Artificial Intelligence in Capital Markets: a tale of opportunities and Fintech collaborations

According to a recently released IDC spending guide, worldwide Cognitive Systems and Artificial Intelligence revenues are forecast to surge past USD 47Billion in 2020. According to another research firm, Opimas Research, in 2017, financial firms alone will spend more than USD 1.5 billion on artificial intelligence (AI) related technologies and by 2021, USD 2.8 billion, representing an increase of a whopping 75%. Capital Markets, like every other space, is seeing a surge in technological solutions that are coming of age and delivering increased performance- especially in areas of advanced analytics, real time trade-processing platforms and improved regulatory compliance. These technological solutions in a way, have come as a panacea for Capital Market firms, which are grappling with increasing compliance costs and shrinking bottom lines. Thanks to these macroeconomic factors, Capital Market firms are increasingly looking towards advanced technology solutions like AI to increase employee efficiency and aid faster decision making.