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Momentum is building for 24/5 trading. What does it mean for the future?
Stakeholders and industry bodies have progressed on some looming questions about overnight trading. Nyela examines what that and shortening settlement cycles means.
Talos’s new crypto risk assets drive portfolio management system upgrade
One year after Talos Trading acquired Cloudwall, the vendor has added new capabilities to its portfolio management system.
Everything’s a chatbot. Soon, your sales trader might be, too.
Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Kepler Cheuvreux are among firms considering making their internal AI assistants available to clients.
Deutsche Bank toys with tokenizing, MayStreet sues LSEG, S&P Global adds data to Databricks, and more
The Waters Cooler: A German consortium looks to enter a deal with the EU on AI datacenters; MayStreet’s founder sues LSEG; and buzz about product expansions in this week’s news roundup.
People Moves: Fidelity Labs, Tradeweb, Cboe, Lloyds, Tradition, MarketAxess, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets tech and data space, including Evan Schnidman, who takes over as head of Fidelity Investments’ tech incubator.
The Consolidated Audit Trail faces an uncertain fate—yet again
Waters Wrap: The CAT is up and running, but with a conservative SEC in place and renewed pressure from politicians and exchanges, Anthony says the controversial database faces a death by a thousand cuts.
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ICE’s snowball effect: Intercontinental Exchange keeps leash tight on infrastructure
Voice of the CTO: Stuart Williams talks about why the exchange has been so adamant about “controlling” its infrastructure and technology, and how that helped it manage intense market volatility.
MayStreet founder sues LSEG for fraud, breach of contract
The complaint accuses the exchange group of “defrauding” MayStreet executives following the 2022 acquisition. LSEG “strongly refutes these claims.”
Bloomberg’s chatbots streamline external data sharing, OTC trading
The vendor details the expansion of chatbot support outside of a firm’s enterprise, and addresses user reservations about cost and spambots.
WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2025: All the winners and why they won
The winners of the 6th annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards have been announced.
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Everything’s a chatbot. Soon, your sales trader might be, too.
Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Kepler Cheuvreux are among firms considering making their internal AI assistants available to clients.
As agentic AI comes into play, buy side weighs outsourced options
Asset managers wanting to use sophisticated forms of AI must square their interest in the tool with mounting cost pressures.
Bloomberg’s chatbots streamline external data sharing, OTC trading
The vendor details the expansion of chatbot support outside of a firm’s enterprise, and addresses user reservations about cost and spambots.
ICE’s snowball effect: Intercontinental Exchange keeps leash tight on infrastructure
Voice of the CTO: Stuart Williams talks about why the exchange has been so adamant about “controlling” its infrastructure and technology, and how that helped it manage intense market volatility.
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Waters Wavelength Ep. 319: Bloomberg IB chat and operational resiliency
Tony and Shen discuss Bloomberg’s addition to IB chat, common threads in our Voice of the CTO series, and op resiliency.
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