The U.S. securities operations industry is seeing a boon of interest in artificial intelligence (A.I.) tools — from generative A.I. to predictive fail systems — as global market participants prepare for tighter settlement cycles across Europe, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland from Oct. 11, 2027. This wave of enthusiasm comes as global financial services institutions… Read More >>
TP ICAP to Acquire Neptune Networks
TP ICAP Group plc, an interdealer brokerage and infrastructure firm, has acquired Neptune Networks, a financial data company, to combine Neptune’s proprietary data network with the Liquidnet division’s electronic credit trading platform, to create a “full-service, global dealer-to-client (D2C) credit business,” officials say. TP ICAP consists of four major divisions: Global Broking: Brokerages Tullett Prebon… Read More >>
Bloomberg Terminals to Offer Similarweb’s Web Traffic Data
Bloomberg Terminal users now have access to web traffic data from Similarweb through the {ALTD<GO>} command, an offering intended to assist trading firms that want to better understand online behavior. The inclusion of Similarweb’s data and analytics will “significantly enhance” Bloomberg’s set of alternative data offerings, officials say. “Similarweb is the latest alternative dataset integrated… Read More >>
SimCorp One to Get Clearstream’s Post-Trade Apps
Clearstream’s post-trade offerings will become part of SimCorp’s integrated, front-to-back office investment platform, known as SimCorp One, as a result of a new partnership between the two companies, officials say. SimCorp is a provider of investment management solutions, while Clearstream offers fund dealing, distribution, digital, and data services to more than 55 fund markets worldwide,… Read More >>
The SEC Is Leaving a Crypto Limbo
The smoke has cleared, the U.S. Senate confirmation process is over, and the swearing-in ceremony is part of history. There is a new sheriff in town, and SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins made several things clear on May 19 when he made remarks before the “SEC Speaks” conference. Atkins provided a quick and useful history… Read More >>
ECB to Launch Collateral Management Platform
A system intended to unify collateral management systems for 20 Euro area national central banks has just gotten the green light from a key group within the European Central Bank (ECB). It is slated to go live by mid-June. The Governing Council of the ECB “has confirmed that the new Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS)… Read More >>
BNP Paribas Exane Models Available on Bloomberg Terminals
French banking giant BNP Paribas and Bloomberg, a provider of market and reference data and news, have announced that Bloomberg Terminal clients can now access equity research models from BNP Paribas Exane. Exane was founded in 1990 around three complementary business lines: cash equities (BNP Paribas Exane); structured solutions (Exane Solutions); and asset management (Exane… Read More >>
Building Trust in A.I. Models is Crucial: SSGA’s COO
(In April, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) outlined its stance on artificial intelligence (A.I.) in financial operations. Speaking at the Global Alternative Investment Management Ops A.I. Summit, CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson noted that while A.I. is improving efficiency, it is also introducing new risks. She urged firms to strengthen oversight of A.I…. Read More >>
Citi & SDX to Tokenize Private Market Shares
Citi is collaborating with SDX Group AG (SDX), the digital assets exchange from SIX, so that the global bank can transform a paper-based system into a tokenized one that settles and secures private shares via SDX’s digital Central Securities Depositary (CSD) platform. The new solution will also deliver “late-stage pre-IPO equities to institutional and eligible… Read More >>
LDA Launches a Multicast Market Data Distribution System
A provider of ultra-low latency solutions for capital markets, LDA Technologies (LDA) is launching a multicast data distribution system that handles synchronization at network endpoints, which is intended to bring fairness to market data distribution, officials say. “Exchanges strive to deliver market data to all customers simultaneously, but some of the switches in their infrastructure… Read More >>
