Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN), the global solutions and outsourcing services provider to the investment management and credit finance industries, has launched a new version of its Linedata Global Hedge platform. It is designed to meet asset managers’ evolving challenges by improving efficiency, product delivery flexibility, data management and automation across the portfolio management lifecycle.

Dragonglass, the first gamified cryptocurrency gaming experience in the world, designed to provide a seamless and very simple mining solution, will launch a Token Generation Event (TGE) on Friday, February 16, 2018. During the event, a total of 1,111,111,111 Dragonglass (DGS) tokens will be generated and made available to contributors. The TGE will be the only source of funding for the project, where everyone will be invited to contribute by purchasing tokens. 

Intellect Global Transaction Banking (iGTB), the corporate banking technology provider, and Pivotal Software, Inc. announced the upcoming availability of iGTB’s next-generation Cash Management platform, CBX 18, on Pivotal Cloud Foundry® (PCF), one of the world’s most powerful cloud-native platforms, to bring “on-tap” corporate banking capabilities to the financial services industry.

3d innovations, a data management software and services firm, today announced that in collaborating with financial institutions on data governance initiatives, the firm has reached an impressive figure of over USD one billion in cost avoidance. 3di have arrived at this positive checkpoint after 16 years of consulting across global data licensing domains.

Currencycloud, the leading international payments platform, announced today that Richard Arundel has been appointed as General Manager of Currencycloud North America. In his new role, Arundel will leverage his extensive background to advance and execute Currencycloud’s U.S. strategy.

For several years now, the market has been driven by very low, and even in some cases, negative yields. With this economic backdrop unlikely to change anytime soon, it is hardly surprising to see leading institutional investors and asset managers seeking out alternative investment support in the form of real assets and private equity. After all, fund managers have investors to keep happy, which means they have no choice but to look for new ways to provide long-term returns.

Aquila Capital today announced that it has opened a new office in Amsterdam.

The opening of a local office underlines the firm’s strategy of being close to clients and its investments. In the last two years Aquila Capital has opened additional offices including Oslo and Madrid to build strong relationships with institutional investors and expand its investment activities across Scandinavia and the Iberian Peninsula.

The Amsterdam office will be led by Oldrik Verloop, Head of Client Advisory International, and newly-appointed Emke Bus, Head of the Netherlands. 

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) successfully launched its new clearing system for exchange traded derivatives, based on Cinnober’s TRADExpress RealTime Clearing, and a CCP Risk solution. The JPX ETD derivatives market is operated by the Osaka Exchange (OSE) and cleared by the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC), both part of JPX.