State Street Corporation has received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate its FX Connect and Currenex platforms as multi-lateral trading facilities (MTFs) for foreign exchange within the jurisdiction of MiFID II. Both platforms will now operate
LiquidityBook has appointed Nicholas Thompson (pictured), as Manager, Client Services – EMEA, on the back of increased demand for the POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system) platform from European fund managers. Thompson (pictured) will be responsible for leading the
Hedgeweek Q&A with Mark Coriaty, Chief Strategy Officer, Eze Castle Integration HW: Talk about the advancement and evolution of cloud services in recent years and how we’ve ended up where we are. MC: If you step back and look at
Rates of funds processing automation by transfer agents (TAs) in the cross-border fund centres of Luxembourg and Ireland reached new highs in 2016, according to a new report published by The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) in cooperation
Since its first live deal in January 2017, the number of banks eligible to publish deals via Ipreo’s Investor Access has doubled from eleven to twenty two. Investor participation in this industry-led initiative continues to grow, with an active community
Calastone, the global funds transaction network, has successfully completion the first phase of its distributed market infrastructure proof-of-concept (PoC) to test the feasibility of using blockchain to develop a common global marketplace for the trading and settlement of mutual funds.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has formed a strategic alliance agreement with Spence Johnson, a provider of global institutional data and intelligence, to bring together retail and institutional data, benchmarking and analytics. The combined capabilities will generate a unique global view of
Synechron, a financial services consulting and technology service provider, is to join the Misys InFusion Partner Program. Synechron will develop two Centres of Excellence focused on Capital Markets and Corporate Banking to support clients across the United States, Europe, Middle-East
Ipreo and Hamilton Lane have launched Private Market Connect, a joint venture developed to help solve the existing data challenges faced by Limited Partners and address the information inefficiencies that exist throughout the private markets globally. Private Market Connect will
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, has released a new corporate action event, Further Public Offering (FPO). The addition of the FPO event enhances existing services by providing full details of
