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Kooltra banks $6.5 million in funding to streamline foreign exchange trading

Kooltra, a cloud platform that helps financial institutions and non-bank firms modernize and automate foreign exchange (FX) operations, announced today it has completed a $6.5 million CAD investment round from Hyde Park Venture Partners, Round 13 Capital, Salesforce Ventures and existing investor Real Ventures.

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AcadiaSoft onboards first buy side firm

AcadiaSoft Inc., the leading industry provider of risk and collateral management services for the non-cleared derivatives community, today announced that all firms in-scope for Phase 3 of the five-year Initial Margin (IM) rollout have been successfully onboarded onto the AcadiaSoft Hub, including the first buy-side firm to be subject to the rules.

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Link Asset Services lopens new investor portal for Smithson IPO

Link Asset Services , part of Link Group (ASX: LNK), a leading global provider of financial administration services, has launched an innovative and cutting-edge new investor portal to support the Smithson Investment Trust’s Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Broadridge appoints Les Turner as VP of Investor Communication Solutions International

Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Les Turner as Vice President, Investor Communication Solutions International.

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ErisX preps cryptocurrency market

Chicago-based Eris Exchange has secured backing from the likes of TD Ameritrade and Virtu Financial for a cryptocurrency spot and futures trading platform.

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Blockchain for business startup DrumG raises $6.5 million financing

Blockchain network builder ConsenSys has invested $6.5 million in DrumG Technologies, a startup co-founded by the former CEO of R3 Lab and research centre Tim Grant to create business product overlays on exiting distributed ledger applications.

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Stock Exchange of Thailand signs new seven-year deal with Cinnober

Cinnober Financial Technology, a global independent provider of technology solutions for the finance industry, today announces that the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has signed a new license agreement with Cinnober for a term of seven years.

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DTCC partners Symphony to expand exception management platform

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure provider for the global financial services industry, today announced it has signed an agreement with Symphony that significantly expands communication and collaboration capabilities within the DTCC Exception Manager (DXM) service.

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Dash Financial releases new buy-side trading system

Dash Financial Technologies, the industry leader in order routing transparency, visualization and customization solutions, today announced the launch of its next-generation portfolio trading (PT) algorithm, a highly customizable workflow and execution solution with real-time transparency and analytics, allowing institutional clients to achieve their portfolio trading performance goals, however they choose to define them.

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Legal problems holding back blockchain-based trade finance: research

R3, Shearman & Sterling, and BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade), have released a technical paper, ‘Code Is Not Law: The Legal Background for Trade Finance Using Blockchain’, which examines the paths to securing legal recognition for “electronic negotiable instruments.”

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Australian agency claims blockchain breakthrough

A federal science agency in Australia has claimed a world first after completing testing on a global blockchain network that is capable of processing 30,000 cross-border transactions per second.

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Newton replaces legacy platform with Eagle Investment system

Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a BNY Mellon company and leading provider of financial services technology, announced today that Newton Investment Management (“Newton”) has selected Eagle Accounting to replace its legacy investment accounting platform.

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JPMorgan blockchain project recruits 70+ banks

An interbank blockchain project led by JPMorgan designed to speed up the exceptions process has recruited more than 70 banks in a move that would make it one of the largest application of distributed ledger technology (DLT) by regulated banks.

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Cobalt appoints Darren Coote MD

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) post-trade processing network based on shared infrastructure and high performance technology, has appointed FX industry veteran Darren Coote as managing director.

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Banco BPM licences Cristal for Instant Payments

Banco BPM has selected CRISTAL licensed software package from Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in payment and transaction services, for the implementation of its Instant Payment platform.

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Fintech lobby group opens North American division

The Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA), which played a pivotal role over the last five years in crafting the design and implementation of open banking standards in the United Kingdom and in Europe, announced today the launch of a North American arm, FDATA North America.

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Goldman Sachs to sell fixed income app

Investment bank Goldman Sachs is near to finding a buyer for its investment app Simon, according to reports.

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Crypto exchanges’ legal status questioned in NY

New York’s Attorney General (AG) has reported three crypto exchanges to the state’s regulator for possible violations of digital currency violations.

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Norwegian asset manager completes SimCorp installation

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry, announces today that Storebrand Asset Management, Norway’s largest private asset manager with EUR 71 billion in assets under management, now completes its strategic consolidation project, with the addition of SimCorp’s front office and fund management solutions.

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EquiLend opens Irish office as Brexit approaches

EquiLend, a leading provider of trading, post-trade, market data and clearing services for the securities finance industry, today announces the opening of its office in Dublin to serve European clients following Brexit.