Today, IG Group, a global leader in providing trading and investing solutions, unveils first retail IPO on its investment platform. The IG Group has launched the service along with applications open for the Global Ports Holding IPO.

The recent advancement of IG’s investment platform enables investors to subscribe to upcoming IPOs and placings through IG share dealing account or share dealing ISA. Furthermore, IG’s platform does not charge additional fee, thus participating in the offers will cost little, only a dealing charge.

Econocom UK, a provider of digital transformation services, has announced a deal that sees JTRS, a leading supplier oftechnology solutions, joining Econocom group. JTRS is an Apple Solution Expert (ASE) and Google partner for both business and education, as well as a LegoEducation specialist, with 2016 revenue of £9 million.

The acquisition of the 40% stake in JTRS comes as a result of Econocom group expanding its offering in the UK with a transition of Econocom UK from a digital financing company to a full digital services company in the region.

 Sapient Global Markets, a leading global provider of business technology and consulting services for the financial and commodity markets, today announced the availability of its Client Connect asset management offering as a fully managed service.

Strands, a leading provider of personal financial management (PFM) and machine learning solutions for banks, today announced that 500 banks and 100 million banking customers worldwide are using digital banking services powered by the company’s award-winning technology.

Charles River Development has partnered with OTAS Technologies and incorporated OTAS’s global equity trading analytics in the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS). The partnership makes OTAS’s trade analytics available as a separately licensed add-in to Charles River’s portfolio management workspace and combined order and execution management system (OEMS).

Imperial Capital Group, LLC ("Imperial Capital") announced today the hiring of Jonathan Glionna and Scott Marchakitus, two seasoned credit analysts who will join the firm's credit sales & trading analysis team designed to create global trading ideas for its institutional investors.  Glionna joins the financials analysis team in NY covering global banks, insurance and financials while Marchakitus joins the high-grade sales and trading analysis team also in NY to cover investment grade and cross over corporate credits.

Simudyne, the artificial intelligence-powered simulation platform, today announced that it has entered into a strategic relationship with Barclays. The arrangement will accelerate the delivery of identified proofs of concept using Simudyne’s AI technology to simulate complex worlds and models, as a means of better managing risk.

The contract is the culmination of Simudyne’s participation on the Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Simudyne’s CEO Justin Lyon, presented the company to over 250 partners, Banks and VC Funds on Demo Day 3 May 2017. 

We all want to be financially responsible. However, for many people, dealing with finances is a chore best left for tomorrow. With summer coming and daylight hours expanding, there will be endless temptation to spend. Lee Murphy, owner of accountancy software Pandle, discusses 10 ways in which you’re being financially irresponsible, and how you can turn things around.  

Huddlestock Limited, in London, is doing a carve-out and acquiring all IPR from Islero AS, a Norwegian Fintech company. Islero established in 2015 in Trondheim, was became enrolled in Innovation Norway’s Tech City Accelerator in 2016, and was subsequently part of Level39.