EToro adds ZCash

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Asset Management, Investment Management

EToro, the global, multi-asset, investment platform with over ten million registered users, has today added ZCash (ZEC) to its product range. This brings the total number of cryptoassets available on eToro to 14. ZCash is a decentralised payments network, designed to offer users greater privacy options. Often referred to as a competitor to Bitcoin, Zcash was developed in 2016, and counts Johns Hopkins University’s cryptographer Matthew D. Green... more

The GBBC strengthens its Board with the appointment of Fidelity Digital Assets’ Tom Jessop

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Blockchain, Asset Management

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the leading association for the blockchain ecosystem, has appointed Tom Jessop, president of Fidelity Digital Assets℠ and head of Corporate Business Development at Fidelity Investments, to its board. Tom’s appointment to GBBC’s board will be formalized at the next general assembly meeting.

Objectway Acquires Algorfin From Unione Fiduciaria

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Asset Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management

Objectway, the leading Fintech group in Italy and one of the premier European players in software and services for the wealth, investment and asset management industries, acquired Algorfin, the software and services division of Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A. Algorfin is specialised in IT and administrative outsourcing services for Asset Management Companies, Custodian Banks and other financial operators, through the Archimede, Diogene and Archimede... more

Seed CX targets institutional investors with digital asset wallet launch

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Asset Management

The digital asset market, long dominated by individual retail traders, is attracting the interest and participation of institutional investors. To give these investors the same degree of operational confidence that they have with more traditional financial and commodity markets, Seed CX, a leading institutional digital asset exchange and settlement agent, today introduced an innovative new digital asset wallet solution featuring on-chain... more

genesis partners with OpenFin to accelerate digital transformation in capital markets

• 6 years 6 months ago
• Buy-Side Back and Middle Office, Asset Management, Fund Management, Treasury, Wealth Management

genesis, the international capital markets software firm and OpenFin are pleased to announce their partnership, to provide clients with scalable and interoperable technology and desktop solutions, built and deployed at great speed. The partnership helps drive front to back office digital transformation projects across capital markets - from the server to the desktop - bringing together genesis’ ability for agile software development and OpenFin’... more

Trustology Announces $8M Seed Investment for Digital Asset Safeguarding

• 6 years 6 months ago
• Asset Management

Trustology, a ConsenSys-incubated company for securing digital assets, announced today that it has raised $8 million in a seed round led by Two Sigma Ventures, the early-stage venture capital fund of Two Sigma. ConsenSys, the global blockchain company founded by Ethereum Co-founder Joseph Lubin, also participated in the financing. Both investors will be joining Trustology’s board of directors.

Finicity Announces Partnership with Princeton Mortgage for Effortless Digital Mortgage Origination

• 6 years 6 months ago
• Asset Management, Security

Finicity, a leading provider of real-time financial data aggregation and insights, announced today it is working with mortgage banker

Linedata ushers in the next generation of electronic trading with Trade Informatics’ START

• 6 years 6 months ago
• Asset Management, Data, Infrastructure

Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN), a global provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, announced it is teaming up with leading quantitative analytics firm, Trade Informatics (TI) to usher in the next generation of trading and advanced pre-trade analytics beyond how the market has traditionally defined and imagined transaction cost analytics (TCA).  

The divestment of Nordea Ejendomme finalised

• 6 years 6 months ago
• Asset Management

All conditions have been fulfilled for the sale of the Danish property asset management company Nordea Ejendomme, disclosed on 28 August 2018, and the sale was finalised on 29 November 2018. Upon completion of the transaction it is expected to result in a capital gain amounting to approximately EUR 35 million for Nordea, expected to be recognised in the line item Other operating income in the fourth quarter of 2018. Costs are reduced by... more

Gibraltar Regulator Grants Lendingblock In-Principle Licence as DLT Provider

• 6 years 6 months ago
• Asset Management

Lendingblock, the securities lending platform for digital assets, today announces the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has made an in-principle decision to grant the firm authorisation as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider.

BlockEx implements Maker/Taker pricing for partner brokerage growth

• 6 years 7 months ago
• Blockchain, Asset Management

BlockEx, the digital asset exchange provider for institutional-grade financial markets, has announced the implementation of Maker/Taker pricing across its pooled liquidity brokerage network. Adam Leonard, CEO at BlockEx, said: “Partner branded brokerages that sit on our digital-asset trading exchange platform share a single virtual marketplace that pools liquidity. Implementing Maker/Taker pricing is an important tool for our partners to... more

Tremblant Capital Selects LiquidityBook

• 6 years 7 months ago
• Asset Management

LiquidityBook today announced that Tremblant Capital, a multi-billion global asset management firm, has selected the SaaS-based LBX Buy Side as its full POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system), with the integrated LBX Connect as its FIX routing network. LBX Buy Side replaced an existing system which was implemented 16 years ago near Tremblant’s inception.

Formosa Financial Integrates With BitGo

• 6 years 7 months ago
• Asset Management, Infrastructure

Formosa Financial, the one-stop financial services platform for managing digital assets, has announced a collaboration with BitGo, the market leader in institutional-grade cryptocurrency security to integrate BitGo's custodial services into the Formosa Financial suite of digital asset management tools.

Solactive is expanding – new Hong Kong office established

• 6 years 7 months ago
• Asset Management

Finicity Partners with Freddie Mac to Provide Industry-Leading Automated Income and Asset Assessment Solution

• 6 years 8 months ago
• Asset Management, Data

Finicity, a leading provider of real-time financial data aggregation and insights, announced today it has been selected as a third-party service provider for the new