Linedata, the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, is pleased to announce thatLinedata Capitalstream, the market reference of credit decision makers, has an entirely new series of campaigns to illustrate their expanded ability to serve their global clients with  modular, integrated end-to-end Lending and Leasing solutions.

The Reverend Jesse Jackson calls prison the exhaust of a failed economic engine. The U.S. has more people in prison per capita than any other country on earth. There is a disproportionate number of black youth in the U.S. prison system. The distressing news has arrived that the mortality rate among white, non-college-educated men and women in the rural suburbs of theU.S., who are 45-54 years of age, is rising at an alarming rate. The chief culprit is the usual suspect; unemployment.

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd. (“Polaris”) (BSE: POLARIS NSE: POLARIS MSEI: POLARIS), a global provider of IT solutions primarily to the banking and financial services industry segment, for approximately $270 million.

Today Numerix announces new attribution functionality in Leading Hedge, Numerix’s production platform for end-to-end risk management and the hedging of life and annuity products.  Providing a risk neutral or real world stochastic modeling framework, Numerix Leading Hedge can be used for capital calculations, product pricing and ongoing valuations, trading and hedging, and regulatory and accounting compliance.  As a sophisticated attribution analysis framework, the new functionality allows drill-down analysis

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions,announced today the appointment of Janet Estep to its Board of Directors.

Estep serves as president and CEO of NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association® that oversees the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network.

Investment and startups are a key focus for this year’s Apps World event at London Excel on the 18th and 19th November 2015. Budding entrepreneurs will be given the opportunity to meet with leading digital industry figures and given the opportunity to secure investment for their business.

London has been named the number one city in Europe for digital entrepreneurs, startups and scale-ups and this success will be evident at this year’s event with an exciting agenda of speakers, workshops and activities.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management today announced that it has added CreditSights, an industry leading independent provider of global fixed income research, to its online portal of research and strategy content for its Financial Advisors.

Rapid technology evolution, shifting demographics and empowered consumers are trends well documented in academic and business journals alike. But what do they mean for the transfer agency (TA) sector?