Close Brothers today announced that it has appointed three industry heavy hitters to its Technology Services Division to enhance the division’s offering and drive business growth for the company. Reporting into Ian McVicar, managing director, are Sean Callanan, director of technology & services; Nick Moody, director of business development, and David Forbes, director of sales.

GFT, the leading provider of advisory, business consulting, IT and software services to the financial services community, today announces that it has appointed Reena Patel as a Principal Consultant within its growing Data practice.

Reena joins GFT UK from UBS where she worked extensively within Financial Delivery. In the past two years she has predominately focused on strategic financial, treasury and client performance management solutions.  

Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages, today announced support for the latest SWIFT Standards 2016 update.

On 26 February 2016, SWIFT released its latest standards release which includes a number of significant changes to SWIFT messages used within the securities market. These changes will impact the entire trade lifecycle, from the trade orders through to confirmations and settlement.

Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, the global market leader in transformational, technology-based solutions for the legal industry, has launched two new solutions that provide data and insights for corporate legal departments (CLDs), including those in the financial sector, and law firms. Both solutions help CLDs and law firms better manage and benchmark their fees and billing practices.