SimCorp, a financial technology solutions provider, is launching an artificial intelligence-based stress testing capability for its Axioma Risk offering that will enable portfolio and risk managers to use natural language in scenario analysis, officials say. The new capability is intended to allow investment managers to spend more time on insights and portfolio decision-making and less… Read More >>
The CAT System Faces Scrutiny Again
The controversial Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) will remain under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission even though the SEC recently finalized a set of cost-savings and related measures intended as ways to control the big data surveillance system. The regulator also implemented exemptive relief from certain requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934…. Read More >>
Data from SIX Exchanges Available via Chainlink
SIX, a financial data and exchanges company, and Chainlink, a decentralized blockchain oracle network, have announced that equities data from the exchanges of SIX is available on-chain for the first time, officials say. The data will be offered to more than 2,600 applications in the Chainlink system across 75+ public and private blockchains. “Live on… Read More >>
Broadridge Builds Bridges to Digital Asset Operations
Broadridge Financial Solutions reports that it is responding in multiple ways to clients who say that digital assets and tokenization are becoming central to their investors’ portfolios. As a provider of multiple services, systems, and applications for securities operations, Broadridge reports that it has extended its governance platform, reached out to Canadian wealth managers, and… Read More >>
BetaNXT Launches A.I. Platform & Innovation Lab
BetaNXT, a wealth management enterprise solutions provider, has launched an enterprise-level artificial intelligence (A.I.) platform — InsightX — and created the BetaNXT AI Innovation Lab, which is intended to fast-track the delivery of AI solutions, officials say. The new offerings are part of the company’s A.I. innovation efforts for four key areas: data aggregation, workflow… Read More >>
A ‘Tough’ Rebuke Spurs a Reset for ASX
In the wake of a final “tough” rebuke by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), officials at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) say that reforms intended to transform the IT infrastructure, governance, and culture of the company are well underway, facilitating a reset that ASIC says is necessary. ASIC’s recently released final report found:… Read More >>
FTF Awards Nominees Reflect Industry Dynamics
The nominations are out for the 2026 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards program — now in its 15th year — and the nominees represent industry surges toward cutting-edge instruments and technologies, such as digital assets and generative A.I. The nominations also reflect the dynamics of the securities industry, such as the major shift toward private… Read More >>
BlackRock’s Aladdin & BondXN Target MBS Trading Problems
BlackRock’s Aladdin platform is being integrated with an electronic trading and data venue for mortgage-backed securities (MBS) from BondXN Inc., and this new partnership will allow clients of both companies to access BondXN’s Specified Pool and TBA trading capabilities via the Aladdin platform, officials say. Officials add that they hope the effort will lead to… Read More >>
Is Tokenization an Operational Overhaul?
Does tokenized finance represent an institutional and operational overhaul even though the securities industry has been focused on the wonders of distributed ledger technology (DLT), a.k.a. blockchains, that undergirds tokenization? Tobias Adrian, the financial counsellor and director of the monetary and capital markets department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), makes the case that the… Read More >>
Obin A.I. Raises $7M for an Agentic Workforce
A new enterprise artificial intelligence A.I. company, Obin AI, is emerging from stealth mode to report that it has raised $7 million in seed funding with the mission of making A.I. results trustworthy for high-stakes, firmwide decisions at financial services firms. To achieve that goal, the company is “building an agentic workforce for financial institutions”… Read More >>
