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Deutsche Bank to spend €13bn on tech amid massive job cuts

Deutsche Bank has announced swingeing job cuts as part of a radical overhaul of its operations that will also see it spend €13bn on new technology over the next four years.

08 July 2019

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FCA suggests ban on crypto derivatives

The UK's financial services watchdog is proposing a ban on cryptocurrency derivatives for retail investors in order to prevent them incurring large losses in financial instruments they do not understand.

05 July 2019

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Gentwo launches AMC platform for Swiss asset managers

GENTWO (securitization specialist of next generation financial products), CAT Financial Products (independent Swiss provider of investment solutions and technologies in the market for structured products) and Aquila (the trust bank for asset managers) have entered into a collaboration agreement.

05 July 2019

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Alipay's AI wealth tech platform adopted by China's asset managers

On June 20, 2019, Ant Fortune, Alipay’s wealth management platform, announced that 80 of all 124 asset management firms in China, or six out of ten, have been using the company’s AI-powered corporate Caifuhao accounts to reach more customers with better customized offers, at a lower cost.

20 June 2019

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Algomi ALFA works with Liquidnet and Trumid

Algomi, which provides data aggregation technology for the optimization of fixed income liquidity, today announced Algomi ALFA will enable orders to be executed on Liquidnet and Trumid.

18 June 2019

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Commcise launches cloud-based investment research platform

Commcise, the award-winning provider of integrated commission management, research evaluation and reporting solutions for investment management and brokerage firms, today announced the launch of COMMCISECS to support client strategy teams within the research provider community.

07 June 2019

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Blockchain benefits limited for retail banks - report

A report from management consultant McKinsey suggests that retail banks have been slower to adopt blockchain technology because they face more challenges in reaping the potential benefits.

07 June 2019

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Liquidnet makes AI acquisition

Liquidnet, the global institutional investment network, continues its expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) investment analytics platform with the acquisition of Prattle, a leading provider of automated investment research solutions for portfolio managers, research analysts, and other financial professionals.

06 June 2019

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inSPire launches due dilligence utility for structured products

inSPire, Delta Capita’s specialist Structured Products service offering, has launched inSPire Due Diligence, the industry’s first utility focussed on the ‘Know Your Distributor’ due diligence process.

05 June 2019

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Nationwide to invest in behavioural analytics startup

Nationwide Building Society is today announcing that it will invest in Scaled Insights, a company that uses behavioural AI to analyse people’s speech in order to communicate with them in language that is most accessible for them.

13 May 2019

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Report questions value of insurtech despite record investment

Investment in the insurtech sector reached record highs in Q1 2019 yet there is lack of obvious value in the many of the newest insurtech offerings, according to a recent report.

13 May 2019

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Equilend opens Tokyo office

EquiLend, a leading provider of trading, post-trade, market data and clearing services for the securities finance industry, today announces the opening of its office in Tokyo to service its expanding client base in Japan.

13 May 2019

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Cashwerkz reaches $2bn funds milestone

Cashwerkz, the leading online platform in Australia uniquely designed for cash investing and wholly-owned by Trustees Australia Limited (ASX: TAU), has announced new ADI partners including Auswide Bank, Bank of us and new financial adviser partner, MartinCo Financial Advisers.

22 March 2019

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EquiLend gets MTF approval in ireland

The Central Bank of Ireland has approved EquiLend Limited, the Dublin-based business of global securities finance technology provider EquiLend, to operate a multilateral trading facility (MTF) in Ireland.

22 March 2019

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Linear Investments and Genesis collaborate on real-time margin management

Genesis, the international capital markets software firm has worked with Linear Investments, a specialist prime broker and an award winning hedge fund incubator, to launch Real-time Portfolio Margin (RPM), a new scalable solution for cash & margin management in real-time.

21 March 2019

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US reports record surge in electronic trading data

Greater use of electronic trading and market volatility saw a record surge in trading data reported by the US capital markets watchdog in 2018, raising questions about regulators' ability to successfully and safely monitor markets.

05 February 2019

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Seed CX targets institutional investors with digital asset wallet launch

The digital asset market, long dominated by individual retail traders, is attracting the interest and participation of institutional investors.

11 January 2019

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Investment Association opens second fintech cohort

The trade body for the UK's fund management industry, the Investment Association (IA), has extended its fintech accelerator initiative with the launch of a second cohort.

09 January 2019

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Citco launches data sharing tool

The Citco Group of Companies (“Citco”), a leading global services provider for the financial services industry, today announced the launch of CitcoConnect, a new digital solution that automates and simplifies the process of managing prospective investors, including an online utility for the placement of initial investments in alternative funds.

29 November 2018

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Framework appoints ex-StanChar exec as CEO

Framework, a specialist global solutions vendor for Private Equity (PE) and Real Estate (RE) investments, has made a senior hire to its leadership team to meet demand for its enterprise investment accounting data management solutions.

25 September 2018