London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched Model-as-a-Service (MaaS), a platform that allows financial institutions to host, distribute and analyse models through a secure and governed marketplace. Société Générale has joined the marketplace as a provider of analytical models, making a selection of its datasets and analytics available to clients of both firms.
Seven Société Générale datasets and analytics will be accessible via LSEG’s marketplace, covering fixed income, foreign exchange, ESG and equities. Clients will be able to use these alongside LSEG’s own analytics within a single integrated system.
Through LSEG’s partnership with Microsoft, MaaS enables portfolio managers, risk teams and other market participants to access datasets, analytics and models from multiple providers securely and at scale, without requiring additional integration.
LSEG said the platform offers institutions a route to commercialise proprietary analytics while reducing infrastructure, compliance and go-to-market costs. Using Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors, MaaS also allows models to be delivered into partner AI ecosystems, including Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Aysegul Erdem, Head of Modelling Solutions at LSEG, said: “We are excited to onboard Societe Generale as one of our partners and provide them a trusted route to market which allows their data and analytics to be distributed, discovered, and adopted across institutions. By combining partner models with LSEG’s trusted data and our global infrastructure, we are driving innovation and advancing the transformation of the financial model ecosystem.”
Philippe Dufay, Head of Data & Research Sales, Global Markets at Société Générale, said “We are truly enthusiastic to partner with LSEG. This collaboration is a unique opportunity to bring our proprietary datasets and advanced analytics into a powerful platform, creating even greater value for our shared clients.”
Bill Borden, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Financial Services at Microsoft, said “LSEG’s Model-as-a-Service offering is an important step forward in helping financial institutions harness the power of advanced analytics and AI. Through Microsoft’s strategic partnership with LSEG, we’re giving financial institutions a streamlined path to better insights and accelerating innovation across the industry.”
