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Tech vendors, exchanges see gains from GenAI code assistants
CME Group and others report their experiences using code assist tools to generate code, support tech migrations, and speed up testing, and support functions.
LSEG–MayStreet: When good partnerships go bad
Waters Wrap: MayStreet’s founder and former CEO is suing LSEG for fraud and breach of contract. Anthony considers what the damage control might look like.
Bloomberg adds web traffic data as leading indicator of market moves
The vendor’s deal to incorporate website visit data from Similarweb is the latest move in its ongoing expansion of alternative datasets.
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.
Asia Awards 2025: Best evaluated pricing data provider—S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence wins best evaluated pricing data provider in the 2025 Asia Awards.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
APIs keep their eyes on the prize
The IMD Wrap: As the API economy continues to expand, connecting an ever-increasing number of broker and data interfaces is becoming a cottage industry in itself.
Women in Technology & Data Awards 2025 winner’s interview—Ripple Bhullar (Kyndryl)
Interview with Ripple Bhullar, winner of Vendor professional of the year (business development)
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.
Fnality joins DLT-based PvP FX settlement service
Baton Systems and Osttra’s joint payment-versus-payment FX network adds central bank-backed settlement option
Clearstream and SimCorp team up, Bloomberg goes dark, TT expands FX coverage and more
The Waters Cooler: Google’s AI mishaps, a new liquidity source for ASX customers, and new integrations can be found in this week’s news roundup.
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.
Asia Awards 2025: Best new product/service introduced over the last 12 months—Bloomberg
Bloomberg wins best new product/service introduced over the last 12 months in the 2025 Asia Awards.
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.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 318: Hamilton Lane’s Griff Norville
This week, Hamilton Lane’s Griff Norville joins to discuss how the asset manager is tackling private markets data.
WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2025: All the winners and why they won
The winners of the 6th annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards have been announced.
Asia Awards 2025: Best trading network—Iress
Iress wins best trading network in the 2025 Asia Awards.
Asia Awards 2025: Best ESG data provider—FIS
FIS wins best ESG data provider in the 2025 Asia Awards.
Asia Awards 2025: Best performance measurement and attribution product—Finastra
Finastra wins best performance measurement and attribution product in the 2025 Asia Awards.