Progress Software Corporation has launched the Progress Apama Smart Order Router (SOR) Accelerator, allowing traders to create proprietary order routing strategies that intelligently select execution venues from among the many Exchanges, Multi Lateral Trading Facilities (MTFs) and Dark Liquidity Pools.
The EDM Group has acquired business process technology consultancy Business Designs Ltd in order to establish a Business Process Management (BPM) practice and further develop the group's vision to become the most comprehensive document management application provider in the industry.
Aquin Components' compliance software MIG21 has been named "Best Technology Solution 2008" at Complinet's Annual Compliance Awards in London. Complinet is a provider of compliance and risk information applications. The Complinet Awards are considered the "Compliance Oscars" in the financial
Socram, the French credit house, has selected Misys Almonde to manage and improve the quality of their Asset and Liability Management (ALM) reporting. Socram is a new customer for Misys, which the credit house chose over other vendors for its
In a recent breakfast seminar hosted by leading independent risk consulting company, Protiviti, senior figures from the financial services industry and regulatory establishment presented what they saw as the biggest risks and rewards following the 1 November implementation of MiFID.
The European Banking Federation (EBF) noted the adoption of the CCD after some six years of intense discussions as a first signal towards further integration but raised a number of reservations. The banking industry is a keen supporter of the
Commerzbank, Germany's second largest bank, is upgrading to the latest version of ACE's OFAC Guard to ensure its cross border message filtering capability is ready for Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) messages on 28 January 2008. Commerzbank processes over 100,000
Financial Tradeware has partnered with ComplySoft Ltd. to provide secure and reliable access to complex legislative content and updates across the SWIFT network, enabling easier enterprise wide risk management and compliance. The financial industry is coming under ever greater regulatory
The ifs School of Finance and the School of Management at the University of Surrey have agreed to a partnership to offer a combined academic and professional qualification in financial services. The dual award will combine a BSc (Hons) in
Misys has completed an examination in conformity with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS70), Service Organizations, of its Misys Treasury Plus Confirmation Matching Service for the period 1 October 1 2006 through 30 September 2007. The examination was performed