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Propellant and Tradeweb expand partnership; NYSE data on Pyth, and more
The Waters Cooler: A recap of the major tech and data news from the past week in the capital markets.
Data vendors are vagueposting about MCP prices
Exchanges and data providers are charging for AI access to their data. Nobody will say how much.
Goldman’s shift on AI highlights the gap between prototype and production
James Harrison expects more institutions will take AI tools away from their traders and bankers—and for good reasons.
Americans voted against datacenters. Datacenters may still win.
The Waters Wrap: The US midterms could spell trouble for datacenters but only if Dems put the screws to Big Tech, too, Reb writes.
AI for data quality control catches on at institutions
Data execs at banks and asset managers say they are working on projects using AI to improve data-quality workflows.
Who’s counting the agent army?
The Waters Wrap: Agents are growing faster than the controls to manage them. Wei-Shen says that as firms struggle to measure their returns on investment, it may come down to who foots the bill.
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Mercury rising as Cboe shutters Trade Alert
Trade Alert is the latest business arm to be shut down by Cboe, but a former staffer has set up Mercury Alerts to replace it.
A Q&A with BofA’s Global Markets CIO on AI and problem-solving
Following the bank’s Global Markets Innovation Summit, Duncan McInnes says AI is helping his teams “reimagine” established processes and ask where technology can make them simpler and faster.
Clear Street building execution platform to replace vendor systems
A job posting shows that the broker is building a new algorithmic trading stack from scratch, targeting direct market access for institutional clients by year-end.
Compute is leaving land. Recoverability isn’t following.
The limits of land may push datacenters to the ocean or even outer space, writes Vishal Gupta. But these options introduce new challenges.
Artificial intelligence
Data vendors are vagueposting about MCP prices
Exchanges and data providers are charging for AI access to their data. Nobody will say how much.
Goldman’s shift on AI highlights the gap between prototype and production
James Harrison expects more institutions will take AI tools away from their traders and bankers—and for good reasons.
Americans voted against datacenters. Datacenters may still win.
The Waters Wrap: The US midterms could spell trouble for datacenters but only if Dems put the screws to Big Tech, too, Reb writes.
A Q&A with BofA’s Global Markets CIO on AI and problem-solving
Following the bank’s Global Markets Innovation Summit, Duncan McInnes says AI is helping his teams “reimagine” established processes and ask where technology can make them simpler and faster.
Podcasts
Waters Wavelength Ep. 360: Innovation, regulation, and exposure
This week, Tony and Shen talk about the balance between innovation and regulation.
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