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Refinitiv has signed an agreement with Nordic investment management firm E Öhman J:or Fonder (Öhman) to deliver an end-to-end workflow solution for its investment management business.
The agreement will cover the entire pre- to post-trade workflow, and allows Öhman to leverage the full depth of Refinitiv desktop, trading, data, and analytical solutions. In addition, Öhman is partnering with the OMS/PMS platform from AlphaDesk, the global SaaS provider of STP software for the buy-side.
“This partnership with Öhman clearly demonstrates the confidence financial companies place in Refinitiv’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions to drive value across all asset classes and points in
big xyt, an independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has added a dedicated dashboard for analysing systematic internaliser (SI) volumes to its Liquidity Cockpit.
Eligible users now have the option to view and compare the reported SI volumes filtered by adjusted conditions, analysed by time, by region or by symbol. This new dynamic visualisation leverages the recent release extending the adjustment of SI volumes and the range of enquiry options and filters available. Users are now able to better understand the component parts of total SI flow reported. Furthermore, this additional value added functionality introduces comparisons to other
International capital markets software firm genesis has completed a Series A financing round, securing a total of USD3 million from Illuminate Financial, a UK-based capital markets venture capital firm, and Tribeca Angels, a New York venture group.
genesis was founded in 2015 by Stephen Murphy and James Harrison, who have held senior roles at leading investment banks and capital markets software vendors around the world. Confident that the industry needed a different approach to innovation, genesis has dedicated the past four years to building a microservices technology framework designed specifically for the world of capital markets. This technical framework helps
KNEIP, a Luxembourg-based fund industry specialist, is launching a new digital service platform to the London market, allowing more transparency as well as greater efficiency in the funds industry.
The new single layered platform manages the entire fund lifecycle from end to end. KNEIP has digitalised all aspects of investor data and streamlined processes including document management, which will allow for more transparency and better efficiency of reporting and hugely reduced costs.
Historically, an asset manager who might want to launch a fund was required to use a fund registration team to compile the data and build reports, then
ERIC, an investment research marketplace, has relaunched its platform with upgraded functionality to support long-term subscription-based research relationships between research providers and investment managers.
The new platform has been significantly redesigned and improved with the technology and digital publishing expertise of DC Thomson, one of the largest private media organisations in the UK, which ERIC entered into a partnership with in October 2017. ERIC will use DC Thomson’s advanced search capabilities and longstanding experience in curating digital content to address the realities and inefficiencies of the investment research market under MiFID II.
MiFID II has delivered substantial improvements to
Duco, a provider of enterprise data quality and reconciliation services, has opened a new office in Singapore to cater to customers across Asia Pacific.
Duco is used by global financial institutions to accelerate digital transformation programs helping to solve a range of data quality, integrity and reconciliation challenges across multiple departments.
Christian Nentwich (pictured), CEO, says: “The data quality and reconciliation market is moving towards self-service, which Duco helped pioneer. To better support our customers, we see Singapore as a fantastic hub due to its strong support for Fintech and innovation, and the presence of both local and global
Lendingblock, a securities lending exchange for digital assets, has partnered with digital assets custodian Vo1t to provide a cold storage capability for clients.
Vo1t will support Lendingblock’s platform by offering a 24/7 global custody service that will ensure funds are kept in high security cold storage while still being accessible within 30 minutes by Lendingblock and clients. Importantly, clients’ funds are kept segregated, preventing the commingling of assets and maintaining transparency around how a client’s assets are being handled and stored.
Funds will only be transferred out of cold storage to be sent back to the borrower upon loan
SwissOne Capital, an asset management company specialising in crypto, is to launch what it says is the market’s first tokenised and fully-regulated index fund.
Crypto as an asset class continues to edge towards maturity, and each regulatory win advances that evolution. While other crypto funds exist, SwissOne Capital’s fund will be the first to offer the liquid utility of tokenisation with the safeguards of regulatory recognition. They will be licensed by FINMA for Swiss distribution.
According to a PwC global blockchain survey, regulatory uncertainty stands as the number one barrier to entry in the crypto market, with lack
Cryptocurrency clearinghouse Mint Exchange is now live providing access to all major exchanges, brokers and market makers through a single account.
Mint Exchange allows institutions to trade across all major cryptocurrency exchanges providing access to the most liquidity at the best price all while keeping capital in a secure institutional environment. Many of the top global FX brokers are already trading cryptocurrencies on Mint Exchange. With this public launch, Mint Exchange welcomes the participation of all qualified institutions.
“We’re addressing an enormous unmet need in the growing cryptocurrency market,” says Harpal Sandhu, Chairman of Mint Exchange. “FX brokers, asset managers, and institutions
HPR (Hyannis Port Research), a provider of capital markets infrastructure (CMI) technologies, has launched Omnibot, a new networking device that integrates market access, risk management, data and latency capture functionality into a multi-application switch.
Through the combination of FPGA-based risk hardware and a network switch within a single device, HPR has introduced a “net-zero” latency solution by performing risk checks in parallel with switching.
Since launching in 2011, HPR has built a reputation for offering the industry’s leading pre-trade risk and market access solution through its Riskbot platform, an award-winning, FPGA-based technology that is used by nearly 100 of
