MSCI announced that Laurent Seyer has been named Chief Client Officer, a newly created role.

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, announced the appointments of two senior hires to its European Execution & Quantitative Services (EQS) team. Launched in 2014, the EQS group advises Liquidnet’s buy-side Members and institutional clients on algorithmic strategies, trade analytics, and quantitative products and services.

KGI Ong Capital and The Technancial Company (TTC) announced today that KGI will utilise TTC’s JANUS™ Risk Manager platform (JRM) to enhance their client services with real time monitoring.

Seeing Machines, a global leader in the design and development of vision-based Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) to the transport and automotive industries, is pleased to announce the introduction of its 1st generation FOVIO embedded hardware chip.

SIX Securities Services, the post-trade infrastructure operator for the Swiss financial sector, and Digital Asset Holdings, a developer of distributed ledger technology for the financial services industry, today announced plans to develop a proof of concept that will demonstrate the commercial viability of distributed ledger technology across the Swiss financial market, with an initial prototype for securities lifecycle processing. The two firms will also develop a roadmap for future opportunities spanning the whole market infrastructure value chain.

Banks and financial institutions are seized with newer forms of threats to the safety and security of their data, a critical asset for any organization. In the age of Internet of Things, criminal activities and data theft have also gotten smarter and savvier, with criminals increasingly using technology to break technological barriers within the banking system. In light of the low entry barriers to cybersecurity attacks in banks, it is incumbent upon them to invest in systems and technologies that go beyond merely pre-empting an attack.

This White Paper explores:

SWIFT announces today the availability of a new paper investigating the application of business standards to distributed ledger technology (DLT) and smart contracts (SC). The paper examines the need for the financial industry to find agreement on the format of shared data, business processes, roles and responsibilities so that these new technologies can be used to efficiently address complex problems in financial services.

Trayport, a leading provider of energy trading solutions to traders, brokers and exchanges worldwide, announced today that Ancoa has been successfully accredited as a Trayport Certified Software Provider (CSP).

Trayport's CSP program is designed to enable third party suppliers to connect to the Trayport system in order to better support mutual clients. Trayport’s conformance testing ensures peace of mind for both the provider and clients ensuring security, stability and reliability against Trayport technology.