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Integrating AI into Legacy Infrastructure – Balancing Innovation and Reality
Integrating cutting-edge AI into the financial sector’s entrenched legacy systems is one of today’s most pressing challenges. How can firms balance the promise of innovation with the hard reality of their existing infrastructure? At the A-Team Group’s recent AI in Capital Markets Summit London, a panel of experts tackled this very issue. Moderated by Naomi…
smartTrade Taps AWS Hybrid Cloud to Slash Deployment Times and Power AI-Driven Trading
smartTrade Technologies is fundamentally overhauling its deployment and innovation capabilities through a new hybrid cloud initiative with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The project, dubbed MetaCloud, empowers smartTrade to provision complete client trading environments in under 15 minutes according to the company – a dramatic acceleration aimed at boosting scalability and operational agility. At the core…
Genesis Global Enhances Financial App Development Platform with End-User Reporting Controls
Genesis Global has announced a significant update to its AI-native application development platform for financial markets, giving end-users direct control over the creation, modification and distribution of reports based on application data. The enhancement marks a shift from traditional development practices, where changes to reporting functions would typically require developer intervention and code adjustments. The…
B2BROKER Launches Turnkey Solution for Liquidity Providers
B2BROKER, the liquidity and multi-asset technology provider, has introduced Liquidity Provider Turnkey, a new solution aimed at simplifying entry into the Prime-of-Prime (PoP) liquidity space for financial institutions. While turnkey offerings for retail brokerages are well-established, the infrastructure for setting up a liquidity provider business has remained elusive. B2BROKER’s solution addresses this gap by offering…
TP ICAP Acquires Neptune Networks to Build Integrated Electronic Bond Trading and Data Business
TP ICAP Group plc has acquired Neptune Networks, a provider of real-time pre-trade bond market data, as part of its strategy to expand its presence in the electronic credit trading space. Neptune was previously owned by a consortium of leading investment banks. The acquisition will bring together Neptune’s established data platform and Liquidnet’s electronic credit…
Lloyds Partners with BNP Paribas to Launch FX Algorithmic Execution Service
Lloyds has established a partnership with BNP Paribas to provide its corporate and financial institution clients access to advanced FX Execution Algorithms (EAs). The collaboration will see Lloyds deliver a new FX Algorithmic Execution Service underpinned by BNP Paribas’ technology, aiming to enhance the efficiency and transparency of large foreign exchange transactions. Sarika Jajoo, Head…
NICE Actimize Integrates Generative AI into SURVEIL-X for Enhanced Conduct Surveillance
NICE Actimize, the financial crime, risk, and compliance solutions vendor, has introduced an update to its SURVEIL-X Holistic Conduct Surveillance platform by integrating Generative AI capabilities through Actimize Intelligence. The enhancement is intended to improve the detection of market abuse and conduct risks, offering financial institutions additional tools to monitor employee communications more effectively. The…
From Pilot to Production: Navigating GenAI’s Transition in Financial Markets
The financial markets sector is accelerating its engagement with generative AI (GenAI), yet moving from proof of concept (POC) to production remains a complex challenge. Key questions continue to dominate industry conversations: What use cases are mature enough for deployment? How can firms embed the necessary controls to manage reputational and regulatory risk? What organisational…
The Future of Wealth Management: The Rise of Alternatives and Digital Transformation
By Tom Carey, Corporate Vice President, President of Global Technology and Operations at Broadridge. Wealth management stands at a pivotal crossroads, poised for revolutionary change that will fundamentally reshape the delivery, consumption and value of financial services. Global assets under management are projected to reach $145.4 trillion by 2026, with alternative investments growing at twice…
Unlocking the Value of Data as a Differentiator
The rhetoric around data as a strategic asset is now well established across capital markets. But as AI adoption accelerates and pressure mounts to deliver tangible outcomes, the real challenge is turning that rhetoric into operational reality. Access to data is no longer the constraint. What matters now is how effectively firms can organise, govern,…