Emerging markets and selected high yield debt appear to offer opportunities in the current environment of heightened geopolitical risk, according to the summer bond market observations from Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, the Boston-based fixed income boutique for BNY Mellon.

INSIDE Secure, a leader in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, has  announce appointment of Martin Bergenwall, currently vice-president of the Group’s embedded security solutions product line, to the position of head of the Mobile Security business division.

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), global leader in seamless payment,  has announced  that it has been awarded the first certification in France for an m-acceptance (or mobile acceptance) solution by Cartes Bancaires CB Group.

Thomson Reuters has released a case study examining CPA firm Windham Brannon's switch to PPC's SMART Practice Aids to address the challenge of audit efficiency and over-auditing.

Entersekt, an innovative pioneer in transaction authentication, announced that Zurich, Switzerland-based Swisscard AECS AG has implemented its mobile application Transakt to enable safer, more user-friendly 3-D Secure protection of online purchases. Swisscard is a joint venture between Credit Suisse AG and American Express.

Wilshire Associates Incorporated (Wilshire®), a diversified global financial services firm,has announced enhancements to its manager research scoring model designed to improve both the flexibility and interpretation of its research scores,increasing their value to clients in selecting and monitoring investment strategies.

Lombard Risk Management plc (Lombard Risk), a leading UK provider of end-to-end European Banking Authority reporting automation, and automated XBRL tools in this market, has comprehensive support for multiple versions of XBRL taxonomies at the same time.  As the EBA’s requirements continue to be rolled out, this is a mandatory functional must-have. 

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”) introduced ASEAN Post Trade services to its Participating Organisations (POs) for outbound (non-Bursa Malaysia Securities’) trades executed on participating ASEAN stock exchanges that are currently on the ASEAN Trading Link. These post trade services are available on subscription basis. 

CHAPS Co, the UK’s same day high-value payment system, is pleased to announce an update to its funding model. In 2015, CHAPS will make participation in the scheme even more cost effective by charging low volume Participants 50% less. 

The Shelby County Trustee's office has chosen Thomson Reuters Aumentum software to automate property tax billing and collection administration.