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Exegy and AMD Achieve Record-Breaking Tick-to-Trade Latency in STAC-T0 Benchmark
Exegy, the high-performance trading solutions provider, in collaboration with AMD, has achieved a record-breaking actionable latency of up to 13.9 nanoseconds in the latest STAC-T0 report, which evaluates tick-to-trade network-I/O latency. The milestone was accomplished using an off-the-shelf solution (AMD Alveo’s UL3524 FPGA accelerator card) with an asynchronous implementation for the critical path of the…
AI Startup BlueFlame Raises $5m for Alternative Markets Data Platform
BlueFlame AI, a start-up that harnesses artificial intelligence to help alternative market participants streamline their operational, regulatory and clerical processes, has raised US$5 million in a Series A funding round. The cash injection, which will be used to further develop BlueFlame’s AI platform, raises the company’s value to $50m, the New York- and London-based company…
Moody’s-MSCI Partnership Seen Impacting ESG Ratings Sector
Moody’s and MSCI have bolstered their ESG offerings with a tie-up that will see them share some of each other’s sustainability capabilities in a move that’s been predicted to concentrate global ESG ratings provision. As part of the arrangement, ratings provider Moody’s will gain access to MSCI’s data and models, which will eventually replace its…
Navigating the MiFIR Refit in 2024
The MiFIR Refit came into force in May to overhaul the European financial landscape with its focus on transparency and data integrity. Its ban on Payment for Order Flow aims to remove any vestiges of conflict of interest, while the consolidated tape is set to provide a comprehensive view of market data in a standardized…
Addressing the Global Refit with deltaconX
ESMA has opted for a big-bang approach to the EMIR Refit, as have the regulators behind similar mandates in the UK and across the Asia-Pacific region. The approach has left many firms scrambling to meet tight and onerous compliance deadlines. “It has been a humbling period for many firms, dealing with the isolating challenges of…
S&P Global Market Intelligence Updates Capital IQ Pro with Fixed Income Data and GenAI Summarisation
S&P Global Market Intelligence continues to update its Capital IQ Pro data and analytics platform with the addition of more than 19.4 million fixed income securities with full reference data, pricing and analytics. The company has also added GenAI-powered earnings transcript summarisation capabilities and enhanced private markets and segment data. The fixed income data includes…
Practicalities of Implementing GenAI in Capital Markets
Following the opening keynote of A-Team Group’s AI in Capital Markets Summit (AICMS), a panel of expert speakers focused on the practicalities of implementing GenAI. The panel agreed that industry hype is waning and there is enthusiasm for GenAI with firms beginning to develop use cases, although one speaker noted: “People understand the risks and…
Unveiling G8: Genesis CEO Discusses New Platform Features and Strategic Trends
Earlier this month, Genesis Global, the low-code application development framework provider, announced significant updates to its Genesis Application Platform, aimed at simplifying and expediting software development for financial markets firms. As well as new features designed to enhance the development process for banks, asset managers, and trading infrastructure providers, the updates – driven by the…
AI in Capital Markets Summit Tracks Evolution of GenAI and Value Creation
Generative AI (GenAI) took the world by storm in November 2022 when OpenAI introduced ChatGPT. It has since become a talking point across capital markets as financial institutions review its potential to deliver value, consider the challenges it raises, and question whether they have the data foundation in place to deliver meaningful, unbiased and ethical…
n-Tier – Bringing Order to Regulatory Data Chaos
Navigating the complex world of regulatory data management is no easy task. But the challenges posed by the need to meet the concurrent demands of many new regulations and updates to existing ones should come as no surprise. Certainly, the regulators’ stance is clear: Firms are expected to comply; no excuses. According to Peter Gargone,…