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Dawn Capital's Evgenia Plotnikova promoted to general partner

Dawn Capital (‘Dawn’), Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investor, is pleased to announce the promotion of Evgenia Plotnikova to General Partner, making her the youngest woman promoted internally to General Partner in Europe.

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SmartStream partners BRITech for Latin American push

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today announced its partnership with BRITech S.A, a provider of end-to-end solutions for buy-side firms in Latin America. As partners, both firms will deploy digital solutions for back-office operations in the investment management ecosystem.

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Mastercard swipes left on magnetic stripe cards

Mastercard is to phase out the magnetic stripe from all of is debit and credit cards, ditching an anachronistic payment method that has been redered obsolete by the emergence of chip-based cards.

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Appital raises £2.5m for equity capital marketplace

Appital, a London-based marketplace bidding to unlock latent liquidity in equity capital markets, has raised £2.5 million from Frontline Ventures and a host of angels.

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ION Markets and UBS Bond Port extend partnership

ION Markets, the largest global provider of trading, analytics, and risk management solutions for capital markets, announced today the extension of the partnership between ION and UBS Bond Port, connecting the former’s LatentZero buyside clients to the latter’s Bond Port trading platform.

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Appital co-operates with Turquoise on buy-side bookbuilding

Appital, the Equity Capital Marketplace, today announced its cooperation with Turquoise, the pan-European MTF, majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group in partnership with the user community, to unlock latent liquidity opportunities and bring further efficiency to equity capital markets.

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Fidelity taps Finbourne to drive data strategy

Fidelity International has picked technology from Finbourne to drive its data strategy in a deal that also sees the asset manager make a strategic investment in the London-based startup.

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Augmentum completes £55m fundraising round

Fintech investment trust Augmentum has secured £55m from its latest funding round, exceeding its original £40m target

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SIX targets SMEs with latest equity segment

Subject to regulatory approval, the Swiss stock exchange will launch its new Sparks equity segment dedicated to Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

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Finastra and Hundsun Lirong collaborate on Chinese treasury tech

Finastra, headquartered in London, UK, and Hangzhou Hundsun Lirong Software Co. Ltd. ("Hundsun Lirong"), a subsidiary of Hundsun Technologies Inc., have today announced a partnership to co-develop a Chinese version of Finastra’s Fusion Opics treasury solution, Hundsun Mangos.

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Marketware and AlphaTrAI partner for digital transformation service

Marketware International, a global enterprise offering customized retail product and solutions for financial institutions, and AlphaTrAI, an asset management firm that delivers alpha through transformative artificial intelligence, today announced a strategic partnership designed to help financial organizations fast-track their digital transformation in the areas of investment and asset allocations.

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LiquidityBook names Sayant Chatterjee COO

LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, today announced the hire of Sayant Chatterjee as Chief Operating Officer.

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Broadway Technology names Michael Chin CEO

Broadway Technology, a leading provider of high-performance front-office solutions, today announced it has named Michael Chin as CEO and will appoint him to the board of directors.

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Element22 and Agility Sciences launch ESGi for buy side investors

Element 22, a leading consultancy committed to modernising data and analytics within financial services, and Agility Sciences, the specialist distributed ledger developer and creator of the Activeledger DLT, have launched ESGi, an innovative technology solution sourcing attested, trusted ESG data for the investment industry.

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State Street launches P2P repo financing marketplace for buy side

State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) today announced the release of a new Peer-to-Peer Repo program for the buy side. Building from its market-leading position in sponsored repo and securities lending, including peer-to-peer opportunities within its agency lending program, Peer-to-Peer Repo enables competitive financing costs across a broader range of collateral types and yield enhancement opportunities compared to traditional repo markets.

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SimCorp and Colmore partner on data service for private markets asset management

SimCorp, a leading provider of integrated, front-to-back, multi-asset investment management solutions and services to the world’s largest buy-side institutions, today announces a new partnership with Colmore, a leading, technology-driven private markets specialist, to deliver a holistic data service for private markets asset management.

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DBS to set up digital exchange for institutional investors

DBS today announced that it will set up a digital exchange, enabling Institutional Investors and Accredited Investors to tap into a fully integrated tokenisation, trading and custody ecosystem for digital assets.

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SimCorp and IntelliBonds plan AI-based fixed income project

SimCorp, a leading provider of integrated, front-to-back, multi-asset investment management solutions and services to the world’s largest buy-side institutions, today announces a new collaboration with AI fintech, IntelliBonds, to deliver clients access to AI innovation, enhanced portfolio construction and optimization for fixed income portfolios.

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Linedata and HCL extend partnership

Linedata (LIN:FP), a global provider of credit finance and asset management technology, data and services, today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with HCL Technologies, a leading next-generation global technology company that helps large global enterprises reimagine their businesses for the digital age.

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IHS Markit and MSCI strike risk analytics alliance

IHS Markit has formed a strategic alliance with MSCI Inc. to integrate MSCI's portfolio and risk analytics capabilities with thinkFolio, the leading multi-asset class investment management platform.