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As AI pressures mount, banks split on how to handle staffing
Benchmarking: Over the next 12 months, almost a third of G-Sib respondents said they plan to decrease headcount in their data function.
BNY inks AI deal with Google, Broadridge moves proxy voting to AWS, Expero delivers ICE market data, and more
The Waters Cooler: TSX Venture Exchange data hits the blockchain, SmartTrade acquires Kace, and garage doors link to cloud costs in this week’s news roundup.
Everyone wants to tokenize the assets. What about the data?
The IMD Wrap: With exchanges moving market data on-chain, Wei-Shen believes there’s a need to standardize licensing agreements.
Google, CME say they’ve proved cloud can support HFT—now what?
After demonstrating in September that ultra-low-latency trading can be facilitated in the cloud, the exchange and tech giant are hoping to see barriers to entry come down.
Citadel Securities, BlackRock, Nasdaq mull tokenized equities’ impact on regulations
An SEC panel of broker-dealers, market-makers and crypto specialists debated the ramifications of a future with tokenized equities.
TCB Data-Broadhead pairing highlights challenges of market data management
Waters Wrap: The vendors are hoping that blending TCB’s reporting infrastructure with Broadhead’s DLT-backed digital contract and auditing engine will be the cure for data rights management.
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Tokenized assets draw interest, but regulation lags behind
Regulators around the globe are showing increased interest in tokenization, but concretely identifying and implementing guardrails and ground rules for tokenized products has remained slow.
FIX Trading Community recommends data practices for European CTs
The industry association has published practices and workflows using FIX messaging standards for the upcoming EU consolidated tapes.
CME, LSEG align on market data licensing in GenAI era
The two major exchanges say they are licensing the use case—not the technology.
AFTAs 2025: All the winners and why they won
Here are the winners of the 31 categories making up this year’s American Financial Technology Awards.
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As AI pressures mount, banks split on how to handle staffing
Benchmarking: Over the next 12 months, almost a third of G-Sib respondents said they plan to decrease headcount in their data function.
BlackRock and AccessFintech partner, LSEG collabs with OpenAI, Apex launches Pisces service, and more
The Waters Cooler: CJC launches MDC service, Centreon secures Sixth Street investment, UK bond CT update, and more in this week’s news roundup.
CME, LSEG align on market data licensing in GenAI era
The two major exchanges say they are licensing the use case—not the technology.
AI enthusiasts are running before they can walk
The IMD Wrap: As firms race to implement generative and agentic AI, having solid data foundations is crucial, but Wei-Shen wonders how many have put those foundations in.
Podcasts
Waters Wavelength Ep. 342: LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Sophie Lagouanelle
This week, Sophie Lagouanelle, chief product officer for financial crime compliance at LNRS, joins the podcast to discuss trends in the space moving into 2026.
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