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RNS Number : 0779D  London Stock Exchange Group PLC  13 October 2025

 

 

13 October 2025

 

 

LSEG and Microsoft transform access to AI-ready financial data in customer
workflows

Enabling agentic workflows across every layer of a financial institution's
operations

·    Transforming how LSEG customers connect with financial data in
Microsoft solutions.

·    Enabling agents built in Microsoft Copilot Studio and deployed in
Microsoft 365 Copilot with LSEG licensed data.

·    Advancing secure, seamless use of LSEG licensed financial data in
Microsoft solutions using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) open-source
standard.

 

LSEG and Microsoft today announced the next step in their multi-year,
strategic partnership: transforming access to LSEG licensed financial data and
powering the deployment of agentic AI with data that is secure and accessible
through an LSEG managed MCP server. Through this collaboration, agents built
in Microsoft Copilot Studio and deployed in Microsoft 365 Copilot can be
enabled with LSEG data.

 

By connecting LSEG's trusted content with advanced AI capabilities, financial
services professionals can benefit from intelligent tools that enhance
decision-making and productivity and lower barriers to innovation - empowering
organisations to use AI responsibly and securely.

 

Today's announcement builds on LSEG's AI strategy - LSEG Everywhere - which is
delivering trusted licensed data to scale AI in financial services. The
unparalleled depth, breadth, and quality of LSEG's AI Ready Content and
taxonomies include datasets stretching back over decades and total more than
33 petabytes. Generating insights from these datasets enables Microsoft 365
Copilot users to make confident decisions faster.

 

Powering the build, deployment and integration of custom AI agents directly
into workflows

Using a new MCP server, LSEG customers will be able to connect with data,
licensed through LSEG products like Workspace and Financial Analytics, to
build AI agents in Copilot Studio. Copilot Studio provides a secure, low-code
platform for users to create, customise and deploy advanced AI agents that can
be integrated directly into workflows through Microsoft 365 Copilot and other
applications. Copilot Studio enables makers to build sophisticated agents with
ease, using frontier AI models in a fully managed SaaS experience that
supports a wide range of enterprise connectors. Copilot Studio empowers
organisations with robust governance controls and is natively integrated into
Microsoft 365 Copilot, enabling secure and compliant customisation at scale.

 

Through Copilot Studio, users will be able to access the financial data and
analytics licensed through LSEG directly within their everyday workflows to
compose sophisticated AI agents, combining policies, prompts, tools and
actions. This integration unifies human expertise and large language model
(LLM) reasoning with LSEG's unmatched financial data, content and analytics in
a secure, governed, low-code environment. LSEG and Microsoft are currently
working with customers to build their first agents in Copilot Studio powered
by LSEG data.

 

MCP server enabling secure, seamless connectivity and industry-wide
interoperability

LSEG customers can also take advantage of MCP for enhanced connectivity and a
unified data and AI ecosystem. LSEG has implemented this advanced protocol to
make its data accessible and optimised for integration into AI enabled
workflows, enhancing how LLMs interpret and use LSEG's data. An MCP server
enables the connection of Copilot Studio with LSEG APIs as well as full
interoperability with customers' own AI systems and other third-party
applications.

 

This capability enables the transfer of datasets in a standardised
environment, reducing expensive and time-intensive integration of multiple
technologies for customers. This radically simplifies and speeds up the
delivery of AI-enabled tools and applications that are secure, governed and
scalable.  LSEG data will be accessible through MCP in a phased rollout,
starting with LSEG Financial Analytics.

 

The unique combination of Microsoft's cloud and AI platform with LSEG's
financial data and analytics delivers differentiated outcomes for industry
professionals through deeper insights and more timely, informed
decision-making in a rapidly evolving market.

 

David Schwimmer, Group Chief Executive Officer, LSEG

"LSEG's partnership with Microsoft is transforming access to data for
financial professionals with cutting edge, AI-driven innovation at scale. LSEG
customers can build, deploy and scale agentic AI directly into their workflows
with secure, seamless connectivity through MCP."

 

Nick Parker, Microsoft Chief Business Officer and President, Worldwide Sales
& Solutions

"Our continued partnership with LSEG underscores a shared commitment to
redefining the future of financial services through secure, AI-driven
innovation.  By combining LSEG's trusted market data with Microsoft's cloud
and AI capabilities, we're empowering customers to unlock deeper insights,
accelerate decision-making and streamline complex workflows."

 

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Media Contacts

Tarek Fleihan

Global Communications, LSEG

+ 44 (0)20 7797 1222

newsroom@lseg.com (mailto:newsroom@lseg.com)

 

Microsoft Media Relations

We. Communications for Microsoft

(425) 638-7777
rapidresponse@wecommunications.com (mailto:rapidresponse@wecommunications.com)

 

About LSEG

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider,
playing a vital social and economic role in the world's financial system. With
our open approach, trusted expertise and global scale, we enable the
sustainable growth and stability of our customers and their communities. We
are dedicated partners with extensive experience, deep knowledge and a
worldwide presence in data and analytics; indices; capital formation; and
trade execution, clearing and risk management across multiple asset classes.
LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 65
countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We
employ over 26,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific.
LSEG's ticker symbol is LSEG.

 

About Microsoft

Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) creates platforms and tools powered by AI
to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers.
The technology company is committed to making AI available broadly and doing
so responsibly, with a mission to empower every person and every organization
on the planet to achieve more.

 

 

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