L Marks, the corporate innovation specialist and early stage investor announces today the launch of operations in Japan, where it will target the major Japanese corporate brands that are ripe for innovation as well as the country’s fast-growing startups.

L Marks’ first corporate client in Japan is BMW Group Financial Services Japan. Their partnership will deliver the BMW Innovation Lab 2018 for the financing arm of the global automotive giant. 

 Finastra has been positioned as a Category Leader in the Chartis Hedge Fund Risk Management Quadrant. The ranking is featured in a recent report published by Chartis which assesses the hedge fund risk management technology landscape, Hedge Fund Risk Management Technology 2018.

Phil Siarri speaks to Francis Wenzel, CEO of Montreal-based Revelate. Revelate is the maker of TickVault, a Hadoop-based platform delivering Big Data applications for the brokerage ecosystem.

Hi Francis, nice to connect with you. Can you tell us about your background and professional journey?

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. announced today that it has filed its 2017 annual materials on Form 40-F, including its audited financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2017, with the SEC on EDGAR as well as with the Canadian securities authorities on SEDAR. These documents are also available at www.brookfield.com and a hard copy will be provided to shareholders free of charge upon request.

YPO, the premier chief executive leadership organization in the world, announced today the results of the March 2018 YPO Global Pulse Survey, revealing that chief executives across the world are focused on core business technologies, such as cloud computing, business intelligence (BI) and cybersecurity, whilst adoption and investment of emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency are likely to be sector-driven.

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that SafeNet KeySecure has been validated for use with the latest release of NetApp  Volume Encryption (NVE) data management solution.

Secutech India 2018 opens this week amid growing industry demand for products in the security, fire and safety industries. The trade fair will take place in Mumbai from 5 – 7 April at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, and will provide regional buyers the opportunity to source products from some of the world’s leading safety and security brands.

The Nextgen Payments Forum Cyprus, taking place on 21-22 May 2018 is the 4th consecutive event within the Global Payments Series. The event will address the online payment ecosystem while exploring the areas of regulation, open banking, security, technology, cryptocurrencies and blockchain, the newly introduced pan EU Inst. Credit Transfer Scheme, and how to keep your competitive edge at a minimum cost, combined with e-commerce and the highly relevant PSD2, GDPR directives.