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. 

We’re all aware of how readily available biometrics are by this point. If you aren’t approving that purchase of a cup of coffee you just made with Face ID you probably unlocked your smartphone with a fingerprint, or use that fingerprint to log into your banking app. But consumers aren’t the only ones with their eye on biometrics as a convenient way to secure access to the things they consider important.

iCapital Network, the financial technology platform democratizing alternative investments for high-net-worth individuals and their advisors, announced it has been selected as a 

Global Processing Services (GPS), part of Rt. Hon. Lord Mayor of the City of London’s UK Business delegation which are currently in Australia this week; announces today that it has been selected to be the payment issuer processor for multi-currency FX money app Revolut, for the future launch of their app in the APAC region starting with New Zealand, Singapore and Japan.

Demonstrating its commitment to deliver a comprehensive suite of next-generation integrated risk solutions to assist the global financial and corporate communities, Thomson Reuters has further expanded its Connected Risk platform to include a commercialized Risk Management (RM) solution to help new customers develop more holistic, effective risk management programs aligned with their risk methodology and business strategy. 

GreenKey Technologies, creator of patented voice software with integrated speech recognition designed for the financial markets, today announced that the firm will release its voice API through OpenFin’s plugin architecture. OpenFin is the secure desktop operating system used by 45 of the world’s largest banks, buy-side and trading platforms.