Avelacom Expands London Network Infrastructure With New Point of Presence at Equinix LD7

Avelacom has expanded its global infrastructure by establishing a new Point of Presence (PoP) at the Equinix LD7 data centre. This new deployment complements the company’s existing presence in the LD4, LD5, and LD8 facilities, consolidating its footprint within a major connectivity hub for financial markets. The expansion aims to meet growing institutional demand for proximity hosting and high-speed network solutions.

By locating within LD7, Avelacom minimises the physical distance to London’s traditional and digital asset exchanges, as well as their ecosystems of custodians and brokerage firms. This proximity enables proprietary trading firms to benefit from faster real-time market data and order execution. Specifically, the upgrade enhances the popular London to Tokyo trading route, achieving round-trip latency of under 138ms via fibre and under 130ms using a hybrid fibre and microwave path.

United Fintech Secures Strategic Investment from Dansk Vækstkapital

United Fintech has accepted a strategic minority investment from Dansk Vækstkapital (Danish Growth Capital), a fund strategy under Danske Private Equity and Danske Bank Asset Management. This transaction positions Dansk Vækstkapital as the company’s sixth institutional investor, following closely on the heels of Barclays joining the investor group earlier this month. These new partners sit alongside existing investors BNP Paribas, Citi, Danske Bank, and Standard Chartered.

This investment aligns with a period of continued expansion for United Fintech. In 2025 alone, the company completed two acquisitions, expanding its portfolio to seven fintechs and strengthening its capabilities in commercial banking, capital markets, and wealth and asset management. With a workforce of over 200 employees across 11 global offices, United Fintech intends to utilise this latest funding to support further innovation and international scaling, helping clients modernise infrastructure and deploy AI-powered solutions.

LSEG and Citi Announce Multi-Year Strategic Data and Analytics Partnership

LSEG and Citi have entered a multi-year strategic partnership to deploy LSEG’s data, analytics, and workflow solutions at an enterprise scale. This agreement supports Citi’s modernisation efforts by consolidating data access and standardising governance across front-to-back workflows, including markets, investment banking, wealth, trading, and compliance. The initiative aims to enhance efficiency and ensure consistent data-driven decision-making throughout the organisation.

Under the agreement, LSEG will provide AI-ready content and multi-asset class data, ranging from economic indicators and pricing to benchmarks and regulatory information. Citi will utilise LSEG’s end-to-end workflow solutions, primarily LSEG Workspace and various APIs, to support client delivery. Furthermore, the partnership strengthens Citi’s risk management and KYC frameworks by integrating World-Check risk-intelligence data, improving the auditability and coverage of onboarding processes.

Duco and Phoenix Group Partner to Modernise Asset Management Reconciliation

Duco has announced a strategic collaboration with Phoenix Group to modernise the reconciliation infrastructure within its Asset Management division. The project involves creating a unified, cloud-based environment to reconcile investment and accounting records across 20 administrators and various asset classes. This initiative is designed to allow the business to scale efficiently while providing operational teams with a more robust and streamlined platform.

The initial phase of the project will focus on automating the reconciliation between Investment Book of Record (IBOR) and Accounting Book of Record (ABOR) data. This step aims to ensure consistent, auditable controls and full alignment with European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) standards. By reducing manual intervention in these critical workflows, Phoenix Group seeks to strengthen internal controls and enable teams to take greater ownership of daily operations.

ICE Integrates Investortools Climate Risk, Emissions Data

Fintech and data giant Intercontinental Exchange’s climate data is now available on the Investortools platform, a fixed-income data solutions provider.

The collaboration integrates ICE’s municipal-level climate risk data into Investortools’ Perform system. This addition follows previous connectivity with ICE Bonds execution platforms and access to ICE BofA Indices.

Mike Green, co-chief executive and chief operating officer of Investortools said: “By bringing ICE Climate data into the platform, we’re enabling our users to apply climate risk intelligence directly to their existing investment workflows.”

Users will access scores and metrics for flood, hurricane, wildfire and drought risks, alongside emissions data. Fixed-income software assists with credit research, portfolio management and performance reporting.

Bloomberg Funds Data Solution Adds ETP Visibility

Bloomberg has expanded its Funds Data Solution, adding Global Exchange Traded Product flows data and historical revisions.

The expansion encompasses history dating back to 2007 for market cycle backtesting, while the data tracks investor capital by monitoring changes in net asset value and shares outstanding across 80,000 active ETP tickers.

“As the global funds landscape grows more complex, investors need to see the actual money in motion,” Bloomberg Global Head of Enterprise Data Content Leila Sadiq said.

Horizon Trading Solutions Partners with OCEANE Invest to Deploy Automated Market-Making Technology on ADX

Horizon Trading Solutions has partnered with OCEANE Invest, a newly established Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) market maker, to deploy its automated market-making and algorithmic trading suite. This collaboration will support OCEANE Invest’s upcoming ETF listings on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). The initiative is designed to enhance market liquidity and efficiency, whilst reinforcing the ADX’s position as a key regional hub for ETFs.

OCEANE Invest selected Horizon’s technology to ensure continuous liquidity, tight spreads, and dynamic hedging capabilities for its new products. The system integrates with OCEANE’s internal pricing and risk engines, allowing the firm to utilise its quantitative research and in-house modelling to adapt complex operations in real time. The partnership ultimately aims to drive the growth of the GCC ETF industry, offering local investors reliable and cost-effective trading services backed by experienced traders from the US and Europe.

BLOX Markets Selects Adaptive’s Aeron Technology for Openpool Trading Venue

BLOX Markets has announced the integration of Aeron, the high-performance open-source messaging and clustering technology, into the architecture of Openpool. Developed by Adaptive, Aeron will support the infrastructure of Openpool, an upcoming US equities trading venue focused specifically on the retail sector.

Following an assessment of several options, BLOX Markets selected the Aeron stack because it precisely matched their technical requirements. The technology was chosen for its ability to deliver determinism, low latency, scalability, and resilience. Widely adopted across capital markets, Aeron provides a proven foundation for demanding financial systems, ensuring the new trading venue operates with high throughput and stability.

United Fintech Secures Strategic Investment from Barclays and Appoints Bank to Board

United Fintech has secured a strategic investment from Barclays, adding the major UK bank to its shareholder base of leading global financial institutions. Barclays joins BNP Paribas, Citi, Danske Bank, and Standard Chartered, all of whom have invested within the past two years. As part of this new partnership, Barclays will join the United Fintech Board of Directors, reinforcing the collaboration between established banks and the fintech platform.

This investment follows a period of significant growth for United Fintech. In 2025, the company completed two acquisitions, expanding its portfolio to seven fintechs, and now operating with over 200 employees across 11 global offices. These recent developments aim to assist clients in modernising infrastructure and deploying AI-powered innovations securely through a single point of access.

Diginex to Acquire Carbon Accounting Provider Plan-A

Sustainability RegTech and data management provider Diginex Limited is to acquire Berlin-based carbon-accounting and management software developer Plan-A.

The all-share transaction will create an integrated ESG and carbon management solution for enterprises worldwide and comes as the global carbon management software market grows to help firms satisfy their sustainability regulatory reporting obligations.

“This acquisition represents a major leap forward in our mission to make sustainability simple, actionable, and valuable for businesses,” said Diginex chair Miles Pelham.

The combined offering will provide automated data collection, emissions dashboards, and audit-ready reporting for capital markets and other industry participants. Carbon accounting and decarbonisation platforms help companies measure and reduce their environmental impact.