Latest Investment products News: Finextra Research

China launches $1.5bn fintech fund

A consortium of Chinese state-owned companies and private enterprises has created a $1.44 billion investment fund dedicated to fintech mergers and acquisitions.

03 January 2017

News/Investment products

Nasdaq asks SEC for speed bump to protect retail traders

The US-based exchange has applied to the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) for an extended life priority order attribute, or speed bump, in an effort to level the playing field for long-term retail traders who feel they have been losing out to high speed frequency traders, reports the Financial Times.

25 November 2016

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ECrowd! raises more than €300K in second round of funding

The debt crowdfunding - also known as crowdlending- platform ECrowd!, specializing in sustainable investments, has closed an investment round of € 307,900 through the online investment platform Crowdcube (equity crowdfunding).

25 November 2016

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Rising risk appetite among UK investors says Syndicate Room survey

SyndicateRoom, the online investment platform which allows individuals to invest alongside the professionals, today launches its study Rise of the Growth Hunters to support UK investors who are looking for faster growth in 2017.

25 November 2016

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Fintech founder calls Aussie banks hyprocrites over Apple Pay complaints

The founder of an Australian robo-advisor has accused the country's banks of hypocrisy over their cries of anti-competitive behaviour from Apple Pay

29 July 2016

Company update/Investment products

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.

28 July 2016

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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.

26 July 2016

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Gibraltar Stock Exchange adds bitcoin instrument

Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) claims it is the first execution venue in Europe to list a European regulated product based exclusively on the crypto currency.

25 July 2016

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UK startups get Brexit boost while UK funds suffer

Venture capitalists have invested more than $200m in UK tech startups in the month following the controversial Brexit vote, allaying fears that London's growing tech sector would be one of the first casualties of the withdrawal from the European Union.

25 July 2016

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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.

10 June 2016

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Hedge fund boss welcomes day when computers take over

The president of one of the world's largest hedge funds has told an audience of fund managers that he looks forward to the day when they will all be replaced by computers.

09 June 2016

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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.

08 June 2016

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Peeptrade opens to the public

Peeptrade recently announced the opening of its award-winning financial information platform to the general public following a successful invite-only development and testing phase.

07 June 2016

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ABN Amro Clearing signs with Fidessa for execution platform

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that it has signed a contract to provide cross-asset execution services to ABN AMRO Clearing (AAC). This allows AAC to offer its clients low-latency access to more than 110 futures, options, equities and FX markets worldwide via a globally consistent interface, delivered out of 11 key locations around the world.

06 June 2016

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MPI Europe and Castine Consulting collaborate for MiFID II service

Castine Consulting and MPI Europe have formed a strategic partnership to assist institutional brokerage and investment managers in Europe implement and maintain a compliant process for the procurement of investment research under MiFID II.

06 June 2016

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Nasdaq unveils dark pool hosting plan

Nasdaq is apparently in negotiations with a number of banks and brokers about taking over the running of their dark pools, according to Reuters.

01 April 2016

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AFA Insurance implements VPD Fixed Income Attribution

AFA Insurance has gone into production with VPD Fixed Income Attribution, part of the VPD Risk & Performance suite of solutions.

30 March 2016

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Finomial selivers OECD CRS platform

Finomial Corporation today announced the launch of a comprehensive and automated online investor services and tax reporting platform.

29 March 2016

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OnMarket targets wealthy Chinese investors with BMY Group

OnMarket BookBuilds (OMB), the creator of the world’s first online portal giving investors free and fair access to IPOs, has joined forces with BMY Group to supply content to the news and finance organisation, which is dedicated to assisting Chinese in making local investments.

29 March 2016

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Bravura launches Sonata CPPI module with integrated risk management hedging

Bravura Solutions Pty Limited (Bravura) has today unveiled Sonata CPPI, a new module within its award winning Sonata solution.

01 February 2016