Founded in 2000, ARQA Technologies is a leading independent financial software provider in Russia and CIS. ARQA’s automated front-to-back solutions are used by over 300 sell- and buy-side institutions from different countries.

The flagship product is QUIK – the multifunctional EMS/OMS platform for trading securities and provision of related services. It is used by both Sell and Buy Side for proprietary operations and brokerage/asset management services to clients.

JHC Systems Limited , a leading provider of wealth management solutions, has today announced the appointment of John Boggis as its new Head of Sales.  

RBS’s latest move to replace staff with ‘robo-advisers’ may seem like doom and gloom for the idea of the traditional labour market as we know it- but this needn’t be the case. Despite popular opinion, the rise of robots, ‘smart robotics' or in this specific instance, ‘robo-advisers’ can actually transform how people have always done business into how they have always wanted to do business- and more importantly- in the way that best suits today’s busy consumer.

Bittium will exhibit its customized, secure IoT solutions and engineering services at Wearable Technology Show 2016, to be held in ExCel, London, the United Kingdom March 15–16, 2016. At display are Bittium Smart Watch and IoT gateway reference designs, which can be easily customized according to customer needs and industry specific requirements.

 Trayport, a leading provider of energy trading solutions to traders, brokers and exchanges worldwide, announced today that Balkaner Enerji has chosen Trayport’s GlobalVision Broker Trading System (BTS) for its OTC trading operations in the Turkish power market.

AFEX, one of the world’s largest non-bank providers of global payment and risk management solutions, has announced the opening of a new office in Madrid. Strategically located in Spain’s financial centre and growing commercial hub, the office will serve Spanish businesses that have exposure to the international markets.

Further strengthening its commitment to help global organizations migrate to SAP(R) Business Suite 4 SAP HANA(R) (SAP S/4HANA), BackOffice Associates, a worldwide leader of information governance and 

Giant Oak, Inc. today launched its highly efficient large scale negative media search tool GOST™ to the financial services community at the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. GOST™ allows analysts and investigators to perform negative media searches on a tremendous amount of entities quickly and reliably.

"Bank executives must know their customers in order to run efficient businesses and comply with anti-money laundering (AML) requirements," said Giant Oak CEO Gary M. Shiffman.

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business, a leading provider of hedge fund and private equity fund administration services. SS&C acquired the business unit from Citi for approximately $321 million.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its next-generation cloud ERP solution, Microsoft Dynamics AX, built on and for Microsoft Azure, is now available in 137 markets in 40 languages. The enterprise-class business application brings the power, speed and intelligence of cloud computing to people and organizations to achieve more.