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Morgan Stanley report dampens distributed ledger hype

A new Morgan Stanley report poured cold water on some of the wilder claims about how and when distributed ledger technology will transform the financial services industry.

25 April 2016

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Use robo to create opportunities for the customer

Balazs Fejes (FB), Co-Head Global Business, EPAM, discusses the space robo-advisers could fill for investors and what is the best way to use them.

22 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

MEPs warm to distributed ledger tech

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have vowed not to regulate virtual currencies and distributed ledger technology out of existence.

21 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Liontrust implements Eze Software suite

Liontrust Asset Management, a U.K.-based specialist investment management company, has gone live on Eze OMS and Eze Portfolio Accounting, implementing a front-to-back office workflow to replace its in-house systems.

21 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Icap to deploy OpenFin HTML 5 container for Fusion desktop

OpenFin, today announced that it has provided ICAP Global Broking with its industry leading HTML5 container technology, which will be used with ICAP's next generation Fusion Desktop platform.

21 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

FCA hands six-year data processing deal to Sopra Steria

Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation, has today announced that it has been selected by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to deliver a new digital regulatory market data processing platform.

21 April 2016

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Customer segmentation is a “secret sauce”

Ashley Globerman, Wealth Management Research Analyst, Celent, discusses how customer segmentation fits into digital strategy, and highlights the current major trends in the wealth management sector.

20 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Swift sets out distributed ledger position

As the hype surrounding distributed ledger technology continues to build, Swift is acknowledging the inevitable and promising to evolve its platform to enable DLT-based services - but only when a series of "critical factors" have been addressed.

20 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

TickSmith big data platform goes live at National Bank of Canada

TickSmith's TickVault Platform was recently implemented for use by National Bank of Canada. Based on Hadoop technology, TickVault accumulates and rebuilds all Canadian stock trading activity and is used for post-trade analysis and back testing.

20 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Swift Business Forum London 2016 - Live blog

Now in its sixth year, the Swift Business Forum London 2016 brought together 1000 delegates from across banking, securities, market infrastructures and corporates to tackle the theme, Build the future. A broad spectrum of speakers discussed their vision and aspirations for the industry, while tackling practical topics around disruption, technology and regulation - particularly as they impact the UK market.

20 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Private equity firms to acquire Calypso

Capital markets software provider Calypso is to be acquired by European private equity fund Bridgepoint and global growth equity investor Summit Partners.

19 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

SIA wins Reserve Bank of New Zealand RTGS contract

Italy's SIA has won a contract with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to implement and support a new real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) that will replace the current Exchange Settlement Account System (ESAS).

18 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Velocimetrics launches VMX EndToEnd

Velocimetrics, the leading provider of intelligent, real-time business flow tracking and performance analysis solutions, today announces the launch of VMX EndToEnd.

18 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Paul Constantinou joins Contango sales team

Contango, the specialist derivatives consultancy, is delighted to announce that Paul Constantinou will be working with its sales and business development team, with a specific emphasis on Technology.

18 April 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Fed Governor warns of unintended consequences of distributed ledger adoption

Legacy technology and interoperability could be the stumbling blocks to widespread uptake of distributed ledgers in the financial markets, creating unintended consequences for the efficient functioning of markets, a Federal Reserve Bank governor has warned.

15 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

TPG to incorporate distributed ledger processes with Terraledger

TPG Software Inc. and TerraLedger announced a strategic partnership that will enable the use of distributed ledger blockchain technologies among TPG Software’s existing customers (banks, broker dealers and credit unions).

15 April 2016

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Securities regulation and operational efficiency

Keith Tippell, Head of FX and Securities Markets, SWIFT, discusses key areas of focus in securities, and innovation in the market, ahead of the SWIFT Business Forum London, 20th April, 2016.

14 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Corvil readies platform for MiFID II

Corvil today announced the launch of its MiFID II solution, which enables customers to meet electronic trading regulations, including real-time monitoring, surveillance, and precision clock-synchronised record-keeping with minimal impact to existing trade plants and software systems.

14 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Esma announces EU-wide stress tests for CCPs

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced today the publication of its first EU-wide stress test exercise regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) on 29 April 2016.

14 April 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Icap acquires Enso Financial Analytics

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has acquired ENSO Financial Analytics (ENSO), a leading provider of a data analytics platform for hedge funds and prime brokers.

14 April 2016