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Bloomberg rolls out GenAI-powered Document Insights
The data giant’s newest generative AI tool allows analysts to query documents using a natural-language interface.
Standard Chartered goes from spectator to player in digital asset game
The bank’s digital assets custody offering is underpinned by an open API and modular infrastructure, allowing it to potentially add a secondary back-end system provider.
People Moves: Cboe, Trading Technologies, IEX, MEMX, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the tech and data space, including Tim Lipscomb, who has been promoted to executive vice president and CTO at CBOE.
Data partnerships, outsourced trading, developer wins, Studio Ghibli, and more
The Waters Cooler: CME and Google Cloud reach second base, Visible Alpha settles in at S&P, and another overnight trading venue is approved in this week’s news round-up.
A new data analytics studio born from a large asset manager hits the market
Amundi Asset Management’s tech arm is commercializing a tool that has 500 users at the buy-side firm.
Microsoft exec: ‘Generative AI is completely passé. This is the year of agentic AI’
Microsoft’s Symon Garfield said that AI advancements are prompting financial services firms to change their approach to integrating AI-powered solutions.
One year on, S&P makes Visible Alpha more visible
The data giant says its acquisition of Visible Alpha last May is enabling it to bring the smaller vendor’s data to a range of new audiences.
Inside the company that helped build China’s equity options market
Fintech firm Bachelier Technology on the challenges of creating a trading platform for China’s unique OTC derivatives market.
Fitch claims 20% developer productivity boost using AWS GenAI tools
The vendors have expanded an existing deal to include new Amazon tools that have helped Fitch modernize its infrastructure and applications.
Johannesburg Stock Exchange releases new order routing service to lower trading costs
The exchange collaborated with Rapid Addition for its creation.
No, no, no, and no: Overnight trading fails in SIP votes
The CTA and UTP operating committees voted yesterday on proposals from US exchanges to expand their trading hours and could not reach unanimous consensus.
Bond CT hopeful Etrading unveils free tape prototype ahead of tenders
The vendor hopes to provide the long-awaited consolidated tape for bonds in the EU and the UK, demonstrating its ability to do so through ETS Connect.
Big xyt exploring bid to provide EU equities CT
So far, only one group, a consortium of the major European exchanges, has formally kept its hat in the ring to provide Europe’s consolidated tape for equities.
Jump Trading CIO: 24/7 trading ‘inevitable’
Execs from Jump, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and the DTCC say round-the-clock trading—whether five or seven days a week—is the future, but tech and data hurdles still exist.
Women in Technology & Data Awards 2025: All the winners and why they won
WatersTechnology honored the winners of the 36 categories in the 2025 Women in Technology & Data Awards, who were announced at a sit-down lunch in London on March 7.
People Moves: CBOE Global Markets, Clear Street, Broadridge, SimCorp, and more
A look at the past month's people moves within the tech and data space, including Meaghan Dugan, who joins CBOE Global Markets as head of US options.
New study reveals soaring market data spend led by trading terminals
The research finds that 2024 was a record year for overall market data spend, supported by growth in terminal use, new license schemes by index providers, and great price variation among ratings agencies.
FactSet lays out trading roadmap post LiquidityBook deal
The software and data provider announced it was buying LiquidityBook this month, filling a gap in its front-office suite of solutions.
BlackRock tests ‘quantum cognition’ AI for high-yield bond picks
The proof of concept uses the Qognitive machine learning model to find liquid substitutes for hard-to-trade securities.
Nasdaq leads push to reform options regulatory fee
A proposed rule change would pare costs for traders, raise them for banks, and defund smaller venues.
S&P sees strong demand for GenAI tools as leadership changes hands
The data provider released several AI-enabled tools and augmentations to existing platforms in 2024 and plans to continue to capitalize on the technology in 2025.