Capital Markets Gateway (CMG), a fintech firm transforming the equity capital markets (ECM), today announced the early-access launch of its DataLab MCP server, enabling clients to integrate CMG's comprehensive ECM data directly into their existing AI-powered workflows. Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for connecting AI assistants to external data sources, the server allows clients to query CMG's ECM data using natural language.
As AI adoption accelerates across capital markets, ECM bankers and buy-side investment professionals are increasingly using AI assistants to support research, analysis and decision-making. However, generating meaningful insights requires access to timely, reliable and comprehensive deal data.
Drawing on CMG's extensive expertise working alongside ECM practitioners, the DataLab MCP server combines the firm's deep understanding of ECM data and workflows with the flexibility of AI-powered analysis. The server has been validated against a comprehensive set of real-world client questions to help ensure it addresses the complex research and analytical needs of ECM professionals.
Through the DataLab MCP server, clients can connect their AI tools to CMG's deal records spanning more than 50 regions and over 20 years of historical data. Coverage includes IPOs, follow-ons, blocks, accelerated bookbuilds (ABBs), at-the-market offerings (ATMs), convertible offerings, rights issuances, private investments in public equity (PIPEs) and registered direct offerings.
By combining AI-powered analysis with CMG's comprehensive ECM data, professionals can answer complex market questions, identify relevant deal precedents and streamline research and analysis that traditionally require extensive manual workflows.
Key capabilities include gaining deeper insights into market trends such as comparing lock-up terms across offering types, searching for specific deal precedents like identifying recent technology follow-on offerings within specific parameters, performing complex market analysis including IPO aftermarket performance by month and year, and tracking underwriter and advisor participation across syndicate compositions.
The DataLab MCP server provides read-only access, uses OAuth 2.0 for user authentication and respects each client's DataLab entitlements. Built on an open standard, the server is designed to support MCP-compatible AI tools and frameworks, giving clients flexibility to incorporate ECM data into existing AI workflows without being tied to a single provider.
The DataLab MCP server is currently available in early access to select DataLab clients, with broader availability planned. CMG plans to extend access to additional AI platforms over time.
About Capital Markets Gateway LLC
Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) is a financial technology firm transforming the equity capital markets (ECM). CMG's platform connects sell-side firms and the buy side to provide workflow efficiencies throughout the ECM offering process. CMG helps clients make more timely, better-informed decisions with data intelligence solutions that provide real-time offering information, historical data and a single system of record for firm-wide deal activity and compliance. Launched in 2017 by a team of ECM practitioners, the CMG platform is currently relied on by 25 investment banks and 135 asset managers representing over $40 trillion in AUM.
