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Linedata Launches New Interface to DTCC’s CTM in Support of MiFID II and Industry Requirements

Linedata (Euronext Paris:LIN), the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, today announced the extension of its 10-year strong partnership with The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 08:26
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SimCorp and TradingScreen Form Front Office Alliance

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry, and TradingScreen Inc. (TS), the leading multi-asset class Execution Management System (EMS) provider, today announce a new strategic alliance.   

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 08:15
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Abu Dhabi Global Market shortlists 11 startups for fintech innovation challenge

Abu Dhabi Global Market, the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with KPMG, announced that 11 outstanding global FinTech firms have been shortlisted for the inaugural FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge in October.  

The selected firms are currently undergoing an intensive five-week programme (which kicked-off on Sunday 17th September), which allows them to contextualise and present market-ready solutions tailored for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. 

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 07:52
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Retailers Experience Two Cyber Attacks Every Week

Retailers are responding to cyber attacks on average twice a week — this is according to the latest research from Zynstra, an enterprise-grade IT software provider. 16% of retailers said they experienced an attack or attempted attack every day, 11% said they responded 2-3 times per week, and 64% said once a month.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 07:44
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TORA Integrates OTAS Analytics to Help Clients Generate Alpha and Meet MiFID II Best Execution Requirements

TORA, provider of the industry’s most advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), and OTAS Technologies, a Liquidnet company and specialist provider of market analytics and trader intelligence, announced today that TORA has integrated OTAS Portfolio and Trading Analytics applications into its OEMS platform to help clients generate alpha and meet MiFID II best execution requirements. This development is the latest in a series of enhancements TORA has made to ease the burden on clients as they transition to this new regulatory regime.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 07:43
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Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage with Robotic Process Automation in Swiss Banking

Is the Swiss banking industry still the most attractive financial destination in the world? Probably, but it is becoming increasingly clearer that the sector will need to fight to maintain status quo in the face of disruptive innovations, stringent regulations and their impact on the banking landscape.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 07:37
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Ex-BT CEO Global Services Luis Alvarez joins Wandera as Strategic Advisor

Today, Wandera, the global mobile security provider, announces the appointment of internationally recognized telecommunications executive Luis Alvarez as Strategic Advisor, his first role since leaving BT.

As CEO of BT Global Services, Luis Alvarez ran a $10bn business in networked IT services, serving around 7,000 corporate and public sector enterprises in over 170 countries worldwide. This includes every single organization in the FTSE 100 and 86% of the Fortune 500.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 07:35
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Nasdaq Completes Acquisition of Sybenetix

Nasdaq today announced the completion of its acquisition of Sybenetix

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 07:29
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BlockEx are Future of Finance Finalists

We entered in the category of ‘Investment Banking 4.0’. The challenges in that area are: improving client experience, achieving faster regulatory compliance, using machine learning to improve the ways we interpret data, increasing post-trade efficiency, and facilitating client lending.

BlockEx can substantially improve both regulatory compliance and post-trade efficiency, using the power of the blockchain. 

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 07:23
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ABN AMRO standardises on CBA’s IBAS Global Trade Finance Factory

Norwegian software vendor Commercial Banking Applications (CBA), today announced that ABN AMRO will be implementing the new IBAS Customer Front-End System for Trade Finance across its global operations as part of a project to offer additional functionality to customers, increase efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership.

Monday, September 18, 2017 - 14:05
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