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EU banks want the cloud closer to home amid tariff wars
Fears over US executive orders have prompted new approaches to critical third-party risk management.
Nasdaq looks to Thailand, Broadridge grows patent portfolio, GenAI concerns, and more
The Waters Cooler: MarketAxess gains majority control of RFQ consortium, the Bloomberg Terminal integrates with BNP’s Exane, and Isda extends reg reporting support to new Canadian rules in this week’s news roundup.
Growing pains: Why good data and fortitude are crucial for banks’ tech projects
The IMD Wrap: Max examines recent WatersTechnology deep dives into long-term technology projects at several firms and the role data plays in those efforts.
Investing in the invisible, ING plots a tech renaissance
Voice of the CTO: Less than a year in the job, Daniele Tonella delves into ING’s global data platform, gives his thoughts on the future of Agile development, and talks about the importance of “invisible controls” for tech development.
Overnight trading gets another boost with deal between FactSet’s LiquidityBook and Blue Ocean
FactSet’s recently acquired LiquidityBook OMS will grant buy-side clients access to overnight trading on Blue Ocean.
State Street’s interop play for FX and easing technical debt
Waters Wrap: About six years ago, State Street partnered with Interop.io to tie together its GlobalLINK suite of platforms. Anthony explores how this plays into the “reuse” mantra.
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XiNG: Inside Citi’s all-encompassing risk platform
Voice of the CTO: Citi’s chief information officer, Jon Lofthouse, explains how and why the bank has extended its enterprise-wide risk platform so that every trade in any asset class goes through it.
Deutsche Bank delivers AI, client insights with ‘muscle memory’
Voice of the CTO: The German bank is taking finely honed skills and capabilities and deploying them for new and emerging use cases.
Bank of America reduces, reuses, and recycles tech for markets division
Voice of the CTO: When it comes to the old build, buy, or borrow debate, Ashok Krishnan and his team are increasingly leaning into repurposing tech that is tried and true.
Project Condor: Inside the data exercise expanding Man Group’s universe
Voice of the CTO: The investment management firm is strategically restructuring its data and trading architecture.
Artificial intelligence
Evalueserve tames GenAI to boost client’s cyber underwriting
Firm’s insurance client adopts machine learning to interrogate risk posed by hackers
As costs rise, buy-side CIOs urge caution on AI
Conference attendees encouraged asset managers to tread carefully when looking to deploy AI-driven solutions, citing high cost pressures.
Deutsche Bank delivers AI, client insights with ‘muscle memory’
Voice of the CTO: The German bank is taking finely honed skills and capabilities and deploying them for new and emerging use cases.
Study: RAG-based LLMs less safe than non-RAG
Researchers at Bloomberg have found that retrieval-augmented generation is not as safe as once thought. As a result, they put forward a new taxonomy to help firms mitigate AI risk.
Podcasts
Waters Wavelength Ep. 317: Bitdefender and Transilvania Quantum
This week, Bitdefender’s Adrian Coleșa and Transilvania Quantum’s Sorin Boloș join to discuss security vulnerabilities in quantum computing.
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