Capital markets firms are taking a mandated and practical approach to AI adoption, making strategic investments across different functional areas. In the short term, they are focusing on all use cases across operations and technology.

This report provides insights into key trends driving AI technology adoption in capital markets, analyzing decision-makers’ affinity for technology innovation and their spending focus for the next two years. It draws from a Q3 2025 survey of 300 senior technology and operations executives at institutional broker-dealers, asset managers, hedge funds, and trading firms in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia.
Clients of Datos Insights’ Capital Markets service can download this report.
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