Mirae Asset to release two innovative Chinese Biotech and Cloud Computing ETFs
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Digital Identity, Data
Solactive announces the release of two thematic indices that capitalize on two significant megatrends that have the capacity to change not only consumer behavior, but also society as a whole. Both the Solactive China Cloud Computing Index and the Solactive China Biotech Index aim to track the individual performance of the twenty largest and most liquid Chinese companies operating in their corresponding sectors.
Thoughtworks research reveals young people choose banks over tech brands for their financial future
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data, Market and Reference Data
More than two in five young people (43%) believe that high street banks will continue to process their payments in Britain of 2030 - but they also believe that banks need to become more ethical and have a greater impact on society at large in order to fend off the challenges posed by retail and tech brands - according to new research from ThoughtWorks.
Oxford University Spinout Zegami Secures £1.25m to Transform How Businesses Engage With Data
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data, Data Management
Zegami, the augmented intelligence company helping businesses unlock their data potential through visual data exploration, has raised £1.25M in equity funding.
Free Tool Reveals the True Cost of ‘Free’ Online Services — Your Data and Identity
Cyber security provider F-Secure has released a free new online tool that helps expose the true cost of using some of the web’s most popular free services—the abundance of data that has been collected about them by Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon Alexa, Twitter and Snapchat. F-Secure Data Discovery Portal sends users directly to the often hard-to-locate resources provided by each of these tech giants that allow users to review their data,... more
Trustonic Joins PCI Security Standards Council To Secure Payment Data Worldwide
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data
Mobile cybersecurity leader, Trustonic, announced today that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) as a new Participating Organization. Trustonic will work with the PCI SSC to help secure payment data worldwide through the ongoing development and adoption of the PCI Security Standards.
Woodseer Global and ULTUMUS Announce ETF Dividend Forecast Product Launch
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data
Woodseer Global, the London-based dividend forecast data specialist and ULTUMUS, the leading global provider of data services for index and ETF data, today announced the launch of their joint ETF Dividend Forecast product. Across the investment banks, asset managers and fund service sectors there is traditionally a very limited choice of sources for ETF dividend forecast data. Existing 3rd party vendor products either offer limited coverage or... more
Software firm hires senior BDM to continue expansion into lending and debt sectors
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data Management
Paylink Solutions has made a senior business development appointment to nurture new customer relationships as it continues to push into the lending and debt management sectors. Paul Nicholson has joined Midlands-based technology company as Senior Solutions Consultant and is now developing a sales strategy, which will deliver the company’s ambitious plans for growth.
Solactive Increases APAC Exposure as BetaShares Releases Australian Government Bond ETF (ASX code: AGVT)
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data
Solactive is pleased to announce the release of the Solactive Australian Government 7-12 Year AUD TR Index, serving as the underlying index of the BetaShares Australian Government Bond ETF (ASX code: AGVT). Another BetaShares ETF, the BetaShares Australia 200 ETF (ASX: A200), which uses an underlying Solactive Index, recently became Australia’s fastest ETF to exceed AUD500m in FUM.
NeoXam Hires Swiss Data Expert to Help DACH Clients with Market Data Requirements
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data
NeoXam, a leading provider of data management and transaction software solutions dedicated to the financial industry, has today announced a strategic new hire in the DACH region.
Rise Of The Disruptors: 21st Century Insurers Outnumber Incumbents More Than Two To One - Policy Expert
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data
A surge of innovation means over two thirds (68%) of UK insurance firms active today were incorporated in the 21st century, outnumbering older incumbents by more than two to one according to new analysis by Policy Expert, the digital home insurer. Its study of Companies House data shows two in five (40%) insurance businesses in the life and non-life insurance sectors have emerged in less than a decade since 2010. An additional 28% were founded... more
Xceptor Appoints Tom Edwards as COO
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data
Xceptor, a global data ingestion and transformation software provider, has announced the appointment of Tom Edwards as Chief Operating Officer to further support the company’s growth strategy. Most recently Tom was head of delivery at wealth management and capital markets technology provider GBST.
Alibaba Cloud Ranked Third Globally by Gartner’s Database Management System Cloud Services Revenue in 2018
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Data
Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, generated the third largest cloud database management system (DBMS) revenue among global players in 2018, according to a recent report entitled Gartner, The Future of the DBMS Market Is Cloud, Donald Feinberg et al., 21 June 2019. According to this report conducted by global analyst firm Gartner, Alibaba Cloud’s DBMS revenue increased by 116% year-on-year in 2018. Cloud DBMS revenue... more
Global Hosting Company WorldStream Significantly Expands The Size of Its R&D Department
WorldStream, a fast-growing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) hosting provider with more than 15,000 dedicated servers installed in their two company-owned data centers in the Netherlands, has expanded its Research & Development department from 3 to 10 employees in just a few months time.
Pico to Acquire Corvil, Creating the New Benchmark for Technology Services in Financial Markets
Pico, a leading provider of
Saga and Deloitte Partner to Select FIS’s Solution to Manage Treasury Unit
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain, Audit and Reporting
Saga, a monetary startup aimed at creating blockchain-based currency designed to bring stability to international exchange, announced today that it has recently selected FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, to deploy its Integrity SaaS solution to manage the Saga treasury unit’s back office and its reserves.
