British hedge fund Marshall Wace is using a real-time pricing data service from Bloomberg that incorporates machine learning models to bolster its systematic credit strategy with new pricing data delivered every 15 seconds across the liquidity spectrum for USD, EUR and GBP credit markets, officials say. Known as a global liquid alternatives manager, Marshall Wace… Read More >>
iCapital Adds A.I. Features via AltExchange Acquisition
Fintech platform provider iCapital intends to enhance its artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning (ML) capabilities with the acquisition of alternative investment data aggregator AltExchange, officials say. Officials at iCapital add that the acquisition will also help the company to streamline post-investment processes and improve decision-making for private market participants. Terms of the agreement were… Read More >>
LTX Uses GPT for List Trading Function
LTX, a corporate bond trading platform from Broadridge Financial Solutions, has a GenAI-based list trading function that will allow end-users to leverage Generative Pre-training Transformer (GPT) technology to “generate and execute multi-asset class, multi-directional trade lists” via RFQ+, officials say. “In response to clients’ positive engagement with our GenAI-powered app BondGPT and their request for… Read More >>
Chatbots Are On FINRA’s Compliance Radar
(Applications and systems that use artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies such as chatbots are on the radar of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the self-regulatory organization for U.S. broker-dealers. The regulator has issued guidances, updates, and alerts about the subject noting the “benefits for investors include enhanced access to customized products and services, lower costs,… Read More >>
Fenergo Applies A.I. to Client Lifecycle Management
Fenergo, a know-your-customer (KYC) and client management provider, has launched client lifecycle management (CLM) capabilities that use artificial intelligence (A.I.) to improve operational efficiencies, onboarding, and end-user experiences while cutting the costs of KYC and anti-money laundering (AM) compliance, officials say. The introduction of A.I. to Fenergo’s CLM via Amazon Bedrock is intended to help… Read More >>
New OCC Group to Push FinTech Innovation
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) quietly let it be known that it is creating an office “dedicated to responsible innovation” that will build a formal framework to help the agency “identify, understand, and respond” to the growing number of FinTech changes impacting the federal banking system. Citing the exponential growth of… Read More >>
