Opinion
Private markets boom exposes data weak points
As allocations to private market assets grow and are increasingly managed together with public market assets, firms need systems that enable different data types to coexist, says GoldenSource’s James Corrigan.
AI & data enablement: A looming reality or pipe dream?
Waters Wrap: The promise of AI and agents is massive, and real-world success stories are trickling out. But Anthony notes that firms still need to be hyper-focused on getting the data foundation correct before adding layers.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 343: Broadridge’s Jason Birmingham
This week, Jason Birmingham of Broadridge talks with Tony about the importance of fundamentals as technology rapidly evolves.
Data standardization is the ‘trust accelerator’ for broader AI adoption
In this guest column, data product managers at Fitch Solutions explain AI’s impact on credit and investment risk management.
Everyone wants to tokenize the assets. What about the data?
The IMD Wrap: With exchanges moving market data on-chain, Wei-Shen believes there’s a need to standardize licensing agreements.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 342: LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Sophie Lagouanelle
This week, Sophie Lagouanelle, chief product officer for financial crime compliance at LNRS, joins the podcast to discuss trends in the space moving into 2026.
TCB Data-Broadhead pairing highlights challenges of market data management
Waters Wrap: The vendors are hoping that blending TCB’s reporting infrastructure with Broadhead’s DLT-backed digital contract and auditing engine will be the cure for data rights management.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 341: Citi’s Pitts and Topa
This week, Citi’s Michele Pitts and Marcello Topa join Wei-Shen to talk about UK and EU T+1.
Why source code access is critical to DORA compliance
As DORA takes hold in EU, Adaptive’s Kevin Covington says that it is shining a light on the criticality of having access to source code.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 340: The sad state of journalism
What does this episode have to do with financial technology? Nothing, really. Happy Thanksgiving.
Data infrastructure must keep pace with pension funds’ private market ambitions
As private markets grow in the UK, Keith Viverito says the infrastructure that underpins the sector needs to be improved, or these initiatives will fail.
AI enthusiasts are running before they can walk
The IMD Wrap: As firms race to implement generative and agentic AI, having solid data foundations is crucial, but Wei-Shen wonders how many have put those foundations in.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 339: Northern Trust Asset Management’s Jan Rohof
This week, Jan Rohof from Northern Trust Asset Management joins to discuss how asset managers and quants get more context from data.
Tokenization & Private Markets: Where mixed data finds a needed partner?
Waters Wrap: Reading the tea leaves, Anthony predicts BlackRock’s Preqin deal, Securitize’s IPO, and numerous public comments from industry leaders are just the tip of the iceberg.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 338: BBH’s Mike McGovern
This week, Mike McGovern of Brown Brothers Harriman talks with Tony about the importance of open architectures and the need for better data management in this increasingly AI-driven world.
New horizons: What the Nordic Cap-BMLL tie-up hints at for market data’s future
The IMD Wrap: Reb looks at Nordic Capital’s announcement last week of it purchasing BMLL to read some tea leaves.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 337: Interop.io’s Bob Myers
This week, Tony chats with Interop.io’s Bob Myers about agentic AI, the Model Context Protocol, and interoperability.
As outages spread, it’s time to rethink how we view infrastructure technology
Waters Wrap: First AWS and then Azure. And these are only the most recent of significant outages. Anthony says a change is needed when it comes to calculating server migrations.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 336: Tokenization mania
This week, Tony and Shen talk about the topic that everyone seems to be talking about...tokenization.
Follow the money: The fintech funding machine shifts gears
The IMD Wrap: Freshly back from the hospital, Max sizes up the booming (or is it?) fintech investment universe and wonders where to sock away his retirement savings.
When it comes to cybersec, the walls of separation are too high
Waters Wrap: Anthony examines some recent statements made by prominent cybersecurity experts and why those words might ring hollow.