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Paxos files to become SEC-registered clearing agency
The application comes after the blockchain infrastructure company completed a pilot in 2021 to test its settlement service.
TT partners Thoma Bravo, Fitch launches GenAI solution, AI infrastructure woes, and more
The Waters Cooler: EquiLend acquires Trading Apps, Ultumus and BMLL partner for ETF data and analytics, and more in this week’s roundup.
S&P Global details AI partnerships, LLM advancements
The data provider has partnered with Microsoft and Anthropic to use hyperscaler tech to boost its AI offerings.
Quants use AI to shush noisy order-book data
Signals from clusters of seemingly informed trading perform better, researchers say.
CAT funding plan struck down by US appeals court
The 11th Circuit court ruled that the SEC had not established a sufficient precedent to pass the costs of the Consolidated Audit Trail on to broker-dealers.
Cboe to exit Japan equities, S&P/Barclays partner, LSEG mulls 24-hour trading, and more
The Waters Cooler: Regnology acquires Wolters Kluwer’s FRR unit, and storms ahead for the $500 billion Stargate project.
SS&C sets early roadmap after Calastone buy
CEO Bill Stone also said on SS&C’s earnings call that Blue Prism, AI are helping to push growth.
ViaNexus aims to bring data entitlement control to MCP, agentic AI
The startup believes that Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol marks a major step forward for agentic AI, but the market data industry has its own complexities that haven’t been addressed—yet.
IEX automates reporting and billing with DataBP
The exchange has enlisted DataBP to help put structure around its reporting and billing—and potentially how clients subscribe to its data.
Crackdown on FX vendors could raise costs for dealers
MTF designation could cost aggregators and EMSs $3m to set up and $1m in annual maintenance.
Academic warns of systemic risk from AI-powered trading
Strategies generated by LLMs exhibit “very strange, correlated trading behavior”, says Lopez Lira.
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Anthropic partners with S&P, TT to build AI hub, Talos acquires Coin Metrics, and more
The Waters Cooler: Bloomberg adopts agentic AI, DSB report homes in on fairer data costs, and asset managers are coming for your utilities in this week’s news roundup.
BofA ramps up AI deployment, patents
The bank has 1,400 patents in AI and machine learning, either granted or pending, alongside a growing portfolio of 250 models.
BNY CEO updates on ‘platform’ operating model, AI rollout
In its Q2 earnings call, the bank outlined its progress on rolling out its new operating model and ‘Eliza’ internal AI assistant.
NZX outlines plans to bolster fast-growing dark pool
Since launching one year ago, NZX’s dark book has 5.5% of the exchange’s total turnover, and price improvement per trade on average is 11 basis points, but the exchange has more in store.
Agentic AI comes to Bloomberg Terminal via Anthropic protocol
The data giant’s ubiquitous terminal has been slowly opening up for years, but its latest enhancement represents a forward leap in what CTO Shawn Edwards calls, “the way we should talk to the world.”
M&G Investments braves cost headwinds in pursuit of AI
The UK asset manager’s AI ambitions started with the creation of a data lake to ensure high-quality data is being fed into models.
Droit awarded patent, US CT plan shapes up, Chicago traders go to court, and more
The Waters Cooler: TNS expands 24x5 trading, SIX and Pictet complete a token pilot, and an Asic probe spells more trouble for ASX in this week’s news roundup.
GenAI too risky for collateral processes
The technology has been heralded as game-changing for other areas of finance, but its potential to hallucinate may disqualify it from sensitive settlement procedures.
Stakes raised for UK bond, EU derivatives tapes after Ediphy clinches win
The pressure is on for TransFICC, Etrading, Finbourne, and Propellant Digital, who are still vying to provide the UK’s fixed income consolidated tape after Esma awarded the EU’s tape to Ediphy and its partners.