UBS and FactSet make strategic investment in Finster AI
The funding forms part of Finster AI’s Series B financing round, and is set to support research, analysis and content workflows for investment banking and asset management.
The funding forms part of Finster AI’s Series B financing round, and is set to support research, analysis and content workflows for investment banking and asset management.
The offering – enabled via FactSet’s EMS, Portware – will allow users to access OptimX’s differentiated bilateral liquidity network within their execution environment.
The integration makes use of proprietary generative AI capabilities and is expected to enhance FactSet’s European equity coverage and research footprint across the continent.
The move follows recent fluctuations in the commercial bond market and is set to help users gain insight into to real-time market activity.
Through the partnership, mutual clients will have access to a new decision-making suite in FactSet’s EMS to support pre-trade execution routing decisions for the buy-side.
Incoming head will be responsible for collaboration with front-to-back asset serving platform, State Street Alpha.
Full integration will allow FactSet Portware buy-side clients to access liquidity from Appital Insights directly via their EMS.
LoopFX’s ‘peer-to-bank’ matching engine technology is set to be embedded directly into FactSet’s EMS, Portware.
New collaboration aims to improve and modernise client’s market data technology, alongside expanding FactSet’s real-time data and tick history capabilities.
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