Morningstar Announces Winners of 2015 Awards for Excellence in Investment
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Investment
Morningstar UK Limited, a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, has announced the winners of this year’s Morningstar Awards for Excellence in Investment. The annual Morningstar awards took place at The Dorchester Hotel on 10th September, recognising individual fund managers and fund groups that have made a substantial contribution to the retail investment management industry. The...
London Stock Exchange Group announces the launch of trading in Turkish equity index derivatives
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Infrastructure
From Monday 14 September, London Stock Exchange’s global client base will be able to trade futures and options on the BIST 30 Index, Turkey’s leading index. The flagship BIST 30 Index futures currently trade, on average, more than 180,000 contracts per day on Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP). Liquidity will be provided on screen by market makers. LCH.Clearnet will provide central counterparty services to London Stock Exchange Derivatives...
Nordea has selected Accenture and Temenos to help the bank replace its core banking systems
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Accenture will assist with implemention of the new platform, which will be based on Temenos’ core banking software. The Stockholm-based bank took a EUR344 million impairment charge on its current IT systems in Q3 as it outlined plans to embark on a major project to rip and replace its core banking and payments systems.
Orange to launch a mobile crowdfunding platform in Cote d'Ivoire
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Orange has launched a mobile crowdfunding platform in Cote d'Ivoire to which users can make and receive donations via their Orange Money accounts. Using the Orange Collecte platform, private individuals and charities can finance their personal and charitable projects by making an appeal through the mobile network. Campaigns posted on the platform must be backed by an Orange Money account in order to accept funds pledged by other users. At the...
IBM Acquires StrongLoop to Extend Enterprise Reach using IBM Cloud
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Cloud, M&A Deals
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the acquisition of StrongLoop, Inc., a software provider, to help developers connect enterprise applications to mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and web applications in the
GAIN Capital Appoints Nigel Rose as Chief Financial Officer
- 9 years 8 months ago
- People Moves
Former City Index Group Finance Director to take on expanded role following acquisition of the business by GAIN Capital
EthosData Wins Multiple Virtual Data Room Awards in Acquisition International's 2015 M&A Awards
- 9 years 8 months ago
- M&A Deals
EthosData, a global leading provider of virtual data room services, today announced that it has received multiple awards by the readers of Acquisition International. EthosData was named "Best Virtual Dataroom Provider of the year for Spain, India and China" for the third year in a row as well "Virtual Dataroom Rising Star- US" and "Most User friendly Data room".
Barclays to launch cloud contingency payments with AccessPay
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Barclays has launched a first of its kind cloud-based contingency payment service banking access channel in order to boost its commitment to corporate clients.
ITG Hires Nick Johnston as European Head of Sales Trading
- 9 years 8 months ago
- People Moves
ITG (NYSE: ITG), a leading independent execution broker and research provider, announced this week the appointment of Nick Johnston as Managing Director, European Head of Sales Trading. He will lead ITG’s European high-touch business. Sales trading at ITG is part of a global high-touch agency trading service, which also includes Portfolio/Index Trading and ETF Trading.
Ullink teams up with LiquidMetrix to offer cutting edge post trade analytics services
- 9 years 8 months ago
Ullink, a leading global provider of electronic trading and connectivity services to the financial community, today announced a new partnership with LiquidMetrix, experts in financial data research and execution quality analysis. The partnership enables Ullink to provide its global community of market participants trading over Ullink’s NYFIX network with cutting edge post-trade analytics powered by LiquidMetrix analytics.
Xignite to Unveil Financial Data Streaming Solution at Finovate Fall 2015 in New York City
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Infrastructure
Xignite, the leading provider of market data cloud solutions for financ
ICC Becomes Nimble Storage Authorized Solutions Provider
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
ICC today announced it has joined the Nimble Partner Network as a managed services partner. Nimble Storage is a provider of flash storage solutions that enable enterprises to meet performance and capacity requirements for any workload in virtualized datacenters and cloud environments.
Orc recruits senior industry experts to address new regulatory landscape
- 9 years 8 months ago
Orc, the global market leader in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, today announced two strategic recruitments: Christer Wennerberg, who joins Orc from the SEB Group and Magnus Hedin, most recently with Nasdaq. They are entering Orc’s newly established market structure team with the key mission to adapt Orc’s platforms to upcoming regulatory changes, and to launch a broader product and services offering for supporting...
Global Cloud Solution Provider, Ormuco, today announces it has selected MigSolv as its UK data centre partner
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Cloud
Ormuco, today announces it has chosen MigSolv as its UK data centre partner. The partnership will allow Ormuco to deliver high quality, service based colocation services to the large enterprises. Ormuco, an HP Helion Network charter member, offers a cloud services platform for service providers, ISVs and businesses around the globe. With nodes in Canada, U.S., EMEA and soon, LATAM and Japan, it is rapidly building a global network of cloud...
NSD Implements Back-to-Back Securities Settlement Technology
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Security
National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announces its implementation of the back-to-back settlements technology for off-exchange DVP transactions with securities denominated in Russian rubles, USD, Euro and CNY. Back-to-back settlements allow for mitigation of settlement failure risk by means of netting the parties’ liabilities within a general pool of instructions to settle the instructions that could not...
