Agentic AI
BlackRock aims to transform data quality checks with AI
Engineers at the firm are experimenting with harnessing the power of AI to improve data quality, and early results are promising.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Ep. 355: Faculty’s David Bholat
This week, David Bholat joins the podcast to talk about AI deployment.
Managing AI models is reshaping three lines of defense, say banks
Model managers want a seat at table during development, and expect the first line to take charge of AI model testing.
Tale of two halves: Agentic AI and the coming capital markets reckoning
Firms that have built robust rails will be better placed to scale agents safely and improve productivity. Those that don’t will learn a hard lesson, says Andrew Morgan.
How quants are getting the most out of Claude
Agentic tools boost productivity by multiples, but using them takes skill.
AI won’t stay in its risk category
For the first time, JP Morgan filed a form 10-K listing AI as a standalone risk factor—a sign of how banks are rethinking previously defined risk categories and their overall risk profile.
AWS, Moody’s latest play shows further proof of MCP’s rise on Wall Street
The rating agency is building on a long-standing relationship with Amazon Web Services to deliver data and insights to clients.
M&As, MCPs and why clean data is essential
The Waters Wrap: Financial firms are racing to adopt AI—but the payoff depends on having the right foundations, particularly clean, normalized data, writes Wei‑Shen.
OnCorps eyes AI-driven fund administration
The Boston-based vendor’s new CEO, Ron Allen, a BlackRock Aladdin alum, says domain-specific agentic AI can tackle fund administration’s messiest workflows.
‘Vibe coding is burning us out’
Vibe coding is rapidly spreading throughout the capital markets, and some are unhappy about it, while others believe the genie is out of the bottle. Engineers spoken to for this story share some choice words—and several expletives—about this new form of…
MCP is dead, long live MCP
The Waters Wrap: Reb dives into the trenches of the online developer community to see whether its reputation as the great enabler of the AI age is justified.
Old data practices key to navigating new agentic ambitions
Metadata and data quality are not as sexy as autonomous agents, but data executives across the capital markets warn that they are integral to successful agents.
EU AI Act leaves agents in regulatory limbo
A new paper published by AI ethicists draws attention to a hole in the EU AI Act surrounding high-risk agentic systems.
FactSet’s vectorization service aims to improve agent accuracy
FactSet chief AI officer Kate Stepp discusses the importance of having AI-ready data in the agentic era.
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.
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
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.
Model risk in the age of generative AI
Banks are racing to understand the risks posed by a new breed of multi-purpose bots.
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.
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.