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Blog•Feb 25, 2026
AI: Mind the Rhetoric–Reality Gap
Bloomberg Intelligence surveyed 100 senior CIOs and CTOs at leading asset managers and found a stark gap between AI hype and actual spend. While AI dominates boardroom discussions, roughly 70% of firms allocate less than 10% of operating expenses to technology, and only 4% plan to increase AI budgets above 10% next year. Investment is funneled into proven cloud and data analytics rather than experimental AI, driven by regulatory scrutiny and fiduciary responsibilities. Early AI pilots focus on research summarisation and sentiment detection, signalling cautious, incremental adoption.
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Blog•Feb 25, 2026
February Global Regulatory Brief: Digital Finance
Recent regulatory developments across major economies highlight growing scrutiny of AI, cybersecurity, and operational resilience in finance. In the UK, the Treasury Committee criticised the FCA and BoE for a reactive stance, urging AI‑specific guidance and stress testing by 2026....
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Blog•Feb 25, 2026
February Global Regulatory Brief: Risk, Capital, and Financial Stability
The February 2026 regulatory brief highlights four major initiatives: the RBI proposes a broader credit‑derivatives framework adding total‑return swaps and index products; MAS seeks tighter liquidity‑risk‑management rules for Singapore fund managers; the ECB releases 17 recommendations to simplify EU banking...
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Blog•Feb 24, 2026
Bloomberg Pro Tips: Fast-Forward Your Credit Research with CRAN
Bloomberg’s latest Pro Tips episode demonstrates how analysts can accelerate issuer credit research using CRAN, the Credit Research Analysis tool on the Bloomberg Terminal. The tutorial walks users through data retrieval, rating analysis, and key financial metrics in minutes. Bloomberg...
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Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Meet ASKB: A First Look at the Future of the Bloomberg Terminal in the Age of Agentic AI
Bloomberg unveiled ASKB, a conversational AI interface now in beta on the Bloomberg Terminal, aiming to accelerate investment research. The agentic system taps Bloomberg’s massive data, news, and research libraries, delivering answers with transparent source attribution and even the underlying...
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Blog•Feb 20, 2026
Building an Effective Surveillance Lexicon Policy
Bloomberg’s February 2026 article outlines how compliance teams can build effective surveillance lexicon policies amid evolving AI and regulatory scrutiny. It defines lexicons, explains their precision and transparency, and highlights challenges such as language drift and false positives. The piece recommends...
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Blog•Feb 18, 2026
Trump Card Cap Adds to Clouds over US Consumer at Big Banks
U.S. banks posted robust Q4 consumer‑loan growth, but all warned that a proposed 10% credit‑card rate cap could restrict credit access and hurt borrowers. JPMorgan’s credit‑card revenue fell short of forecasts by 7.6% and the bank now expects card‑loan growth...
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Blog•Feb 6, 2026
The Agility Advantage: Navigating Growth with a Composable Operating Model
Bloomberg’s Head of IBOR Product Mark Ellis outlines a composable operating model that lets asset managers replace, scale, and evolve technology components without disruptive overhauls. The model leverages Bloomberg’s API‑first, cloud‑native microservices and high‑fidelity data to create a modular stack...
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Blog•Feb 4, 2026
Strong US Earnings, Fed Hold to Counter Weak Dollar Concerns
The Federal Reserve left its policy range at 3.5‑3.75% after a 10‑2 vote on Jan. 28, citing an improving economic outlook. Early S&P 500 earnings reported a 20% jump in aggregate profits, reinforcing the Fed’s view of resilience. Meanwhile, the Bloomberg Dollar...
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Blog•Feb 2, 2026
EU Regulatory Outlook 2026
The EU will accelerate a sweeping regulatory agenda in 2026, focusing on capital‑markets integration, digital resilience, and sustainable finance. Key initiatives include the Savings and Investment Union to mobilise €33 trillion of household savings, expanded ESMA supervision over market infrastructures, and...
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Blog•Feb 2, 2026
Beyond Headwinds: Building Durable Growth in APAC Insurance
APAC insurers are poised for double‑digit growth through 2026, but must navigate heightened geopolitical tensions, rising claim costs from new‑energy vehicles, and an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Bloomberg’s suite—including MARS, PORT, AIM, and RMS—offers end‑to‑end asset‑liability management, scenario testing, and...
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Blog•Feb 2, 2026
Jane Street Enhances ETF Liquidity and Execution Efficiency with Bloomberg RFQe
Jane Street is expanding ETF liquidity and execution efficiency in Asia‑Pacific by leveraging Bloomberg RFQe. The platform uncovers deeper order‑book depth than exchange screens and supports sophisticated NAV and portfolio trades. Automated RFQe workflows deliver sub‑second responses, saving two hours...
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Blog•Jan 30, 2026
Compliance Fundamentals: Communications Surveillance
Bloomberg Vault’s guide outlines how financial firms must move beyond simple record‑keeping to active communications surveillance, monitoring emails, chats, voice and social media for misconduct. Regulators worldwide demand comprehensive capture of business‑related communications and risk‑based supervisory review, penalising off‑channel activity....
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Blog•Jan 29, 2026
Gulf Regulatory Outlook 2026
Regulatory momentum in the Gulf is shifting from rapid framework‑building to concrete execution, as authorities embed recent reforms into supervision, enforcement and market infrastructure. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are loosening foreign‑ownership rules and aligning with IOSCO standards to attract...
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Blog•Jan 29, 2026
Bloomberg Pro Tips: Discover Curated Charts Faster Across Sectors with CHRT
Bloomberg’s latest Pro Tips episode showcases the CHRT tool on the Bloomberg Terminal, a centralized hub for curated charts across sectors, tickers, and portfolios. The feature lets users pull sector‑wide visualizations, apply custom filters, and export charts without leaving the...
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