Modern Chief Data Officers are not only the guardians of financial institutions’ data estates, they are also the caretakers of their single-biggest asset. With every part of an organisation’s business now dependent on data, the custody of its digital information is every bit as critical to operations as the management of trading teams or even...Read More| A-Team
The polished digital façade of a modern private bank can sometimes conceal a more brittle and complex reality: a tech stack strained by its own history. For technology leaders working within this environment, the strategic challenges are significant. And while industry narratives often highlight external market pressures and disruptive fintech, some of the most persistent... Read More The post Are Legacy Systems Undermining the Future of Wealth Management? appeared first on A-Team.| A-Team
BT Group has agreed to sell its financial technology unit, Radianz, to US-based Transaction Network Services (TNS), a move that not only marks a strategic shift for the British telecom giant but also significantly reshapes the competitive landscape for global financial network providers. The deal, announced Tuesday, is expected to close in the first half... Read More The post BT Sells Radianz to TNS, Reshaping Financial Markets Networking Landscape appeared first on A-Team.| A-Team
Two themes have stood out from the many that have dominated the data management space in the past year – and at A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit New York City 2025, both will be explored in detail by leading practitioners in each subject’s respective fields. The first of those themes is grounded in a consensus... Read More The post Getting the Best – and Avoiding the Worst – from AI in Two Keynotes: DMS NYC 2025 appeared first on A-Team.| A-Team
The rush by financial institutions to implement new artificial intelligence-powered applications is contributing to a broad rewriting of the rule book on data management, particularly how that data is governed. New frameworks are having to be created to govern data as AI tools transform not only the way data can be generated and ingested but... Read More The post Best Practices for AI Governance: Webinar Preview appeared first on A-Team.| A-Team
By Levent Ergin, Chief Climate, Sustainability & AI Strategist at Informatica Agentic AI has huge potential in financial services. But getting it out of the lab and into production is where most firms stumble. The real challenge isn’t the technology; it’s the balancing act: moving fast enough to innovate while keeping risk under control. It’s... Read More The post How to Successfully Deploy Agentic AI in Financial Services appeared first on A-Team.| A-Team
At the start of the year, the UK switched on a new oversight regime for Critical Third Parties (CTPs) – giving the Bank of England, PRA and FCA direct powers over tech providers whose failure could rattle market stability. The rules and supervisory approach were finalised in November 2024; designations are made by HM Treasury... Read More The post What “Good” Looks Like Under New UK CTP Rules appeared first on A-Team.| A-Team
When Delta Capita confirmed its acquisition of DTCC’s Report Hub earlier this year, the deal looked, at first glance, like familiar consolidation in a crowded category. Look closer and it signals a broader shift: Delta Capita is moving from adviser and operator to full stack provider in regulatory reporting – pairing managed services with a... Read More The post Delta Capita Acquires DTCC Report Hub to Deliver Full Stack Regulatory Reporting appeared first on A-Team.| A-Team
BTON, the AI-driven trading technology provider, has secured a strategic investment from Celero Ventures to accelerate its expansion into the U.S. market and further develop its suite of intelligent execution tools for the buy-side. The funding round will see BTON enhance its engineering capabilities and build out its client support teams in the United States.... Read More The post BTON Secures Celero Ventures Investment to Fuel US Expansion and AI-Powered Execution Tools appeared first on A-...| A-Team
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Verint in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. Following the acquisition, Verint will be combined with Calabrio, another Thoma Bravo portfolio company, to create a formidable force in the AI-driven customer experience market. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by... Read More The post Thoma Bravo to Acquire Verint, Forging AI-Powered Customer Experience Giant with Calabrio ...| A-Team
By Anne Plested, MCSI, Senior Product Manager for Regulation, ION Markets. The realization of consolidated tape has been long-awaited for equities trading in the UK and the European Union (EU). With the European Commission (EC) adopting the enabling technical standards on 12 June and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launching its search for...Read More| A-Team
smartTrade Technologies is fundamentally overhauling its deployment and innovation capabilities through a new hybrid cloud initiative with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The project, dubbed MetaCloud, empowers smartTrade to provision complete client trading environments in under 15 minutes according to the company – a dramatic acceleration aimed at boosting scalability and operational agility. At the core...Read More| A-Team