ACA Compliance Group’s Head of Prudential Practice, Michael Chambers, comments on the agreement struck last week by the EU for new prudential rules for investment firms across Europe… New agreement heralds tighter controls for financial firms operating in the EU Having
Harmonate, a data services platform for funds, has launched a full-scale deployment of its latest data operations platform for funds. Harmonate says the platform can provide 20 per cent cost savings in year one of implementation, and 80 per cent
Wall Street Horizon, a provider of corporate event data to institutional investors, has launched corporate event data on the Open:FactSet Marketplace. Wall Street Horizon’s Enchilada DataFeed offers more than 40 corporate event types including earnings announcements, earnings revisions, dividend dates,
Dun & Bradstreet and Quantexa have announced a new partnership that aims to empower businesses to make better, context driven decisions using innovative data and analytics to provide a detailed picture of connected relationships. Global commercial data & analytics firm
McKay Brothers International (MBI) is now offering connectivity at the lowest known commercial latency between the Tokyo-CC2 data centre and trading centres in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The procured hybrid microwave/fibre service between the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) data centre
Analyst Hub, an independent research infrastructure platform company that provides talented sell-side analysts a path to owning their own enterprises, has added FFTT (Forest for the Trees) a boutique research and investment strategy firm that produces unique macroeconomic and thematic
Technology-focused brokerage ThinkMarkets, a specialist in Forex, CFDs and cryptocurrency derivatives trading, is extending its GBP1 million insurance cover to include elective professional traders. Regulated by the UK’s financial watchdog, the FCA, since 2015, and under the supervision of ASIC
CGS-CIMB Securities (CGS-CIMB) has launched a new full-service prime services platform designed to service the rapidly growing smaller funds sector, including hedge funds, family offices, proprietary traders, asset managers and broker dealers. It extends CGS-CIMB’s prime services to smaller funds
Independent fund administrator Opus Fund Services has acquired the fund administration unit of Advanced Fund Administration (AFA), which has offices in the Cayman Islands and New Jersey. Robin Bedford (pictured), CEO of Opus Fund Services, says: “This is the result
Align, a provider of technology infrastructure solutions, has been named in 45th place in Channel Futures’ 2018 MSP 501 ranking list, which recognises the top managed service providers based on metrics including recurring revenue, growth and other factors. The MSP
