AnaCap Financial Partners, the specialist European financial services private equity firm, has acquired Ellisphere, a leading French business intelligence company, from Natixis SA.

Delegates gathered at the Springfields Events & Conference Centre on Wednesday 19^th April for the event, organised by Datcom, chartered accountants Duncan & Toplis and Barclays Bank.

Today Kaizen Reporting is delighted to report that it has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the highest accolade in UK busine

Today Bloomberg and Bats Europe have reported they plan to provide Bloomberg customers with the ability to use their respective Approved Publication Arrangements (APA)[1] to fulfil MiFID II transparency reporting requirements. Under MiFID II, market participants are facing a steep increase of reporting tasks they need to manage, for firm quotes as well as executed transactions, across a wide range of asset classes and within very short timeframes. 

Today QuantHouse, the global provider of advanced trading solutions, announced that Metori Capital Management has selected QuantFACTORY to automate its trading portfolio. QuantHouse provides end-to-end systematic trading solutions including QuantFEED, its ultra-low latency market data technologies, QuantFACTORY, its algo-trading development framework and QuantLINK, its proximity hosting and order routing services. QuantHouse helps trading venues, hedge funds, market makers, proprietary desks, brokers and sell-side firms achieve optimal trading performance.

Today the Financial Technology Enabler Group (FTEG) has reported that it is seeking ideas from the public on the improvements to financial services sector by harnessing innovation and technology. 

Today Financial services firm Edward Jones announced a multi-year partnership with SixThirty, a St. Louis-based venture fund that invests in financial technology (FinTech) startup companies. Backed by the St. Louis Regional Chamber, SixThirty was founded in 2013 and to date has funded more than 25 startups across the globe.Edward Jones Chief Information Officer Vinny Ferrari said the relationship with SixThirty is consistent with the firm's drive to provide investors an ideal client experience.

Dovetail, the provider of best-in-class payments and liquidity management solutions, has today announced the successful completion of business level flow testing with the EBA Clearing pan-European instant payment infrastructure platform. 

Nava, a next generation consumer lending platform, is continuing its rapid expansion by launching a new office in Milton Keynes. The company, with headquarters in central London, hopes to capitalise on the town’s burgeoning reputation as a leading technology centre in the UK.