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The future’s in the fundamentals: why investment firms need more drivers and fewer mechanics
There is nothing faster than the speed of light. Except, perhaps, progress. And, when it comes to driving forward, institutional investors move more swiftly than most.
 
That has certainly been the case in recent years, with firms spending ever more money and attention on hiring the best quants and coders to develop ever-more sophisticated algorithms – with fantastic results. But, when it comes to gaining an edge, this approach can only take you so far.
 
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 07:15
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Templum Inc. Appoints Trading Infrastructure Veteran Brian Nadzan as Chief Technology Officer

Templum Inc., a leading innovative financial technology company providing a marketplace for the primary issuance and secondary trading of alternative assets as smart securities, has appointed former AlphaPoint, TradingScreen, Lava Trading, and Bloomberg executive Brian Nadzan as Chief Technology Officer.

In this new role, Brian’s global expertise at some of the most successful financial services technology firms will be integral in driving Templum’s continuing efforts to create efficiency and liquidity in the private markets. 

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 07:03
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Nine Startups Selected for Accenture’s 2019 FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific from Record Number of Applicants

 Nine leading financial technology (fintech) companies have been selected for the sixth annual FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific, a 12-week mentorship program created by Accenture(NYSE: ACN).

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 17:36
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CEX.IO Has Expanded Operations to 31 States and the District of Columbia

Since the launch of the US office of CEX.IO Corp on July 4, CEX.IO’s regulatory compliance team has been tirelessly working with regulators to pass all required checks and audits and receive MTLs in new states. 

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 14:26
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ULTUMUS appoints Daniel Hodgetts as Operations Head to Manage Business Expansion

ULTUMUS, the leading global provider of data creation, management and distribution services for index and ETF products, today announces the hire of industry operations expert, Daniel Hodgetts as Index Operations Head.

Hodgetts will lead the global index and ETF support team based in London and Singapore and assist in the support of key clients as ULTUMUS roll its data managed data service out to a growing roster of asset managers, investments banks and exchanges.

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 14:17
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Mastercard Furthers Resources For Small Business Owners with Salesforce Essentials

Small businesses are often powered by passionate teams behind the scenes, and in today’s digital world, having savvy technology resources can help them achieve their goals. Salesforce joins Intuit in the U.S. 

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 14:05
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Meet The Michael Jordan of Algorithmic Cryptocurrency Trading

Digital assets like bitcoin have exponentially outperformed competing asset classes such as the s&p500, nasdaq, gold & oil. The value of bitcoin has been rapidly increasing year after year due to a fixed supply (only 21M BTC will ever exist) and growing demand factor.

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 13:41
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Standard Chartered completes first transaction on blockchain platform with Linklogis

Standard Chartered and Linklogis have recently completed their first joint deep-tier supply chain financing transaction for Digital Guangdong and its upstream suppliers.

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 13:29
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The opportunity of alternative data for the banking and finance industry

Thomas Egner, the Secretary General of the Euro Banking Association recently referred to data as the 'new superpower of the financial services world.'

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 13:13
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Financial IT
Klarna and ASOS Expand Global Payments Partnership into the US

Always on trend global fashion destination, ASOS, and leading alternative payments provider, Klarna, take on the US. With the original UK partnership kicking off in 2016, ASOS and Klarna now extend their reach to the US market to offer flexible payment options to savvy shoppers.

Global online fashion retailer, ASOS, sells over 850 brands as well as its own range of ASOS Design clothing and accessories, giving their consumers and audience the confidence to be whoever they want to be.

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 13:11
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