Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust PLC, a newly incorporated close-ended public limited company, has begun trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market. Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust PLC raised gross proceeds of USD100,111,000. Robert Barnes, Global
Street Contxt, a fintech company that helps brokerages, independent research providers, and asset managers distribute, manage, unbundle, and value research, has launched its buy side service. The new functionality allows investors, including hedge funds, pension funds, and institutional asset managers,
Wall Street Horizon, an alternative data provider specialising in corporate event intelligence, has expanded its global dataset to include nearly 1,000 new companies. The increased offering, which includes data for all 40+ event types Wall Street Horizon tracks, includes the
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA​ – In these turbulent times, it sometimes feels like we need to be armour plated to protect ourselves against the relentless barrage of attacks against our families, our businesses, our economy and our political stability. Risk
ULLINK, a provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, and Enfusion, provider of cloud-based investment management software solutions, have launched a new solution for users of Enfusion’s Integráta buy-side Order & Execution Management System (OEMS). The
Seward & Kissel has launched Seward & Kissel Regulatory Compliance, a new suite of services that provides comprehensive and cost-efficient assistance to asset managers in the onerous task of complying with regulatory obligations. Seward & Kissel Regulatory Compliance, or SKRC,
South African market participants can now enjoy unprecedented automation and straight-through processing by leveraging newly available, integrated cloud-based technology to exchange tri-party SWIFT1 messaging for collateral instructions, settlement and confirmations. CloudMargin, the multi-award winning creator of the world’s first web-based
London-based startup Hedgd has launched its Hedgd OMS (Order Management System) that enables investment managers to take control of data, costs and productivity. Provided in, and built for, the cloud as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, Hedgd provides enterprise-grade software to
The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) has gone live with Deutsche Börse’s new T7 trading platform for the Irish equity market. This new platform further enhances the performance and capacity of the ISE’s equity market offering. T7 delivers synergies, which make
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA​ – The aptly named WannaCry cryptoworm, is working its way around the world, encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the cryptocurrency, bitcoin. The attack was global in scale, and brought parts of the NHS
