smartTrade Technologies, a global leader in sophisticated cross-asset liquidity management solutions, has  announced  the launch of a new end-to-end trading solution designed for Fixed Income and OTC derivatives businesses. smart-FI is available immediately and will appeal to both sell and buy side institutions looking to electronify and re-vamp their Fixed Income infrastructure.

Worldwide, banks operate in a highly complex and competitive landscape. The boundaries of ompetition have gradually extended from peer banks to insurance companies, investment companies, mortgage companies and across multiple geographies. With growing penetration of the internet and social media, consumers have become more knowledgeable and are demanding competitive rates, along with diminishing brand loyalty.

NetGuardians, a Swiss company offering anti-fraud banking solutions, is heading into its second round of financing of CHF 5 million. The funding will support international commercial expansion and continued growth of their team.

TMF Custom House Global Fund Services, a leading provider of financial services to the alternative investment sector, has announced that it has been honored at the HFMWeek US  Fund Services Awards as Best Administrator – Managed Accounts.

The awards, presented in New York on October 23, bring together major hedge fund services providers to celebrate and reward those firms who have demonstrated excellence over the past 12 months. TMF Custom House was also shortlisted for:

McObject®, developer of innovative database system software, announced it has released version 6.0 of its eXtremeDB® In-Memory Database System (IMDS) and related product family. The upgrade adds support for distributed query processing, which improves database speed and scalability by leveraging the processing power, memory and bandwidth of multiple hardware nodes in carrying out queries.

McObject®, developer of innovative database system software, announced it has released version 6.0 of its eXtremeDB® In-Memory Database System (IMDS) and related product family. The upgrade adds support for distributed query processing, which improves database speed and scalability by leveraging the processing power, memory and bandwidth of multiple hardware nodes in carrying out queries.

BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, officially opened a new foreign exchange (FX) dealing room in Singapore.  The new FX trading desk will focus on primary G10 currencies in addition to Korean Won NDF.

Jim McEleney, chief operating officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa at BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has been named in a list of the Top 100 LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) business role models.

BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has been appointed by Trustco Group Holdings Limited as depositary bank for its sponsored American depositary receipt (ADR) program. Each ADR represents 100 ordinary shares and trades on the OTC Market under the symbol "TSCHY." Trustco's ordinary shares trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange under the code "TTO" and on the Namibian Stock Exchange under the code "TUC."

 The Stock Exchange of Thailand is expanding the "Smart Listing" service to cover the subscription of new ordinary shares and warrants from October 27, 2014 in an effort to streamline the listing process to offer more investment opportunities to investors, with a plan to make the system completely available for all products by 2015.