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GoldenSource Sets Out Renewed Agenda Including Product Strategy and M&A Programme
In May 2022, after more than 30 years in the data management market, GoldenSource was acquired from previous equity investors by middle-market private equity firm Gemspring Capital. The acquisition marked a step-change for the company, with its agenda now including cooperation with Gemspring on core operations such as products, managed services, development, and sales and…
Datactics and Solidatus Integrate Data Quality and Lineage Tools to Manage Data Quality in Motion
Datactics and Solidatus have made a ground-breaking technology alliance that integrates the former’s data quality and latter’s data lineage tools to manage data quality in motion. The integration helps data practitioners visualise where data quality issues are occurring, understand the business impact of poor data quality, and quickly locate and fix quality issues wherever the…
TS Imagine Introduces TS One: A Unified Solution for Cross-Asset Class Investment Management
TS Imagine, the global provider of cross-asset trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions formed following the merger of TradingScreen and Imagine Software in May 2021, has launched a new product, TS One. This new, cross-asset class, SaaS-based solution is designed for investment teams looking for a comprehensive platform offering global market access,…
The T+1 Revolution: Technology Challenges and Opportunities in the US Settlement Cycle
Introduction The upcoming move to T+1 settlement in the United States represents a significant shift in the financial industry, with potential implications for market participants worldwide. The transition is aimed at promoting efficiency, reducing risk, and enhancing liquidity in the financial system. However, transitioning form a T+2 to a T+1 settlement environment is itself not…
Drilling Down on the IPC and Kaiko Partnership – Perspectives from the CEOs
Communications and connectivity solutions provider IPC recently announced a partnership with Kaiko, the cryptocurrency market data provider, to deliver enterprise-grade data to IPC’s Connexus Crypto ecosystem. Launched last year, Connexus Crypto is IPC’s flagship solution for cryptocurrency trading, designed to support complex trading strategies. The solution enables users to implement cryptocurrency arbitrage, providing low latency…
ESG Information Overreach May be New Data Challenge
ESG data management is evolving, with more datasets coming online as new sustainability and social factors are incorporated into financial institutions’ risk-assessment processes. In response, firms may be tempted to invest greater amounts of capital to bring in those new streams of potentially critical information. But some could be over-reaching the capabilities of their operations….
Dig Deeper: Carbon Markets Are Hiding a Gem
New data reveals how carbon emissions can unlock investment in decarbonisation By Jan Ahrens, Chief Executive, SparkChange. There is little doubt global warming presents a catastrophe for humanity, and that it requires unprecedented investment to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. McKinsey estimates $9.2trn per year. When we talk about the financial effects of…
Omba Advisory & Investments Selects FINBOURNE
Omba Advisory & Investments, a London-based investment management firm, has selected FINBOURNE Technology’s SaaS-native modern financial data stack as its operational data hub. The firm selected FINBOURNE after a market review, and will use the vendor’s LUSID PMS and Luminesce for portfolio management and improved data consolidation to help scale investment operations. Omba serves family…
Deutsche Börse Makes All-Cash Offer for SimCorp
Deutsche Börse has made an all-cash offer for SimCorp. It also plans to combine its existing data and analytics subsidiaries Qontigo and ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) to create an investment management solutions business offering data, index and analytics products, as well as software solutions. SimCorp’s board of directors has confirmed its intention to recommend that…
Cboe Selects Broadway Technology as Infrastructure Service Provider for New U.S. Treasuries Trading Platform
Cboe Global Markets, Inc., the global market infrastructure and exchange operator, has chosen Broadway Technology, the high-performance front-office solutions provider, as an Infrastructure Service Provider (ISP) for its new U.S. Treasuries trading platform. Broadway has become a prominent name in the fixed income market over the years, and recently entered into an agreement to be…