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Numis Deploys Glue42 to Integrate Sales & Trading Desktop Apps

Numis, the independent investment bank, has deployed software and services from desktop integration specialist Glue42, to enable sales and trading teams to integrate and synchronise the applications they use on their desktops, both in the office and whilst working from home. The Glue42 technology will provide Numis staff with seamless access to market intelligence, quotes,?pricing,...

Start-up Net Purpose Has Sustainable Investing in its Sights

The well-known maxim “if you want something done well, do it yourself” is one that Samantha Duncan has taken to heart. After years working as head of impact at emerging markets-focused LeapFrog Investments, she found herself inspired by the continuous flows of sustainable capital, but frustrated: not only was the data challenge to measure ESG...

FinTech Specialists Retool as Clients Clamour for ESG Services

Growing demand for sustainability disclosures from investors and regulators has seen service providers to financial institutions retool and create new products for their clients. While solutions that enable corporates to identify and report their own ESG metrics have entered the market in large numbers over the past few years, there has been a quieter expansion...

Adaptive Partners with Google Cloud to Reinforce Cloud Capabilities for Clients

Adaptive Financial Consulting (Adaptive), the technology solutions provider that builds and operates bespoke trading systems for its clients, has entered into a partnership with Google Cloud. The partnership will enable Adaptive to further leverage Google Cloud’s processing power and analytical capabilities, and will also bolster resilience for services built on Google Cloud. The partnership follows...

Challenges and Opportunities of Achieving a 360-Degree View of Risk

Achieving a 360-degree view of risk is a challenge, but can be achieved by taking a holistic approach to risk that embeds necessary data within a firm’s corporate structure and makes it accessible to all parts of the enterprise. Integrating data in this way enables all parts of the business to work in unison towards...

3d innovations Partners with BST to Upgrade Abacus Market Data Inventory

3d innovations (3di), the data management product and services company, has partnered with Swiss-based fintech Banking Software Training AG (BST), to launch a new version of its Abacus Market Data inventory, which will be based on BST’s FinOffice componentry. “Abacus, which has been around for a number of years, was starting to get a bit...

Sustainable Trading Adds Seven New Firms to its Membership Network

Sustainable Trading, the non-profit organisation aiming to transform environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in the financial markets trading sector, has added seven new firms from across the trading industry to its membership network. Joining the 41 firms already participating in the industry initiative are Barclays, Liquidnet, Mizuho International, Rand Merchant Bank, Schroders, State Street...

CUBE Sets Growth Plans Following First Capital Investment Round from Bregal Milestone

CUBE, a provider of automated regulatory intelligence (ARI), has secured its first institutional capital investment from Bregal Milestone, a technology growth capital firm dedicated to investments in high-growth, market-defining technology companies. CUBE will use the undisclosed investment sum to deepen product capabilities for customers, drive further international expansion, and accelerate overall growth both organically and...

Bloomberg Makes Data License Content Available Natively on Google Cloud

Bloomberg has extended its relationship with Google Cloud by making its Data License content available on the cloud, a move designed to enable customers to receive content natively and reduce time taken to integrate data and derive insights. Data License customers can receive Bloomberg OneData content, including reference, pricing, regulatory data, research, corporate actions, and...

How Well Managed No-Code Data Solutions Can Bring Agility without Headaches

By Christian Nentwhich, CEO, Duco. When businesses are looking to improve their operations, they frequently look at their data. Capital market participants use data to provide pre and post-trade analysis to make more informed trading decisions. Businesses use financial management tools to streamline internal operations. Medical facilities use data to manage patient records and create...