In the 5th FOW international awards held in London, ABN AMRO Clearing was awarded ‘Proprietary Traders

Clearing Firm of the Year’ award for the 4th year in a row.

The organisers of the FOW awards received votes from more than 90 globally active proprietary trading firms and opinions were canvassed across a range of categories. Clients selected ABN AMRO Clearing for its great service and competitive pricing as well as for its staff’s strong knowledge and overall professional attitude.

SWIFT announces today that the Barbados Central Securities Depository Inc. (BCSDI) and the Jamaican Central Securities Depository (JCSD) have signed up to the SWIFT ‘ISO 20022 Harmonisation Charter’, a framework of principles for the harmonised adoption of the ISO 20022 messaging standard.

BioCatch, the global leader in behavioral biometrics, reported a banner year with the expansion of its patent portfolio, which grew to over 40 granted and pending patents.

Aquila Capital has acquired its third residential real estate development project in Spain. The property comprises a 23,000sqm site in La Moraleja, considered one of the most exclusive districts in Madrid. The plots will consist of high-end semi-detached houses and generously sized individual villas. The project involves the construction of 75 residential units with an average living area of 300sqm and 225 underground parking spaces.

Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), the leading provider of independent real-time price information from the global OTC financial and commodity markets, and Quaternion Risk Management, a leading risk analytics firm, have partnered to launch an innovative open source risk project in collaboration with Columbia University.

Open Source and Standardisation of Risk Models

Year In Review: 2016

1. Emergence of new business models for banks

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that its futures & options trading platform has been named Sell-side Trading System of the Year at the FOW International Awards. This is the fifth consecutive win for Fidessa in this category and follows a win in the same category, for the fourth year running, at FOW's Awards for Asia, announced in September.

Lombard Risk Management, a leading provider of integrated collateral management and regulatory reporting solutions for the financial services industry, has signed a co-operation agreement with Atos, an international leader in digital services, to facilitate the delivery of Lombard Risk’s award-winning collateral solution, COLLINE®, to the German market from early 2017.

Senjō Group, a global payments operator and FinTech investment firm, announced today its partnership and funding of Tjaara Pte. Ltd, a Singapore-based B2B service. Tjaara or “Marketplace” in Arabic, uses a group buy concept to aggregate demand from customers to present a large consolidated order to pre-qualified manufacturers.