Derivatives Service Bureau 2019 Consultation Milestones
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Compliance, Infrastructure
The Derivatives Service Bureau, founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC derivatives, has today announced that it is conducting a User Survey as well as establishing a group-wide Agreement Forum as part of 2019... more
Making Tax Digital: The Survival Guide
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
With the 1 April deadline for the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT fast approaching, Alison Horner, partner and Head of VAT at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, gives her top tips on how to survive the new system:
Fidessa wins Best Smart Order Routing System at A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight Awards
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Data, Risk Management, Infrastructure
ION has announced that Fidessa won Best Smart Order Routing System at the A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight awards in London last night.
Thales and Gemalto reach agreement with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Security, Compliance, Infrastructure
Reference is made to the joint press release by Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) dated 27 March 2018 in relation to the launch of the recommended all-cash offer by Thales for all the issued and outstanding shares of Gemalto (the "Offer"), the publication of the Offer Document, and the joint press release of Thales and Gemalto dated 10 August 2018 in relation to the further extension of the Acceptance... more
IHS Markit Brings Innovative New Features to Securities Finance Platform
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced the addition of new functionality to its Securities Finance platform, a leading source of data and intelligence on global securities financing transactions. The enhancements deliver public disclosure coverage for the Japanese market, a global data feed on corporate bond lending activity, an updated model for forecasting short interest in the US and multi... more
genesis launches Automated Quoting System to enhance fixed income trading workflows
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Infrastructure
genesis, the international capital markets software firm, today launched the Automated Quoting System (AQS). Built with alpha-driven fixed income desks in mind, AQS will transform trading by automating internal workflows between the trading desk, institutional clients, asset managers and wealth managers, leaving traders free to focus on risk management and market opportunities.
RNN Group achieves first class financial planning with MHR Analytics
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
RNN Group, a leading education and training provider based in South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire, incorporating Rotherham College, North Notts College and Dearne Valley College, has announced a partnership with MHR Analytics, the specialist provider of business intelligence and analytics solutions. The partnership will support the organisation’s finance team to overhaul its financial planning processes and stay ahead of the increasingly... more
Global Study: Majority of Organizations Plan to Digitally Transform, yet 84% of Businesses Stalled by Integration Challenges
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
MuleSoft, provider of the leading platform for building application networks, today announced the findings of the 2019 Connectivity Benchmark Report on the state of IT.
Cloud Elements Secures $25 Million Funding to Virtualize API Integration, Accelerate Digital Innovation
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
Cloud Elements today announced $25 million in new funding to accelerate market adoption of its breakthrough API integration platform for software providers. The Series C round was led by Mercato Partners, with additional funding from existing investors Access Ventures, American Express Ventures, Grotech Ventures, Harbert Growth Partners, Rally Ventures, and Upslope Ventures. The new round brings Cloud Elements’ total capital raised to $46.2... more
SWIFT gpi reaches $40 trillion milestone at two year anniversary
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Security, Infrastructure
SWIFT today announces a major milestone in the take-up of gpi with more than $40trn transferred over the service in 2018. Rapid adoption saw the share of cross-border messages using gpi soar from 15% at the start of 2018, to 56% by the end of the year, a year-on-year increase of 270%. More than 3,500 banks, accounting for 85% of SWIFT’s total payments traffic, have committed to adopting gpi, evidencing how the service has achieved the near total... more
Horizons ETFs to track Solactive Index for Canadian Preferred Share ETF
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Solactive is pleased to announce that Canadian ETF provider Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. (“Horizons ETFs”) utilizes the Solactive Laddered Canadian Preferred Share Index as the underlying index for the Horizons Laddered Canadian Preferred Share Index ETF (“HLPR”), which lists on the Toronto Stock Exchange today. The index includes more than 170 Canadian preferred share securities that generally have an adjustable dividend rate.
ConsenSys' PegaSys releases first Ethereum blockchain client for enterprise
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
PegaSys today announced the release of Pantheon 1.0 with permissioning and consensus features built specifically with enterprise requirements in mind. Pantheon 1.0 allows users to create private blockchain networks, with new customer support and training offerings.
Embedded World 2019: Paragon and Visuality Systems Partner to Deliver Integrated SMB Protocol
- 5 years 9 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Paragon
Nivaura poised for growth following $20m strategic seed investment round
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Compliance, Infrastructure
Nivaura, a regulated FinTech company focused on automating the issuance and administration processes for financial instruments, has closed a strategic funding round, raising $20m in seed and seed extension capital from a number of prominent partners.
Financial Services Firms Update In-house Technology on a Reactive Basis
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
More than half (52%) of senior decision-makers in financial services organisations across the US and Europe, said they look to update or replace in-house solutions because they become technologically outdated. That’s according to a new in-depth study, commissioned by Asset Control. Further underlining the ongoing need to adapt their in-house technology, 49% of the sample said they were driven to schedule changes by ‘the increase in... more
