CSK Software AG (CSK) has announced a strategic alliance with iWay Software (iWay), an "information builder" and adaptor vendor. The deal enables CSK to deploy iWay's technology in its solutions. The focus of the new partnership is on the integration
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is offering US securities houses a technology platform to enable them to meet the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requirement imposed as part of the settlement announced on 31 October to distribute independent stock research
XcitekSolutionsPlus has announced that U.S. Bancorp, the Minneapolis based financial services holding company with $189 billion in assets, has signed a multi year agreement to license XSP for corporate actions processing, in addition to licensing eTRAN, the web based module
Lynx Wealth Management Systems has obtained Microsoft Certified Partner status. This means Lynx staff have completed and passed all of the certification exams validating their understanding and expertise in Microsoft tools and technologies. The partner programme offers firms early access
SunGard Brokerage Services says that its Brut trading platform and Townsend Analytics (TAL) have reached an agreement for Brut to offer TAL's RealTick market data display and direct access trading technology as an option for clients accessing the ECN. Brut,
The integration of the Nordic markets advanced today with news that HEX Integrated Markets the marketplace division of the company created by the merger of OM and the Helsinki Exchanges will join the NOREX Alliance. "The merger between OM and
Elind Computers Private Limited, a Bangalore based software applications provider to the securities industry, has announced the appointment of Greg Johnston, currently President and CEO of Elind, Inc. in the US, as President of the parent company and a member
Wall Street Systems, the treasury systems specialists, have launched a new "hedge compliance module" to facilitate compliance with international hedge accounting standards such as FAS 133, IAS 39, AcG13 in Canada, and SAS 33 in Singapore. The new Hedge Compliance
DALBAR, the US financial services market research firm, has condemned out of hand the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decision to disallow mutual fund tradng after 4.00 p.m. "This may be one of the worst ideas coming from Washington since
In a letter recently submitted to the European Central Bank, The Bond Market Asso ciation and the European Securitisation Forum commented on the Bank's Public Con sultation Paper on Measures to Improve the Collateral Framework of the Eurosystem. The Association