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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.
SigTech’s closure amid agentic AI boom raises questions
Sources say competition from leading AI companies was too stiff to combat.
Esma won’t soften regulatory expectations for cloud and AI
CCP supervisory chair signals heightened scrutiny of third-party risk and operational resilience.
HSBC gives 31,000 engineers an AI coding assistant
CEO Georges Elhedery said the bank is re-engineering its end-to-end processes and enhancing customer experiences with new AI tools.
Bloomberg Terminal’s agentic play shows rapid change in trading tech
Waters Wrap: The data giant’s conversational AI interface might seem novel, but others say having one is becoming a bare minimum in the world of trading technology.
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.
Market participants voice concerns as landmark EU AI Act deadline approaches
Come August, the EU’s AI Act will start to sink its teeth into Europe. Despite the short window, financial firms are still wondering how best to comply.
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.
AI strategies could be pulling money into the data office
Benchmarking: As firms formalize AI strategies, some data offices are gaining attention and budget.
Re-examining Big Tech’s influence over the capital markets
Waters Wrap: A few years ago, it seemed the big cloud providers were positioning themselves to dominate the capital markets tech scene. And then came ChatGPT.
Vendors are winning the AI buy-vs-build debate
Benchmarking: Most firms say proprietary LLM tools make up less than half of their AI capabilities as they revaluate earlier bets on building in-house.
Brad Levy takes the reins at ThetaRay
The now-former Symphony CEO is looking to expand the financial crime monitoring company’s global footprint.
‘The end of the beginning’: Brown Brothers Harriman re-invents itself
Voice of the CDO: Firms who want to use AI successfully better start with their metadata, says BBH’s Mike McGovern and Kevin Welch.
2026 will be the year agent armies awaken
Waters Wrap: Several AI experts have recently said that the next 12 months will see significant progress for agentic AI. Are capital markets firms ready for this shift from generative AI to agents?
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.
Market data costs defy cyclicality
Trading firms continue to grapple with escalating market data costs. Can innovative solutions and strategic approaches bring relief?
As AI pressures mount, banks split on how to handle staffing
Benchmarking: Over the next 12 months, almost a third of G-Sib respondents said they plan to decrease headcount in their data function.
CME, LSEG align on market data licensing in GenAI era
The two major exchanges say they are licensing the use case—not the technology.
People Moves: DTCC, Fenergo, Propellant, L&G, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space.
Bloomberg expands GenAI summary options on Terminal
The additions include an expansion of its AI-powered news summaries, as well as a new AI summary tool for company-related news content.