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Halftime review: How top banks and asset managers are tackling projects beyond AI
Waters Wrap: Anthony highlights eight projects that aren’t centered around AI at some of the largest banks and asset managers.
LSE gets Pisces OK, CFTC adopts Nasdaq tech, HFT startup gets funding, and more
The Waters Cooler: Tradeweb makes uncleared derivatives history, BNP Paribas nixes outsourced trading desk, and Taco Bell dumps its AI in this week’s news roundup.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 329: LLMs and the dead internet theory
This week, Reb and Tony talk about the internet and the problems compounded by AI.
Secondaries market growth triggers data issues for investors
Private market secondaries have exploded, but at the cost of significant data challenges for investors. Simon Tang, Accelex’s head of US, explains how unstructured data formats are causing transparency issues and slowing the industry’s growth.
Swedish startup offers European cloud alternative for US-skeptic firms
As European firms look for more homegrown cloud and AI offerings, Evroc is hoping to disrupt the US Big Tech providers across the pond.
Texting trials, or ‘The case of the costly Cubans’
The IMD Wrap: This week, featuring my colleagues as guest stars, I put myself in the shoes of a communications compliance officer at an asset manager, and look at what happens when messages go awry.
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The great disappearing internet—and what it could mean for your LLM
AI-generated content, bots, disinfo, ads, and censorship are killing the internet. As more of life continues to happen online, we might consider whether we’re building castles atop a rotting foundation.
AI’s next gig: The rising cost of off-channel communications compliance
As the cost of analyzing communications increases, what tools can firms deploy to save time and money while avoiding penalties?
‘AI for everyone, everywhere, with everything’
Waters Wrap: Anthony looks at some interesting projects involving machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI from the last year.
Northern Trust Asset Management enlists network theory to construct alpha signals
The $1.3 trillion asset manager will publish a paper later this year detailing how measuring network effects helps it better understand persistent drivers in trends.
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Waters Wavelength Ep. 329: LLMs and the dead internet theory
This week, Reb and Tony talk about the internet and the problems compounded by AI.
Halftime review: How top banks and asset managers are tackling projects beyond AI
Waters Wrap: Anthony highlights eight projects that aren’t centered around AI at some of the largest banks and asset managers.
Swedish startup offers European cloud alternative for US-skeptic firms
As European firms look for more homegrown cloud and AI offerings, Evroc is hoping to disrupt the US Big Tech providers across the pond.
The great disappearing internet—and what it could mean for your LLM
AI-generated content, bots, disinfo, ads, and censorship are killing the internet. As more of life continues to happen online, we might consider whether we’re building castles atop a rotting foundation.
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Waters Wavelength Ep. 329: LLMs and the dead internet theory
This week, Reb and Tony talk about the internet and the problems compounded by AI.
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