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Blog•Jan 26, 2026
Realizing Africa’s Digital Potential
Bloomberg’s Africa Business Summit in Johannesburg underscored the continent’s massive digital upside, driven by a youthful population, abundant critical minerals and rapid AI, fintech and e‑commerce adoption. Executives warned that unreliable power, limited data‑center capacity and fragmented regulation threaten scaling of AI and other digital services. Public and private players, including e&, Google and Alterra Capital, are committing billions to infrastructure, connectivity and skills programs to close those gaps. Success hinges on building reliable energy, affordable data and clear regulatory frameworks that enable homegrown solutions.
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Blog•Jan 23, 2026
Global Risk Management Amid Macro Shocks
Macro‑economic shocks—from U.S. tariffs to rapid interest‑rate swings—have exposed weaknesses in banks' traditional risk frameworks. Linear, historically‑driven models failed to anticipate third‑order effects such as Treasury sell‑offs, prompting a shift toward stochastic and reverse stress testing. Institutions are bolstering intraday...
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Blog•Jan 23, 2026
Beyond the Relationship: How “Human + Data Intelligence” Is Winning the Next Generation of APAC Wealth
Bloomberg’s 2025 Asia Private Wealth Survey shows technology has become the primary growth lever for APAC wealth firms, with 41% of leaders ranking it above relationship factors. A generational shift toward Gen X and Millennial investors is driving demand for real‑time,...
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Blog•Jan 22, 2026
Ten Data Insights Showing the Continued Rise of Climate Risk – and What Investors Should Lookout for in 2026
Bloomberg’s January 2026 analysis spotlights ten data‑driven signals that illustrate the accelerating financial impact of climate risk. A 10‑percentage‑point rise in modeled asset‑damage risk lifts a firm’s weighted‑average cost of capital by roughly 22 basis points, while Europe’s adaptation‑focused green‑bond issuance...
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Blog•Jan 22, 2026
RBC and SILAC Partner with Bloomberg to Set a New Standard for FIA Index Design
RBC Capital Markets and SILAC Insurance teamed with Bloomberg to launch the Bloomberg VERSA 10 (BVERSA10) index, a volatility‑targeted, multi‑asset benchmark for fixed indexed annuities. The index addresses insurers' need for adaptable, low‑volatility benchmarks by targeting 10% volatility and incorporating long/short...
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Blog•Jan 22, 2026
Why Capital Efficiency Is Make-or-Break for Asia’s Insurers
Asia’s insurers are posting strong capital returns—4.8% versus benchmarks—yet face mounting pressures from natural‑catastrophe exposure, volatile markets and a low‑interest‑rate environment. The core challenge is capital efficiency: holding only regulator‑mandated capital while deploying it profitably across the enterprise. Dynamic asset‑liability...
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Blog•Jan 21, 2026
How Automation, TCA and Broker Wheels Work Together in Modern Equity EMS
Bloomberg outlines how its Execution Management System integrates pre‑trade TCA, a rule‑based engine (RBLD), and broker wheels (WHLS) into a closed‑loop workflow. The system scores orders, routes them automatically, and feeds post‑trade BTCA data back to refine rules and allocations....
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Blog•Jan 20, 2026
How ETFs Are Changing Portfolio Construction and Market Access
ETFs are reshaping portfolio construction by offering liquid, transparent access to crypto, commodities and alternative assets. Bitcoin ETFs dominate the $153 billion crypto‑ETF market, while commodity ETFs drew roughly twice the inflows of crypto products in 2025, driven by gold and...
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Blog•Jan 20, 2026
Compliance Fundamentals: Building a Resilient and Intelligent Recordkeeping System
The proliferation of digital collaboration tools and hybrid work has dramatically expanded the venues where regulated business occurs, prompting a wave of SEC enforcement actions that have levied over $700 million in penalties since 2023. Firms now require comprehensive data‑capture solutions...
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Blog•Jan 16, 2026
Optimizing Investment Operations Through Automated Day Routing with RBLD
All Nippon Asset Management (ANAM) upgraded its trading infrastructure by moving to Bloomberg AIM in 2023 and then implementing RBLD for automated day routing. Within four months the firm automated roughly 30% of its thousands of trades across equities, futures,...
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Blog•Jan 14, 2026
Streamlining Disconnected Data and Inefficient Workflows
Banks are struggling with fragmented ALM and ALCO data, forcing manual reconciliations that delay decision‑making and increase compliance risk. The article highlights how siloed datasets, disparate subsidiary systems, and bolt‑on tools hinder net interest margin management and regulatory reporting. It...
