LSEG, the global enabler of financial markets infrastructure and data solutions, has unveiled transformative initiatives designed to reshape how banks and institutions access, deploy, and monetize advanced analytics and AI-ready content. The developments underscore LSEG’s commitment to building secure, governed ecosystems that drive efficiency, responsible innovation, and client value across the financial services industry.
Recently, LSEG introduced Model-as-a-Service (MaaS), a capability that enables financial institutions to host, distribute, and consume sophisticated analytical models through a secure, centralized marketplace. ]
The launch was marked by the onboarding of Societe Generale as a key provider, making seven of the French bank’s flagship datasets and analytics available alongside LSEG’s own offerings.
Spanning Fixed Income, FX, ESG, and Equities, these resources deliver an integrated experience that eliminates complex integration hurdles for portfolio managers, risk teams, and other market participants.
Powered by LSEG’s longstanding collaboration with Microsoft, MaaS leverages Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors to embed models directly into partners’ AI environments, including Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Institutions can now commercialize analytics at scale while reducing infrastructure, compliance, and go-to-market burdens.
Aysegul Erdem, Head of Modelling Solutions at LSEG, highlighted the platform’s role in fostering ecosystem-wide innovation: by combining partner models with LSEG’s global infrastructure, the service is advancing the next era of financial modelling.
This month, LSEG also revealed a multi-year collaboration with Standard Chartered to embed its comprehensive multi-asset class data, news, and analytics across the bank’s enterprise operations.
The agreement streamlines market-data access, enhances data catalogue and lineage transparency, and simplifies governance and entitlements management.
Delivery options via feeds, APIs, and cloud channels ensure flexible, rights-managed access that supports front-to-back workflows in markets, risk, finance, and wealth management.
Mark Price, Chief Operating Officer for Corporate & Investment Banking at Standard Chartered, noted that the partnership creates a single governed pathway to premium content, accelerating client value delivery while strengthening controls and regulatory alignment.
Gianluca Biagini, Group Co-Head of Data & Analytics at LSEG, emphasized how transparent usage rights and broad coverage will underpin both immediate efficiencies and long-term innovation for the bank.
LSEG this past week also announced on February 17 a strategic multi-year partnership with Bank of America.
The collaboration integrates LSEG’s high-quality data, analytics, and workflow solutions—including the flagship LSEG Workspace platform, extensive APIs, and enterprise tools—directly into Bank of America’s client-facing and internal systems.
AI-ready content will accelerate insight generation, while the inclusion of LSEG’s World Check risk intelligence bolsters compliance, screening, and monitoring processes across global jurisdictions.
Fernando Vicario, CEO of Merrill Lynch International and UK Country Executive at Bank of America, described the tie-up as essential for delivering trusted intelligence that enables faster decision-making and seamless client experiences.
Biagini added that the partnership supports Bank of America’s broader transformation goals by embedding governed, actionable intelligence across advisory, trading, risk, and regulatory workflows.
Collectively, these initiatives position LSEG at the forefront of the industry’s shift toward AI-augmented, interoperable financial platforms.
By enabling secure model distribution, enterprise-scale data consolidation, and deep workflow integration with large financial institutions, LSEG is not only aiming to enhance operational resilience and governance but also unlocking new avenues for data-driven advancements.
