Emerging Technologies
CME to launch compute futures, agentic AI for capital calls, and more
The Waters Cooler: A recap of the major tech and data news from the past week in the capital markets.
Hitting the Great Wall: Details scarce on China’s Xinchuang initiative
In a quest to learn more about China’s Xinchuang initiative, Wei-Shen finds trying to get information feels like running into a wall over and over again.
Anthropic builds finance agents, Osttra buys HUB, TMX mulls extended trading, and more
A recap of the major tech and data news from the past week in the capital markets.
Bootcamps and peer pressure: Goldman preps staff for AI future
Isda AGM: Tone from the top is not enough, says chief information officer Marco Argenti.
Symphony introduces agentic workflows to core platform
Through the new AI agent studio, firms will now be able to build their own AI agents within the Symphony platform.
Apac buy-side firms embrace AI and automation to bolster the business
How Apac buy-side firms are using AI, APIs and automation to transform investment workflows
FactSet and JP Morgan’s new tool, Broadridge’s proxy voting play, Fitch’s new MCP, and more
A recap of the major tech and data news from the past week in the capital markets.
Capital markets’ demand for Google’s chips buoys cloud business
Google will begin delivering its TPUs to a select group of clients in their own datacenters later this year.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 351: MarketAxess’s Lee and Alexandre
This week, Spencer Lee and Julien Alexandre from MarketAxess join the podcast to discuss AI in fixed income trading.
Quants like Andrew Ang are making the case for AI agents
AI agents can boost human managers by analyzing investments, risks and portfolio choices at scale
Stuck in the sandbox: Why bank stablecoin projects struggle to get off the ground
Five years after a wave of banks announced stablecoin ambitions, most projects remain stuck in testing. WatersTechnology spoke to more than 25 experts to find out why an increasingly mature technology has yet to translate into production-grade bank…
Northern Trust details its AI strategy
CEO Michael O’Grady says the firm’s strategy is anchored in hyper-personalization, AI-generated alpha, and infinite scalability.
The race to ‘financialize’ GPU compute set to ratchet up
The Waters Wrap: Anthony looks at two companies aiming to bring efficiency and transparency to the GPU compute market.
Deutsche Börse invests $200M in Kraken, DTCC advances cloud strategy, and more
A recap of this week’s major tech and data news in the capital markets.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 350: AI but make it about data basics
This week, Tony and Shen discuss how it’s all about getting back to basics, aka the data.
Model risk in the age of generative AI
Banks are racing to understand the risks posed by a new breed of multi-purpose bots.
From index replication to outcome engineering
A pivotal shift in the evolution of ETFs and why it matters for the future of market-making
Morgan Stanley participating in Anthropic’s Claude Mythos testing
The bank is one of the select few granted access to the hyperscaler’s latest model.
The rise of AI politics
Whether they like it or not, firms are operating in the era of AI politics. David Hardoon says those who ignore that and treat AI as just another technology risk losing ground to others.
How banks are utilizing new AI forms in their KYC process
Execs from JP Morgan, ING, and Standard Chartered explain how they are looking to use agentic AI to streamline KYC workflows.
SmartTrade eyes role as direct streaming linchpin
The vendor plans to tap into growing demand for direct API trading solutions across asset classes.