Tagged: financial markets

August 7, 2023 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Without offsetting topline growth or debt reduction, management will need to increase efficiency and reduce investment “to retain earnings power and, even then, may face lower valuation multiples,” the team at Pitchbook noted in a comprehensive market update. Hence, Pitchbook now expects further underperformance “from… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 6:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a provider of corporate governance and sustainable investment solutions to financial market participants, launched ISS Exchange, a streamlined, mobile-friendly voting solution, “to augment its Global Proxy Distribution (GPD) offering.” ISS Exchange is the latest in ISS’ suite of outsourced solutions… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 8:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko – recently released a consultation document on its proposal to introduce a new standard condition for certain financial market license holders. The new license condition will “focus on business continuity and technology systems.” Operationally resilient… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tim Frost, CEO of digital wealth platform Yield App, says that recent price stability in bitcoin combined with a number of positive macro and regulatory signals mean the stage could be set for crypto’s next bull market. Tim Frost, CEO of digital wealth platform Yield… Read More

June 22, 2023 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, announced it has “been certified as SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and adheres to the highest industry standards for data security.” The Systems and Organization Controls (SOC) standards are “governed by the American… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ismo, which says it is on a mission to make investing in the financial markets accessible to all, has secured 113% (€823,900.31) of its €725,000 target from 351 investors (at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube (with 9 days… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Traderpal is described as a simple and easy-to-use app designed to democratize access to financial markets for Spanish-speaking individuals. With Traderpal, users can “invest in thousands of US stocks, and ETFs and start building a diversified investment portfolio to help them achieve their financial goals.”… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aquis Technologies, a division of Aquis Exchange PLC – the creator and facilitator of financial markets, is pleased to announce the launch of Aquis Equinox: a regulated market-grade 24×7 matching engine which “never requires shut down or downtime.” In traditional exchange models, along with alternative… Read More

March 12, 2023 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capitolis, the technology company reimagining financial markets, announced that its subsidiary, Capitolis Global Broker Dealer LLC, has applied “to become a broker-dealer.” This is the next step in Capitolis’ journey “to provide innovative solutions to the market in order to keep the capital markets both… Read More

February 20, 2023 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transaction Network Services (TNS) announced the launch of its standardized Dedicated Server offering, which is “the first phase in the deployment of its new Cloud platform for financial markets.” This product is designed specifically “for high-performance trading and utilizes TNS’ bare metal servers, as well… Read More

February 19, 2023 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In February, Addepar gained additional insight into the latest market moves in their Investor Sentiment Index and Q4 2022 Secondary Market Pricing Scorecard. Addepar is debuting a new portfolio search bar in Analysis and Reporting and “offering Addepar users access to the Global Industry Classification… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pico, a global provider of mission-critical technology services, software, data and analytics for the financial markets community, has launched the Pico Performance Lab, a high-performance financial services test lab. Pico’s full-stack trading technology solution of infrastructure, connectivity, market data, trading software, critical timing services and… Read More

January 9, 2023 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European P2P market is expected to lower its growth in 2023 “as financial institutions grapple with inflation,” according to an update from Robo.cash. Robocash analysts see several possible scenarios for the European P2P market development in 2023. The baseline scenario “implies that the market… Read More

January 1, 2023 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Since the beginning of the year, the price of bitcoin has dropped by 64% from $46,311 to $16,851, but the market hasn’t yet reached a bottom. As the global economy enters a recession, the world’s first cryptocurrency could fall to $10,000 in 2023, according to… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the premier provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, released survey findings from Coalition Greenwich revealing that US Financial Advisors (FAs) are fielding significantly “increased demand from investors for digital assets despite the current crypto winter.” Conducted in partnership with Talos, the survey reported… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, announced partnerships “with Chenoa Information Systems, Flylance, Future Workforce, Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company, Velocity Investment Solutions and Wissen Technology.” Each firm has “a specialty in financial services and, with expertise in process… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 11:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearstream has reached the next level of digitization of financial markets by “creating the digital instrument on D7, Deutsche Börse’s digital post-trade platform.” European issuers can now “leverage the new infrastructure to issue digital securities.” The first automated issuances were “performed by LBBW and Vontobel,… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, announced that the Genesis platform will “provide a new trade automation and client portal system for Itaú Securities.” The Genesis solution will “consolidate trade and portfolio information, improving the experience offered to clients… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Securrency, a blockchain-based financial markets infrastructure and products company, announced that it will deploy its proprietary Digital Asset Composer on the XDC Network, a blockchain “with a mature ecosystem and a particular focus on real-world applications in global trade and finance.” Digital Asset Composer is… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform “purpose-built” for financial markets organizations, announced the opening of its new office in Bengaluru, the fintech capital of India and “one of the largest fintech centers in the world.” With software development centers in four continents, Genesis has… Read More