified, end-to-end ecosystem for the buy-side. The new offering embeds the execution management capabilities of its REDI platform directly into LSEG Workspace, its flagship data and analytics platform. The move is the culmination of a multi-year strategy…
Are Legacy Systems Undermining the Future of Wealth Management?
The polished digital façade of a modern private bank can sometimes conceal a more brittle and complex reality: a tech stack strained by its own history. For technology leaders working within this environment, the strategic challenges are significant. And while industry narratives often highlight external market pressures and disruptive fintech, some of the most persistent…
BT Sells Radianz to TNS, Reshaping Financial Markets Networking Landscape
BT Group has agreed to sell its financial technology unit, Radianz, to US-based Transaction Network Services (TNS), a move that not only marks a strategic shift for the British telecom giant but also significantly reshapes the competitive landscape for global financial network providers. The deal, announced Tuesday, is expected to close in the first half…
BTON Secures Celero Ventures Investment to Fuel US Expansion and AI-Powered Execution Tools
BTON, the AI-driven trading technology provider, has secured a strategic investment from Celero Ventures to accelerate its expansion into the U.S. market and further develop its suite of intelligent execution tools for the buy-side. The funding round will see BTON enhance its engineering capabilities and build out its client support teams in the United States….
Thoma Bravo to Acquire Verint, Forging AI-Powered Customer Experience Giant with Calabrio
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Verint in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. Following the acquisition, Verint will be combined with Calabrio, another Thoma Bravo portfolio company, to create a formidable force in the AI-driven customer experience market. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by…
AI Personalization in Trading: Where We Are and Where We’re Heading
Ivan Kunyankin, Data Science Team Lead at Devexperts. AI may have started out its brokerage career in back-office, enhancing operational efficiency by providing human teams with actionable client insights, but it’s now being promoted to more sensitive client-facing roles. As AI tools continue to evolve and become normalized in more areas of daily life, financial…
Platform-Led Strategies for Solving Market Data Fragmentation, Cost and Governance Challenges
For any Chief Data Officer or Head of Trading Technology, the line item for market data is both one of the largest and most complex to manage. The challenge is no longer simply about plumbing feeds into applications. It is a strategic imperative to control spiralling costs, integrate a chaotic mix of traditional and alternative…
Modern Data Platforms Empower Critical Use Cases: Webinar Preview
No longer is it enough for financial institutions to be simply “on top” of their data management architecture. They need to be constantly looking for the next innovation to keep them ahead of the game in this fast-moving space. That’s why modern data management platforms are the focus of so many organisations at the moment….