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Nasdaq Unveils AI-Powered Feature to Enhance Market Surveillance
Nasdaq has integrated a new AI-powered feature within its Market Surveillance technology, aimed at significantly enhancing the quality, speed, and efficiency of market abuse investigations. The solution utilises generative AI (GenAI) to streamline the investigative procedures around suspected market manipulation and insider trading, enabling more effective monitoring and detection of potential market abuse. With proof-of-concept…
AI Integration in Capital Markets: Current Trends and Future Directions
Although artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been widely used in the capital markets sector since the 2000s, the emergence of generative AI (GenAI) within the last 18 months has spurred a significant increase in investment in AI tools and technologies. This trend is set to continue as AI is deployed and utilised…
CJC and BCC Group Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch ONE Platform-as-a-Service
CJC, the market data consultancy and professional services provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with BCC Group, the European software development firm behind the ONE Platform, which enables market data to be migrated from on-prem environments to the cloud. The collaboration will introduce ONE Platform-as-a-Service (OPaaS), which will provide round-the-clock support, real-time monitoring, and…
MENA – A Compelling Capital Markets Destination
As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region undergoes a significant evolution from its traditional reliance on oil revenues to establishing itself as a dynamic financial market, exchanges and market intermediaries in the region are embracing advanced technologies to support their burgeoning financial services ecosystems. For international firms looking to take advantage of this…
Trading Tech Front and Centre at AFCM Conference in Doha
Last week witnessed an impressive gathering of exchange CEOs and senior market and technology practitioners from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at the Arab Federation of Capital Markets’ (AFCM) annual conference. At the event – this year in Doha, Qatar, and hosted by AFCM general secretary Rami El-Dokany – leaders met to…
Exactpro Wins Award for Most Innovative Professional Development Initiative in A-Team Group Innovation Awards 2024
Exactpro has won the award for Most Innovative Professional Development Initiative in A-Team Group’s Innovation Awards 2024. These annual awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies and techniques to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. Exactpro’s professional development initiative was selected as an…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2024
A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2024. The awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets with a focus on data management, trading technology, RegTech or ESG. This year’s…
T+1 Accelerators Showcased at Symphony Innovate 2024
With less than 30 days until the May 28 T+1 implementation for US markets, collaboration platform operator Symphony last week used the occasion of its annual Symphony Innovate event to highlight three innovations that promise to significantly accelerate the resolution of post-trade exceptions. The new capabilities, which build on the company’s foundational secure communication platform,…
Rapid Addition and Chainlink Bridge TradFi and DeFi with FIX-Native Blockchain Adapter
Rapid Addition, the provider of FIX connectivity solutions, has collaborated with Chainlink, the infrastructure for tokenised assets, to create a FIX-native blockchain adapter for institutional digital asset trading, built using Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). The strategic partnership aims to enhance interoperability between the traditional finance (TradFi) world of banks and financial institutions and the…
Unpacking the FCA Wholesale Data Market Study: Insights from Industry Insiders
Market participants were left scratching their heads in response to the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decision not to act to address the high cost of data following the February 29 release of its Wholesale Data Market Study. The study was the end result of a process launched in March last year amid concerns that…