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Calastone completes blockchain PoC for mututal funds

Calastone, the global funds transaction network, today announced the successful completion of the first phase of its distributed market infrastructure proof-of-concept (PoC) to test the feasibility of using blockchain to develop a common global marketplace for the trading and settlement of mutual funds.

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The challenge of adding value when not selling

James Eardley, Global Director – Industry Marketing at SAP | hybris, discusses the gap between banks’ belief that they are working hard to engage customers and the extent to which customers feel it (demonstrated in recent research with Finextra), the need for banks to increase engagement by educating customers to make more use of the products they have already, and how banks can exploit data to better know their customers – and better serve them in the periods when they don’t want to buy financial products.

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Those living the life have best insights on inclusion

Julius Akinyemi, MIT Media Lab Entrepreneur in Residence, talks about how to tackle systemic problems, such as a lack of property rights and commodity financial markets, to boost financial inclusion in Africa – and share some of the innovative thinking required to incentivise change and secure win-win outcomes.

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MiFID II driving trend to automated trading - Greenwich Associates

Although most analysis of MiFID II’s regulations has focused on the unbundling of research, implementation of the new directive will also have a major impact on trading.

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Illuminate Financial invests €2 million in fixed income liquidity platform AxeTrading

AxeTrading, a provider of fixed income trading technology, has announced a strategic investment of €2 million from Illuminate Financial Management LLP, a venture capital firm backed by Deutsche Börse Group and IHS Markit amongst others with a specific focus on capital markets financial technology.

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Nasdaq launches Auction on Demand in the Nordics

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is today launching an innovative new market feature, Auction on Demand – designed to fulfill MiFID II transparency requirements.

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Thomson Reuters extends Eikon Messenger to Redi buy-side community

Thomson Reuters is extending its instant messenger capabilities to the buy-side professionals who use its recently-acquired REDI execution management system, in a move designed to break down barriers to communication in financial markets.

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SimCorp clients to get direct access to OTCX’s Request For Quote platform

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry, and OTCX, a multi-dealer platform for OTC derivatives, today announce a partnership to provide SimCorp clients with direct access to OTCX’s Request For Quote (RFQ) platform.

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Metamako speeds up trading with FPGAs

Metamako, the leading specialist provider of high-performance networking platforms, has launched a new series of devices capable of running up to 3 powerful FPGAs on a single platform.

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Bank of China (Hong Kong) joins EBS Direct as liquidity provider

NEX Markets, a NEX Group business which provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, announces today that Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, a mainstream bank as well as an integrated and regional financial group with roots firmly planted in Hong Kong for 100 years, will be joining the EBS Direct platform as a liquidity provider (LP), offering increased liquidity and improved pricing to clients on the platform globally, particularly those trading the offshore Chinese renminbi (CNH).

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Polish power exchange turns to Nasdaq for trading platform

TGE (Polish Power Exchange) and Nasdaq announced today that TGE has launched a new trading system provided by Nasdaq.

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HKSTP and HKEx launch Road to IPO Platform

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) today jointly announced the launch of their Road to IPO platform, a move that further strengthens Hong Kong as a technology investment hub.

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Fifteen startups selected for EBAday Fintech Pavillion

Finextra and the Euro Banking Association have selected 15 of Europe's most promising startups to present their ideas to banking delegates attending EBAday 2017, the continent's leading payments and transaction banking event.

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PrivateMarket.io enlists Symbiont for alternative investment marketplace for close-end funds

Hong Kong-based PrivateMarket.io and Symbiont today announced an agreement to build an alternative investment marketplace for closed-end funds using Symbiont’s SmartSecuritiesTM software. Terms were not disclosed.

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Eze Software names David Quinlan executive MD

Eze Software, a premier provider of investment management technology, is investing in its EMEA operation and has appointed David Quinlan, an 18-year veteran of Eze Software, Executive Managing Director, EMEA.

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Liquidnet bolsters algorithmic expertise in Europe

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Takis Christias as Head of Trading Strategies EMEA.

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SIX Group CEO Rüegsegger to step down

After nine years as Group CEO of SIX, Urs Rüegsegger has informed the Board of Directors that he would like to pass on operational responsibility for the company at the end of the business year 2017.

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Portware joins Foreign Exchange Professionals Association

Portware, a FactSet Company and a leading global provider of multi-asset trade automation solutions powered by artificial intelligence, today announced it has joined the Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA).

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All change in operations and technology roles at Euronext

After three years dedicated to building Euronext as an independent market infrastructure since the IPO in June 2014, Jos Dijsselhof, member of the Managing Board and Chief Operating Officer, has decided to leave Euronext as of 30 June 2017.

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Former BlackRock executive Mark Brady to join Hong Kong SaaS startup FinFabrik

FinFabrik, a provider of specialised software-as-a-service for financial institutions, announced today that Mark Brady joined the company as its Chief Investment Officer to support the strong growth trajectory across the region, particularly with the asset management client segment.