Beyond the data: A new era of buy-side expectations in algorithmic trading

Beyond the data: A new era of buy-side expectations in algorithmic trading

With less than a week to go before The TRADE’s Algorithmic Trading Survey 2026 closes, Natasha Cocksedge takes a look at some of the findings from the 2025 iteration, which reveals that previous ‘bread and butter’ factors driving algorithmic usage are becoming less of a choice and more of a requirement.

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Bloomberg embeds agentic AI into the Terminal  

New conversational AI interface – ASKB – aims to accelerate investment research and streamline trader workflows by integrating agentic AI directly into the Bloomberg Terminal. 

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Franklin Templeton’s Hariharan Srinivasan on tapping the full potential of LLMs in trading processes

The TRADE caught up with Hariharan Srinivasan, director, data engineering, analytics and insights, Franklin Templeton, to unpack the key factors which are front of mind for the buy-side when it comes to LLMs, as well as how the technology is continuing to make a real difference to processes and creating significant efficiencies.

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