Asset Managers
LSEG’s FXall to launch credit-intermediated FX forwards service
Split Risk to allow buy side to tap best spot and swap prices to create forwards, and unbundle market and credit risk
Model risk in the age of generative AI
Banks are racing to understand the risks posed by a new breed of multi-purpose bots.
ExeQution Analytics aims to reduce agent hallucinations with new tool
The five-year-old company is launching an agentic tool to help trading, quant, and IT teams get more value from their data.
Broadridge’s agentic strategy takes its lessons from past AI winters
The Waters Wrap: Anthony looks at a real-world agentic project underway at the post-trade giant to see what others can learn.
GenAI and data quality converge at T. Rowe Price’s (Data) Lake Como
Jay Como was hired by T. Rowe Price in 2023, just as generative AI was rippling across the capital markets. Rather than accepting data quality as a hindrance to AI development, his team wants to use AI and agents to help solve this long-standing issue.
Data heads scratch heads over data quality headwinds
Bank and asset manager execs say the pressure is on to build AI tools. They also say getting the data right is crucial, but not everyone appreciates that.
Reddit fills gaping maw left by Twitter in alt data market
The IMD Wrap: In 2021, Reddit was thrust into the spotlight when day traders used the site to squeeze hedge funds. Now, for Intercontinental Exchange, it is the new it-girl of alternative data.
Digital employees have BNY talking a new language
Julie Gerdeman, head of BNY’s data and analytics team, explains how the bank’s new operating model allows for quicker AI experimentation and development.
The quantum leap: How investment firms are innovating with quantum tech
While banks and asset managers are already experimenting with quantum computing to optimize operations, they should also be proactive in adopting quantum-safe strategies.
Editor’s Picks: Our best from 2025
Anthony Malakian picks out 10 stories from the past 12 months that set the stage for the new year.
The next phase of AI in capital markets: from generative to agentic
A look at some of the more interesting projects involving advanced forms of AI from the past year.
Robeco tests credit tool built in Bloomberg’s Python platform
This follows the asset manager’s participation in Bloomberg’s Code Crunch hackathon in Singapore, alongside other firms including LGT Investment Bank and university students.
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.
Franklin Templeton’s great DeFi migration
TradFi’s money and DeFi’s tech will inevitably combine, says the asset manager’s futurist-in-residence.
Bloomberg integrates AI summaries into Port
One buy-side user says that while it’s still early for agentic tools, they’re excited by what they’ve seen so far.
Bank of America’s GenAI plan wants to avoid ‘sins of the past’
Waters Wrap: Anthony spoke with BofA’s head of platform and head of technology to discuss how the bank is exploring new forms of AI while reducing tech debt and growing interoperability.
New GPU indexes to provide transparency into AI compute
Silicon Data, a company backed by DRW and Jump Trading, has launched its H100 and A100 indexes, providing transparency into the economics of AI compute.
Man Group sees alpha-generating strategies from agentic AI
The firm is seeing actionable use cases from AI agents, said CTO Gary Collier, speaking at a conference in London hosted by Bloomberg.
The TNS–Radianz deal hints at underlying issues in trader voice
Waters Wrap: As part of its cost-cutting program, BT shipped its Radianz unit to TNS, but the deal didn’t include its Trading & Command trader voice property. Anthony finds that interesting.
OEMS interest sputters
Combined order and execution management systems once offered great promise, but large buy-side firms increasingly want specialization, leaving OEMS vendors to chase smaller asset managers in a world of EMS consolidation.
Chief investment officers persist with GenAI tools despite ‘blind spots’
Trading heads from JP Morgan, UBS, and M&G Investments explained why their firms were bullish on GenAI, even as “replicability and reproducibility” challenges persist.