First Derivatives

33 results about this entity

Period: 15 Sep 2008 - 09 Nov 2021

First Derivatives buys in Kx skills with QuantumKDB acquisition

First Derivatives has acquired specialist Kx consultancy QuantumKDB for £2.2 million as it looks to support the growth of its database software business following a management shakeup in November last year.

First Derivatives shakes up Kx management team

First Derivatives plc subsidiary Kx Systems, a leader in high-performance database and time-series analytics, today announces some key management changes.

First Derivatives creates research and development lab

First Derivatives (FD) (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services, announces the formation of FD Labs, its new R&D division based in Ottawa, Canada.

First Derivatives FY prelims beat market expectations

FD (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services, today announces its results for the year ended 28 February 2015.

FD buys Affinity for £7.7 million

First Derivatives (FD), a software and consulting company, has bought Affinity Systems for CAD$14.5m (£7.7m) in a cash and share deal.

EBS signs for analytics-as-a-service from First Derivatives

First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, today announces that its Delta Stream product has been selected by EBS, ICAP’s market leading electronic FX business, as part of a new Data Analytics as a Service initiative.

First Derivatives to take controlling interest in Kx Systems

First Derivatives has agreed a £36 million deal to acquire a further 46.47% stake in high performance database outfit Kx Systems, giving the firm a leg-up into the market for big data systems in capital markets and other vertical industries.

IEX selects First Derivatives market surveillance package

First Derivatives (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I) a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, announces that IEX, a high-growth equity trading venue dedicated to investor protection, has selected its Delta software platform to provide trade surveillance and analytics. The system will audit billions of market data records daily, with real time and historical market abuse reporting capabilities.

First Derivatives creates 484 Northern Ireland jobs

Capital markets tech house First Derivatives will create nearly 500 jobs at its headquarters in Newry, Northern Ireland, after scoring a £3.9 million government grant.

First Derivates stumbles on legacy Cognotec debt

Shares in UK capital markets tech house First Derivates slipped in early morning trading as the vendor warned that it may have to take a "significant" provision against an unpaid debt owed to its Cognotec unit.

Oz regulator chooses First Derivatives market surveillance system

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (Asic) has selected First Derivatives to design, build and host a new market surveillance system.

First Derivatives goes on acquisition spree

Irish capital markets tech house First Derivatives has acquired three London-based businesses for a total consideration of up to £3.15 million as it looks to expand its managed services business.