Syscap turns 25 on crest of alternative finance wave
- 9 years 12 months ago
- Investment
Syscap, the UK’s leading independent finance provider, today celebrates a full quarter century in business with new staff appointments, partner benefits and a pledge to raise £25,000 for charity in the year ahead. 21,000 UK organisations, from large enterprises to IT resellers, schools, SMEs and legal firms, have benefited from access to alternative finance worth £1.9bn through Syscap since 1990.
Equinix Continues Australian Expansion with Fourth Sydney Data Center
- 9 years 12 months ago
Equinix announced it plans to invest over $97M to build a large-scale data center in Sydney. This new International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center, to be called SY4, will address the growing demand for premium data center services in Australia. SY4 will be Equinix’s fourth data center in Sydney, and its fifth in Australia; taking the company’s total investment in Australia close to $360M. Highlights / Key Facts
ABN AMRO Selects WealthSuite from Temenos
- 9 years 12 months ago
- Banking
Temenos announces that ABN AMRO, the leading Dutch universal banking group, has decided to adopt WealthSuite, Temenos’ best-of-breed, integrated Wealth Management platform for its international Private Banking business.
Over 27% of global online transactions are now on mobile devices
- 9 years 12 months ago
- Online Banking
Adyen, the global payments technology company, today published its quarterly Mobile Payments Index (MPI), which tracks mobile payment data from web-based transactions across Adyen’s customer base. Online payments made using mobile devices continues to rise globally according to the findings, now accounting for 27.2% of the total online payments made in Q1 2015 – up from 25.8% on the traditionally high online spending period of Q4 and up a...
Maitland hires Scott Price to lead growth charge in the US
- 9 years 12 months ago
- People Moves
Global advisory, fund administration and fiduciary services firm Maitland has hired Scott Price to spearhead its ambitious growth aims in the US market. Scott will be joining the firm as Head of Business Development and Client Management for North America. The announcement comes during a period of rapid global growth for Maitland, following hot on the heels of its expansion into the UK market via the acquisition of Phoenix Fund Services.
Buy-side firms including Lyxor Asset Management and Old Mutual Global Investors support new hedging products
- 9 years 12 months ago
Global Markets Exchange Group Limited (GMEX) are pleased to announce that a number of leading European asset management firms have declared their intention to trade the Euro-denominated Interest Rate Swap Constant Maturity Futures (CMF) contracts on GMEX Exchange via their prime brokers. These include Lyxor Asset Management and Old Mutual Global Investors.
Are you spending too much on your website?
- 9 years 12 months ago
Research from Worldpay, the UK’s leading payments processing company, reveals nearly half (48%) of sole-traders trading online say they spent less than £300 to get their website up and running. The study of small business owners found three-quarters (76%) of sole-traders take a DIY approach to setting up their ecommerce platform in order to keep costs as low as possible, seeking out online guides and getting advice from friendly web developers.
SunGard Launches New Insurance BI Tool to Help Provide Strategic Insights to Financial Accounting Executives
- 9 years 12 months ago
- Insurance
SunGard has released business intelligence (BI) dashboards to help insurance executives readily evaluate the performance and financial health of their organization.
Custom House Fund Services Opens Hong Kong Office, Expands in China
- 9 years 12 months ago
Custom House Fund Services, a leading independent global fund services provider, is pleased to announce the official opening of its new Hong Kong office, significantly expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific and offering for hedge and private equity funds operating within the region. With the addition of Hong Kong, Custom House now serves its clients from 13 global locations.
Deutsche AWM Goes Live with Eagle Data Management to Support EMEA and APAC Businesses
- 9 years 12 months ago
- Wealth Management
Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, today announced that Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (“Deutsche AWM”) has gone live with Eagle’s data management solution to support its global operations. Deutsche AWM, with EUR 1,039 billion of assets under management, is among the 10 largest bank-owned asset and wealth managers worldwide. The firm offers traditional and...
Beltone Financial Selects SunGard’s Order Management System for Market Making on the Egyptian ETF Exchange
- 9 years 12 months ago
Beltone Financial (“Beltone”), a leading regional investment bank headquartered in Egypt, has become the first market maker on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), providing liquidity on the bourse’s recently launched Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) that tracks the EGX30 index called XTMisr (EGX30ETF.CA).
INETCO Chosen to Present Innovative Customer Analytics Software at FinovateSpring 2015
- 9 years 12 months ago
INETCO®Systems Limited, a leading provider of real-time transaction monitoring and customer analytics software for the banking and payment processing industries,announced today they have been chosen to presentINETCO Analytics™ at FinovateSpring 2015. TheINETCO Analytics software applicati
Numerix Signs Partnership deal with xQuant of Hangzhou China
- 9 years 12 months ago
- Risk Management
Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, and xQuant, a leading financial technology vendor in mainland China with particular focus on providing quantitative financial solutions for the greater China region, today announced the details of a new partnership agreement.
Trunomi Hires New Chief Architect and expands Advisory Board
- 9 years 12 months ago
- People Moves
Trunomi, a provider of consent-based Know Your Customer (KYC) data-sharing technology, announces that it has expanded its team with new chief architect, Kartik Venkatesh and Advisory Board member, Fred Thiel.
Liquid Finance Provides Growth Funding to Ten UK Micro Businesses Every Week
- 9 years 12 months ago
Liquid Finance Partners Ltd, a leader in the Merchant Cash Advance sector of the fast growing Alternative Funding market, reported today its performance over the last eighteen months where it funded over 650 micro business projects. Since the start of 2015 it has been funding over ten new UK micro businesses every week. With an average transaction size of £20,000 per customer, Liquid Finance is funding over £200,000 a week.
