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FactSet and ONEaccess team up to meet MiFID II challenges

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, and ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company and leading corporate access and research valuation platform, announced today an alliance to provide institutional investor clients with a new suite of tools to track and value research products and services.

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Finvale attracts $500,000 in seed capital for its fintech marketplace

ITI Technologies, operating under the brand Finvale, has closed a $500,000 investment deal from a consortium of venture capital funds specialising in fintech.

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Liquidnet bolsters EMEA sales team

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Simon Gilbert as Sales Director, based in the firm’s London office

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AIM Software names Gayatri Raman CEO

AIM Software, a leader in buy side Enterprise Data Management (EDM) software, announced the appointment of Gayatri Raman as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Ms Raman was previously Chief Operating Officer at AIM.

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Ohpen receives FCA authorisation

Ohpen announced today that it has gained approval from the regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to carry out its regulated activities.

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Thomson Reuters closes Redi acquisition

Thomson Reuters has completed its acquisition of REDI Holdings, allowing Thomson Reuters to incorporate an advanced, cross-asset execution management system (EMS) into its buy-side trading capabilities and deliver integrated trading workflow solutions to the buy-side community. REDI will now operate as Thomson Reuters REDI.

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Asset managers shift research spending away from banks

RSRCHXchange, the online aggregator and marketplace for institutional research, today released the results of a survey analysing the readiness of asset managers for the research unbundling rules coming into effect in January 2018 as part of MiFID II.

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Nimbrix to form buy-side blockchain consortium

Nimbrix, a fintech startup foundered by veterans of BlackRock, UBS and BGI among others, has partnered with KPMG and Microsoft to create a blockchain consortium for the asset management industry.

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Rimes boosts managed data service

Rimes, the leading provider of managed data services for the buy-side, today announced the addition of two new features to the Rimes Managed Data Service (MDS).

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Thomson Reuters boosts buy-side capabilities with Redi acquisition

Thomson Reuters has agreed to buy trading technology firm Redi Holdings in a bid to boost its buy-side offering. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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TIM Group makes US hires

TIM Group, a global provider of software, services and platforms for institutional investors to achieve market-beating returns, has recruited three further members to work in its New York office, to increase its footprint in a key market and to continue to support its US clients.

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Percentile makes new hires for buy-side and sell side growth

Percentile, providers of technology for risk management and regulatory compliance, today announced the appointment of John Barker as Non-Executive Director and Advisor to the Board, Brian Miranda, as Sales Director, and Lavinia Constantin, as Product Manager to support Percentile’s growing customer base.

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LGIM invests in auto enrolment provider Smart Pension

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has announced an investment and partnership with Smart Pension that will broaden its offering for small schemes that are going through the auto enrolment process.

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Blockchain consortium to open London office

In a further post-Brexit boost to the UK's fintech sector, a New York-based blockchain consortium is to open a London office.

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Markit iBoxx in new infrastructure bond indices launch

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced the launch of the Markit iBoxx Infrastructure indices spanning infrastructure corporate bonds across USD, GBP and EUR investment grade, and USD high yield.

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Artemis selects behavioural analytics software for compliance from Sybenetix

Leading UK-based fund manager Artemis has agreed a multi-year deal for Sybenetix’s end-to-end market abuse surveillance, case management and conduct management system.

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Asset Control unveils AC risk data manager developments

Financial data management solutions provider Asset Control announces the latest round of enhancements to AC Risk Data Manager, to help financial institutions address next-level regulatory data management requirements through its powerful market data calculation back-end.

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UK derivatives startup shelved due to new swaps rules

A UK startup designed for the off-exchange derivatives trading market has been unexpectedly wound up after it fell foul of strict new rules on the trading of swaps, reports the Financial Times.

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CMC Markets launches index to track impact of Australian federal election on investor sentiment

CMC Markets, a leading global provider of online trading, today announced the launch of the CMC Markets Election Sentiment Index (ESI), which tracks the impact of the Federal Election campaign on investor sentiment.

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UK broker to launch trading on Facebook app

Retail investors may soon be able to buy and sell shares via Facebook's messenger platform after UK fund supermarket AJ Bell announced plans to launch a new trading service in the next three months.