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Nasdaq reports Q4 profits uplift

Nasdaq, Inc. ( NDAQ ) today reported record results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015.

28 January 2016

Nasdaq to provide Smarts market surveillance technology to Nigerian Stock Exchange

Nasdaq (NDAQ) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (“The Exchange” or “NSE”) have announced that NSE, which services the largest economy in Africa, will acquire Nasdaq’s Smarts Market Surveillance platform to power their compliance program.

27 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Moelis Australia Securities selects Analec investment research and CRM platforms

ANALEC announced that Moelis Australia Securities has selected its investment research management platform – ResearchWise – along with its CRM for broker-dealers – ClientManager – to power its brokerage operations.

26 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Ravn Systems releases automated data extraction platform for ISDA

Ravn Systems, experts in Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Search, Unstructured Big Data and Knowledge Management, announced today the release of Ravn ACE for automated data extraction for ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) Master Agreements and Credit Support Annexes (CSAs) using Artificial Intelligence.

25 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

GFT Group employs enterprise architect John Downing

GFT, the leading provider of business, design and technology consulting to the investment banking community, today announces the appointment of John Downing, Enterprise Architect and Programme Manager.

22 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

OptionsCity Software platform comes to DAW Trading clients

OptionsCity Software, a global provider of futures and options trading and analytics solutions, today announced that its cloud-based futures and options trading platform, CityTrader, is now available to DAW Trading clients.

21 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Traiana and Trax ally for repo matching

Traiana, a leading provider of pre-trade risk and post-trade processing solutions and Trax, a leading provider of capital market data, trade matching and regulatory reporting services, today announce that they have entered into a business alliance to offer the industry an interoperable Repurchase Agreement (repo) matching service to support efficient, automated, operational processes ahead of significant regulatory change.

21 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Bloomberg launches online request utility and new mapping tools for the FIGI

Today, Bloomberg announced the launch of OpenFIGI.com and the OpenFIGI API to provide exchanges, data providers, custodians and other organizations direct access to multiple tools for identifying, mapping and requesting the Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI).

20 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

NZX joins Intermarket Surveillance Group

NZX is pleased to announce it has been granted membership to the Intermarket Surveillance Group (ISG).

20 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Options and GoldenSource partner for data management platform

Options, the leading managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets, and GoldenSource, the innovator of enterprise data management solutions (EDM), have today announced a partnership to offer a fully managed solution as a joint offering to clients seeking to improve their enterprise data management (EDM) capabilities.

19 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Croatia joins Target2

The Eurosystem will welcome Hrvatska narodna banka (central bank of Croatia) and its national user community to the real-time gross settlement system TARGET2 on 1 February 2016

19 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

DTCC's Avox data services validates two million entities

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Avox Data Services*, the industry leader in legal entity reference data, has successfully researched and published two million entities globally in its database.

14 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Cinnober to run financial data challenge

Cinnober, with its innovative Labs-facility, will be one of the organisers behind an upcoming Makeathon event that begins on January 18.

13 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Ipreo and Symphony team on deal communications tools

Ipreo, a leading global provider of market intelligence and workflow solutions to financial services and corporate professionals, and Symphony Communication Services LLC, a secure communications and workflow technology company, announced a collaboration to integrate Symphony's secure communications service with Ipreo's suite of capital markets workflow applications.

13 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Sapient Global Markets launches trade reporting platform

Sapient Global Markets, a provider of business technology and consulting services for the capital and commodity markets, today announced the launch of CMRSSM Portal, delivering the proven trade reporting capabilities of CMRS as a fully outsourced solution.

13 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Isda updates strategy, expands board of directors

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (Isda) has announced that its Board of Directors has voted to increase the size of the Isda Board from 26 to 30.

13 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Markit takes innovation to the cloud with AWS

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a global diversified provider of financial information services, has adopted Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help expedite its product and business innovation.

12 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Fenergo works with Markit and kyc.com for enhanced client lifecycle management

Fenergo, a provider of Client Lifecycle Management software solutions for investment, corporate and private banks, has today announced a strategic relationship with Markit and kyc.com, a joint venture powered by Markit and Genpact.

12 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

EquiLend appoints Nancy Allen as product owner for DataLend

Nancy Allen has been appointed product owner of DataLend, the securities finance market data division of EquiLend, effective immediately.

12 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

SS&C updates HiPortfolio

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced the latest release of HiPortfolio, its leading investment accounting and asset servicing software.

12 January 2016