JP Morgan’s Quorum platform, an enterprise-variant of the Ethereum blockchain, has been acquired by blockchain software company ConsenSys.
QuantHouse, an independent global provider of end-to-end market data and trading through API based technologies, is to acquire high-speed network provider Victory Networks inc. Victory Networks designs, implements, and manages high-speed networks for bulge-bracket banks, boutique financial firms, and hedge
Hedge fund incubator and accelerator Emergence, and NewAlpha Asset Management, the SICAV’s delegated manager, have selected VIA AM as the first investment for Emergence’s new European equities fund. Launched in June 2017 with a target of EUR300 million, the fund
HC Global Funds Services (HC Global), a provider of fund administration services to seed fund, accelerator fund, venture, and private equity funds as well as special purpose vehicles, has formed a strategic partnership with AST Private Company Solutions (AST PCS).
Granite Shore Power, a newly-formed joint venture between Atlas Holdings and Castleton Commodities International (CCI), has submitted the winning bid of USD175 million to acquire select generating assets of Eversource Energy. These assets total 1,130MW of capacity and include the
Nasdaq is to acquire Sybenetix, a surveillance provider that combines behavioural analytics and cognitive computing with financial markets expertise. Sybenetix’s technology offering is designed to solve key surveillance challenges facing the asset management industry. The addition of Sybenetix to
S&P Global has formed a strategic partnership with, and taken a minority stake in Algomi, a fintechcompany with offices in New York, Hong Kong and London. Algomi is the second minority fintech investment this year for S&P Global, following its
TransFICC, a provider of low-latency connectivity for fixed income and derivative markets, has secured EUR1 million in early stage investment from capital markets specialists, Illuminate Financial and Frankfurt based early stage investor in FinTech, Main Incubator. TransFICC provides banks and
DC Thomson is partnering with Electronic Research Interchange (ERIC) to develop its bespoke investment research offering for the post-MiFID II world. This transaction will see DC Thomson acquire a material stake in ERIC. 

 The partnership will enable ERIC to
Deutsche Börse and Illuminate Financial Management have co-led in a USD5 million Series A funding round in RegTek.Solutions, a multi-jurisdiction regulatory reporting solutions provider. Based in New York, RegTek.Solutions was launched earlier this year as a specialist provider of global regulatory
