Driving Market Efficiency Through Shared Infrastructure
By Decio Cosme, Head of Sales, SmartStream Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming our clients and industry peers to SmartStream Connect South Africa in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The events brought together key voices from across the capital markets landscape to discuss innovation, shared infrastructure, and operational efficiency. Among the perspectives shared, Brett […]
AI, Automation, and the Future of Financial Operations
By Tertius Vermeulen, Client Partner, SmartStream At the SmartStream Connect South Africa event in Johannesburg this week, I had the privilege of hosting a fireside chat with Palesa Banda, Head of Custody at Standard Bank. We explored how AI, automation, and emerging technologies are reshaping Capital Market, particularly within South Africa’s capital markets. Our discussion focused on […]
The AI wave – LLM is your surfboard
Vishal Joshi, Head of Technology – Reference Data Services AI advancements in recent times have been fascinating. The evolution from “writing your own model” to “picking an existing model and training” to “using the pre-trained LLM models” to “fine tuning the open-source models for your needs” is nothing but an exciting visual of a virtuous […]
Cost of Income Strategies
Nishant Bhatia, VP Fees and Expense Management In today’s rapidly evolving banking sector, optimising the Cost of Income (COI) has become increasingly fundamental to the controlling market facing fees like brokerage, clearing, exchange, regulatory, settlement and custody, and market data fees. Financial institutions are actively exploring strategies to optimise market facing costs while also ensuring […]
Gaining intelligence from data
Radha Pillay, Regional Director APAC, SmartStream Data has shifted from being a valuable asset to an essential driver in the financial services world. Recently, I had the chance to sit down with Josef Jelinek, Research Director at Kapronasia, to discuss how financial institutions are navigating the landscape of data, AI, and automation. In today’s industry, […]
Adapting systems to support the move to ISO 20022
Adam Cottingham, Asset Servicing Product Manager, SmartStream The impact of ISO 20022 on asset servicing is making itself felt as large global custodians adopt the standard, pushing clients to follow suit. ISO 20022 is an open, global standard for financial information, providing consistent, rich and structured data that can be employed for a wide variety […]
How the cloud is driving innovation and the influence of AI
Nathan Gee, Global Head of Marketing, SmartStream Afternoon sessions at SmartStream’s recent Connect EMEA 2024 event included an interesting discussion, moderated by Nick Smith, EVP of Customer Experience at SmartStream, about the impact of the cloud and AI on the financial services sector. Participants included Brian Hayes, Head of FSI GTM EMEA, AWS, Brendan Reilly, […]
Analyst View: Data Automation Technology
Nathan Gee, Global Head of Marketing, SmartStream The financial industry is under pressure to reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve data quality. The recent SmartStream Connect EMEA 2024 event saw Janey Speed, Capital Markets Analyst, Celent and Robin Hasson, Product Manager, SmartStream review current trends across the data and reconciliations processing landscape and ask how […]
Charting AI’s Future in Capital Markets: Learnings from the Pan-Asia Securities IT Expo
Miwa Someya, Senior Sales Executive Japan, SmartStream On 18th October, I had the opportunity to attend the Pan-Asia Securities IT Expo 2024, hosted by Mizuho Securities in Hong Kong. Having recently joined SmartStream as a Senior Sales Executive for Japan, this event was a perfect occasion to network with one of our strategic clients in […]
Data Processing: From Efficiency to Achieving Alpha – Insights from SmartStream Connect 2024
by Mahra Alfalasi, Intern, SmartStream Data is the new currency in finance and last week – as part of my internship at SmartStream – I had the chance to be a part of and witness the SmartStream Connect 2024 Customer Conference in London. On the agenda was a panel discussion on Data Processing, hosted by […]