Subject: Wall Street baulks at synthetics; LSEG AI Alerts fintech dissolves; Dead internet theory and LLMS

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The industry is not ready for what’s around the corner
Waters Wrap: As cloud usage and AI capabilities continue to evolve (and costs go up), Anthony believes the fintech industry may face a similar predicament to the one facing journalism today.
31 Jul 2025   |  Opinion
Emerging Technologies
Overbond’s demise hints at cloud-cost complexities
The fixed-income analytics platform provider shuttered after failing to find new funding or a merger partner as costs for its serverless cloud infrastructure “ballooned.”
30 Jul 2025   |  News Analysis
Emerging Technologies
Standard Chartered’s AI Factory applies the ‘repeatability’ principle
The AI Factory will be a library of transversal services of AI capabilities for the bank to use, like a tree that continually bears fruit.
29 Jul 2025   |  News Analysis
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Academic warns of systemic risk from AI-powered trading
Strategies generated by LLMs exhibit “very strange, correlated trading behavior”, says Lopez Lira.
18 Jul 2025   |  News
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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.
24 Jul 2025   |  News
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A Q&A with H2O’s tech chief on reducing GenAI noise
Timothée Consigny says the key to GenAI experimentation rests in leveraging the expertise of portfolio managers “to curate smaller and more relevant datasets.”
08 Sep 2025   |  Opinion
Emerging Technologies
AI fails for many reasons but succeeds for few
Firms hoping to achieve ROI on their AI efforts must focus on data, partnerships, and scale—but a fundamental roadblock remains.
05 Sep 2025   |  News Analysis
Emerging Technologies
Euroclear readies upgrade to settlement efficiency platform
Euroclear, Taskize, and Meritsoft are working together to deliver real-time insights and resolution capabilities to users settling with any of Euroclear’s CSDs.
06 Aug 2025   |  News
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One in four Fed staff could benefit from GenAI, study finds
New technology could reshape US regulator’s operations—but only with top-down push.
20 Aug 2025   |  News
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‘AI for everyone, everywhere, with everything’
Waters Wrap: Anthony looks at some interesting projects involving machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI from the last year.
14 Aug 2025   |  Opinion

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