With business gaining momentum and more clients continuously committing to the Pan-European MiFID II multi-asset trade reporting service TRADEcho, Boat have appointed Carl Nilsen, former Head of Equities at Oslo Bors, as Director of Sales. Carl joins hot on the heels of Per Lovén, former Liquidnet Head of International Corporate Strategy.

Playtech, the world's leading gaming content and software, systems and services supplier, is pleased to announce that BGT founder Dr. Armin Sageder has been appointed CEO of Playtech BGT Sports.

The new division brings together Playtech Sports companies BGT, Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and Playtech's internal Sports Trading team and contains more than 600 employees based in Nicosia, Malmö, Vienna, London, Bremen and Sofia.

I blogged the other day about too many banks and that there’s not a big enough market for forty of them here in Britain.  It made me think about what do customers really want?

A survey by leading Regtech provider, Equiniti, has found that as many as 11.7 million Brits could have been victims of financial cybercrime.

The independent research, carried out in partnership with YouGov, polled 2,100 people about their attitudes to mobile banking. The sample was weighted to be representative of the UK adult population, and revealed that 24% have experienced financial cybercrime in their lifetime. 

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has been named “Asia Exchange of the Year” by Energy Risk, adding to its earlier “Exchange of the Year” title at the magazine’s global awards.

Energy Risk, a Risk.net publication, presented its Asia awards at a gala dinner in Singapore on 24 November to recognise excellence across Asian commodities markets.

Axioma, a leading provider of enterprise risk and portfolio management solutions, has entered into an agreement with Sycomore Asset Management, a leading French asset manager with €4.6 billion under management. Sycomore will deploy Axioma Risk, the company’s enterprise-wide risk management solution.

Deploying Axioma Risk will enable Sycomore AM to analyze and understand risks more effectively so that this assessment becomes a dynamic and differentiating part of its investment process.

Path Solutions, a global provider of cutting-edge software solutions for the Islamic financial services industry today announced that the panel of judges for KLIFF Islamic Finance Awards 2016 has selected Path Solutions as a recipient of the ‘Most Outstanding IT Company for Islamic Finance’ award.

For the past 12 editions of KLIFF Islamic Finance Awards, many outstanding individuals and institutions in the field of Islamic finance have been honored and recognized for their contribution and significant efforts in developing the Islamic finance industry.

Legal tech company, LegalZoom UK, have created Legacy, an app slated to “revolutionise the way we think about and plan for our loved ones after our death”. Described as the world’s first ‘digital Will’, Legacy enables users to capture, curate and pass on limitless memories to each of the important people in their lives. Stories and thoughts, special photos and shared moments and nursery drawings from children - Legacy enables all these to be passed on to loved ones, and, in time, onwards through generations.

GLAS, the leading independent provider of finance administration services, has appointed Xavier Poussardin as Head of Capital Markets Business Development (EMEA). He will be responsible for expanding GLAS’ services beyond direct lending and entering new geographies. Xavier’s appointment supports GLAS’ continued growth in the industry. As banks face increased challenges to provide agency and trustee services due to compliance and regulatory requirements, demand for independent firms has increased.

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, announced today that it has opened an office in Singapore, its seventh worldwide, to serve the growing community of Asian investors interested in funding early stage high-growth companies. It has appointed Denes Ban, a successful entrepreneur and technology executive, as Managing Partner Asia and head of OurCrowd’s Singapore Management company.