Emerging Technologies
SmartStream, Trustlink Partner to Service Southern Africa Market
London-based SmartStream Technologies, a provider of financial transaction management technology and services, and Pretoria-based Trustlink, have agreed an alliance that will see Trustlink distribute SmartStream’s Reconciliations and Cash & Liquidity…
NYSE Technologies Staffer Switches to Options
Ex-NYSE Technologies head of sales Tim Yockel has joined Options, a provider of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), as senior vice president of global sales.
Advent Appoints Two in EMEA Region
Advent Software, the San Francisco-based buy-side technology specialist, has made two appointments: Jad Fares has been appointed regional sales manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and will be based in the firm’s Dubai office,…
Israel’s Bank Leumi Looks to Calypso for Capital Markets Support
Tel Aviv-based Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank with 13,500 employees, although originally founded in London as the Anglo Palestine Company in 1902, has contracted Calypso Technology to provide it with a cross-asset, front-to-back-office platform to…
The ‘Culture Shock’ of Modernizing Data Infrastructures
Delivering the business capabilities that financial firms aspire to over the coming years will require an overhaul of market data infrastructures from a technology perspective to ensure free and open access to data for everyone that needs it, as well as…
Markit Acquires DTCC Stake in MarkitSERV
Markit has announced that it will buy out the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) from their joint venture, MarkitSERV.
BNY Mellon Tweaks AccessEdge Collateral Management Service
BNY Mellon has upgraded its AccessEdge collateral management portal via a link to Pirum’s tri-party automation service that will allow BNY Mellon’s buy-side clients to better manage their collateral requirements.
Mobile ROI Hard To Quantify For Financial Firms
At a debate on the impact of consumer technology in the financial services industry, four mobile specialists expressed their opinions on what has been overhyped and what's been underhyped.
Apogee Leadership Team Joins Gravitas
The management team of Chicago-based consultancy Apogee Strategies has joined Gravitas, an India-based technology provider to the alternative investment industry, following a joint venture launched in 2011.
Officer on Deck
The face of UK regulation changed yesterday.
Nasdaq OMX to Acquire eSpeed Platform from BGC
Nasdaq OMX has announced that it will purchase BGC Partners' US treasuries-trading platform, eSpeed,for $750 million and contingent stock issuance.