Subject: Vendors are winning the AI buy-vs-build debate

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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.
  22 Jan 2026   |  News
Trading Tech
Brad Levy takes the reins at ThetaRay
The now-former Symphony CEO is looking to expand the financial crime monitoring company’s global footprint.
21 Jan 2026   |  News
Regulation
Brokers must shift HFT servers after China colocation ban
New exchange guidance drives rush for “proximity colo” in nearby datacenters.
20 Jan 2026   |  News
Data Management
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.
19 Jan 2026   |  Opinion
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Data Management
Banks hate data lineage, but regulators keep demanding it
Benchmarking: As firms automate regulatory reporting, a key BCBS 239 requirement is falling behind, raising questions about how much lineage banks really need.
16 Jan 2026   |  News
Emerging Technologies
DTCC tests 24x5 trading, State Street launches digital asset platform, and more
The Waters Cooler: STG carves out S&P Global’s data businesses, Arcesium expands in Hong Kong, and Rimes partners with three vendors in this week’s news roundup.
16 Jan 2026   |  News
Emerging Technologies
Banks split over AI risk management
Model teams hold the reins, but some argue AI is an enterprise risk.
15 Jan 2026   |  Feature
Data Management
TMX eyes global expansion in 2026 through data offering
The exchange operator bought Verity last fall in an expansion of its Datalinx business with a goal of growing it presence outside of Canada.
14 Jan 2026   |  News
Trading Tech
RBC takes European traders to the Endgame
The Canadian bank’s complex execution algorithm, increasingly popular with traders stateside, is making landfall in Europe. But the region’s fragmented markets mean adoption is not simply a matter of plug-and-play.
13 Jan 2026   |  Feature

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