EDBI, a global Asian-based Investor, is now a Pico investor and strategic partner. Pico provides transparent, low-latency financial markets solutions. Instant access to financial markets is provided via PicoNet, a globally comprehensive network platform instrumented natively with Corvil analytics and telemetry. Its
Two Sigma has launched Venn, a cloud-based investment analysis software platform. Venn was introduced initially on a limited, invite-only basis, but is now available to institutional investors and wealth managers among others. For many institutional investors, the investment process today
Daiwa Securities Trust & Banking is restructuring to focus on hedge fund servicing and is consolidating the business to Dublin. Dai
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, an independent provider of globally competitive and flexible outsourced management company, platform and fund administration services, has converted two of its fund platforms from PLCs (Public Limited Companies) to ICAVs (Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles). Prescient
NextPrime, a provider of operational and capital efficiency to institutional participants in digital asset markets, has partnered with Asia-Pacific financial services group Crown Financial Services (CFS) to bring service banking, custodianship and multi-currency clearing and settlement solutions to the digital
Tassat, a provider of financial technologies and products for traditional and digital asset markets and Blockfills, a specialist in digital asset electronic market making, trading and prime brokerage, are partnering to introduce an institutional Trade at Settlement (TAS) product for
Fimat Group, the global brokerage owned by Société Générale Group, has consolidated its alternative investment offerings under a single brand, Alternative Investment Sol
MTS, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, has launched the first designated electronic trading platform for Euro-denominated Cypriot government bonds. 

The addition of Cyprus to MTS’s interdealer market, MTS Cash, increases the number of countries on the market to
Estera Bermuda’s Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) team has sponsored the listing of the Hexagon II Reinsurance DAC notes. The Hexagon II Reinsurance DAC listing is the third EU domiciled ILS deal on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) in 2019. It follows
Natixis Investment Managers has selected ALPIMA for web-based portfolio design, optimisation and visualisation within its Solutions group. Offered as an enhanced version of its cloud-based enterprise service, the ALPIMA platform will be delivered on a white-label basis and configured specifically