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Blog•Jan 14, 2026
Buy-Side Programmatic Research Infrastructure and Tooling
Buy‑side firms are rapidly centralizing programmatic research infrastructure to handle expanding data volumes and increasingly complex investment workflows. A recent survey of 66 professionals across the US, UK and Europe shows 44% view reducing platform complexity and cost as the...
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Blog•Jan 14, 2026
Macro Shocks Prompt Reset in APAC Risk Management
Increasing macroeconomic volatility—driven by geopolitical tension, trade disruptions, and interest‑rate swings—is exposing weaknesses in APAC banks' legacy risk frameworks. A new report, co‑produced with Regulation Asia, shows that traditional linear models can no longer capture the speed and magnitude of...
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Blog•Jan 13, 2026
Compliance Fundamentals: Capture, Archival, and Recordkeeping
The post outlines the fundamentals of data capture, archival, and recordkeeping for financial services, emphasizing that regulators require firms to maintain tamper‑evident, multi‑year records of transactions and communications. It details the types of data—transaction details, emails, chats, voice, and metadata—that...
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Blog•Jan 12, 2026
Managing Bank Risk in a Fragmented Regulatory Environment
Bloomberg highlights how banks must grapple with fragmented Basel III and FRTB implementations that vary by jurisdiction and timeline. Divergent rules cause duplicated capital calculations, especially where U.S. stress‑testing overlaps with standardized models. Bloomberg’s MARS platform and FRTB Data Solution centralize...
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Blog•Jan 9, 2026
Asia-Pacific Insurance 2026 Outlook
Asia‑Pacific insurers enter 2026 with earnings momentum and capital strength that outpace regional benchmarks, buoyed by strong investment returns and disciplined underwriting. Life insurers are projected to achieve double‑digit new‑business‑value growth, while property‑and‑casualty firms benefit from pricing power and declining...
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Blog•Jan 8, 2026
$41 Trillion Credit Market: How Is Private Credit Reshaping the Landscape?
At SuperReturn Europe, Mark Phillips, Global Head of Private Credit, highlighted the $41 trillion addressable credit market and argued that private credit could replace up to 15 % of traditional financing. He explained how data analytics and artificial intelligence are reshaping underwriting,...
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Blog•Jan 6, 2026
What Type of Data Is Needed to Find Opportunities
Investment managers are turning to alternative and unstructured data, combined with scalable AI and agentic workflows, to generate uncorrelated alpha in a volatile market. Bloomberg’s Enterprise Tech & Data Summit highlighted how firms aim to increase data vendors, accelerate idea‑to‑production...
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Blog•Dec 29, 2025
Bloomberg Pro Tips: Visualize Company Trends with GF
Bloomberg’s latest Pro Tips video demonstrates how the GF function on the Bloomberg Terminal lets users graph segment data, key performance indicators, and fundamentals in a fully customizable view. The tool also supports building bespoke spreads and ratios, enabling deeper...
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Blog•Dec 24, 2025
December Global Regulatory Brief: Digital Finance
In December 2025, regulators across the UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia unveiled coordinated steps to shape digital finance. The FCA emphasized that AI advances must be paired with human judgement and announced a forthcoming consultation on transaction reporting. Singapore’s MAS...
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Blog•Dec 24, 2025
December Global Regulatory Brief: Green Finance
In December 2025 regulators across four jurisdictions unveiled major green‑finance initiatives. South Africa’s Treasury proposed classifying carbon credits as unlisted securities and linking its registry to the UN‑Article 6 framework to scale the domestic market. The European Commission introduced a streamlined...
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Blog•Dec 23, 2025
December Global Regulatory Brief: Risk, Capital and Financial Stability
The December Global Regulatory Brief highlights four major developments: the UK PRA confirmed Basel 3.1 market‑risk rules will take effect in January 2027 with the Internal Model Approach delayed to January 2028; Australia’s APRA announced a phased removal of Additional Tier 1 capital instruments...
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Blog•Dec 23, 2025
December Global Regulatory Brief: Trading and Markets
The EU Commission unveiled a sweeping market‑integration package that revamps MiFID‑R, UCITS, EMIR and other rules, introducing a pan‑European market operator and expanding ESMA’s supervisory remit. In the United States, SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced a reform agenda to scale...
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