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News archive for February 2009

27 February 2009
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Optial Announces formation of International Advisory Board
Speranza Announces availability of its next generation of electronic bank account and signatory management application
FPMG announces launch of marketing communications company
Fund managers 'face tax hike' under Obama proposals
Madoff's UK firm 'transferred $164m' to parent firm ahead of arrest
UK calls for "severe" sentences for online fraudsters
TwoFour Adds Margin Processing
SmartCo releases a new version of its leading Enterprise Data Management offer
CheckFree Investment Services Is Now Fiserv
Distribution Technology Ranked As a Leading European Vendor in Wealth Management
Missing codes and inadequate depth of coding to cost trusts millions and place entire areas of care at risk, says Datanomic
Markit Announces Rule Changes to Markit Itraxx Asian Indices
Equiduct and Allied Testing complete QA for New pan-european Platform
Futurebank completes landmark project with China Systems Bank surpasses industry standard
China Systems’ Eximbills Enterprise awarded the 2009 SWIFTReady TSU Label
Russian Joint Stock Commercial Bank INVESTBANK will use the Forbis Company’s products designed for accounting and management of natural persons’ term deposits
UBS appoints Credit Suisse veteran after Rohner quits
Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Selects Guidewire Billingcenter
Pipeline Unveils PowerPlay: Exclusive Buy-Side Block Execution System
Stone Coast Fund Services Turns to Advent Partner® World Investor to Deliver Superior Client Service
StatPro urges response from Performance Managers to new GIPS proposals
26 February 2009
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USA ePay Selects Trustwave for PCI DSS Compliance Validation
SWIFT Appoints Patrick Curtin to Head of Securities Initiatives – Americas
ATSC Announces Its Appix Mortgage Product Is Supporting the Fed’s $500 Billion MBS Purchase Program
Credit Suisse and Paladyne Offer Comprehensive Multi-Prime Technology Solution to Hedge Funds
Global 360 Positioned as a Leader in 2009 Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites
J.P. Morgan Treasury Services’ Foreign Exchange Services Expands to Support Payments in More Than 140 Currencies
SEC charges duo over "brazen" $554m investment fraud
Small firms 'vulnerable and valuable' to online fraudsters
Hedge fund body launches transparency drive to head off tougher regulation
Capgemini and Logica to optimize materials management and logistics of Dutch defense forces in support of international operations
AG Delta and TriAlius announce partnership to extend FX liquidity services within the AG|Capital’s Ecommerce Solution for Banks & Customer Channels.
Interactive Data Announces Bondedge Analytical Platform for Fixed Income Strategists
Leading Research Firm Identifies Actimize as Only Anti-Financial Crime Vendor with ‘Core Offerings’ across All AML and Anti-Fraud Areas
Reditex and Markit Determine Price of Ferretti First Line Loans to Settle Loan Credit Derivative Trades
Prepaid Financial Services Ltd Offer Ready-Made Prepaid Card Programs
Morningstar Introduces Real-Time Data Offerings, Rebrands Tenfore Systems Limited under the Morningstar Name
OpenLink Expands Global Presence with New Office in Singapore
The Bank of New York Mellon Expands DM EdgeSM Derivatives Collateral Management Service
Calypso Acquires Galapagos
Computer glitch blamed for $31bn trade error
Nomura opts for Swiss Avaloq Banking System
FINCAD Provides Hedge Effectiveness Testing with The Perfect Hedge
Fiserv Announces New Managing Director for Asia-Pacific Operations
Kamakura Announces Outsourced Processing for Government Mandated Bank Capital Stress Tests
Triple Point Announces Commodity XL Management Dashboard 2.0
Celent Launches Banking Blog
G2Systems Becomes Value Added Reseller for IBM Enterprise Data Management Solution
CQG and Otkritie Securities Limited Reveal Global Software Licensing and Distribution Agreement
Robeco Investment Management Selects Bonaire’s REVPORT™ Revenue Management and Fee Billing Platform
Misys Sees Increase in Number of Go-Lives as Customers Seek Solutions to Optimise Risk, Reduce Costs and Improve Efficiency
Securities and Exchange Commission appoints new litigator
Stanford executives 'advised industry regulator'
Nigerian man charged over attempted $27m bank fraud
Report 'to call for single European regulator'
25 February 2009
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Gulf Coast Collection Bureau, INC. Installs CR Software’s Interactive Voice Response System (IVR)
CSC Implements Chesapeake System Solutions’ Unclaimed Property Compliance System
SunGard’s Ambit Named Top Asset and Liability Management Solution in 2008 Risk Technology Rankings
Markit Rolls Out XSP™ v5 Corporate Actions Platform Globally
Misys sees increase in number of go-lives as customers seek solutions to optimise risk, reduce costs and improve efficiency
Beth Leri of Intermarket Joins Spring, O’Brien’s Financial Services Group
Markit Launches First Multi-dealer Valuations Platform
NYSE Euronext group captures 23.96% of equities in 2008
FundSettle accelerates automation with ten leading fund promoters
StatPro urges response from Performance Managers to new GIPS proposals
Thomson Reuters Appoints Rushdi Siddiqui to Head its Islamic Finance Business
Growing adoption of ICT-enabled banking services to help cushion impact of global financial crisis in GCC
Friends Provident goes live with rhymeSIGHT BondPRO
Banco Ficohsa selects T24 to improve its customer experience
RIMES announces the availability of ‘Barra Performance on RIMES’, a new Performance Measurement and Attribution Platform.
SEC 'faces questions' over Lehman Brothers insider trading
Bank of Hawaii enhances trade finance service to its customers with Misys Trade Portal
Union Bank of the Philipinnes Goes Live with Guava for Treaury System
Deutsche Börse sets new revenue and earnings records in 2008
InterBolsa S.A. Comisionista de Bolsa Joins Tradeware’s GlobalX™ Network
Vulcan Materials Company’s Use of Bottomline’s Legal eXchange™ Platform Recognized by Law Technology News
Fiserv Unveils Exceptions WorkflowTM; New Positive Pay and Reconciliation Module for ARP/SMS
Pricing MBS, ABS, CDOs, CLNs, Commercial Paper and other Illiquid Securities
Commercial Union Selects Linedata Compliance for Its Mutual Funds Compliance Operations in Poland
BWise and AMR Research to Present Lessons from Financial Crisis
24 February 2009
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GlobalOptions and Rapid Ratings International Announce Strategic Business Alliance to Provide Financial Risk Information
DST International North America Consulting Team Extends Participation in CIPM
Bank fraud regulations "a disgrace to justice"
ECB chief backs hedge fund regulation
Mobile transactions 'will accelerate contactless payments'
CityIQ launches integration benchmarking for asset managers
Macalla provides mobile payments platform for VIVA, the new mobile operator in Kuwait
Interactive Data Broadens Access to Robust Bondedge Fixed Income Analytics
TraderTools' customers can now access, and execute on, liquidity provided by Hotspot FXi
ClariFI Announces Availability of Barra Optimizer on ModelStation
Global 360 Selected as One of “KMWorld’s 100 Companies that Matter In Knowledge Management”
Banca Euromobiliare (Suisse) selects GAIN for the integration of SIX Telekurs VDF into Apsys
Wipro Announces the Launch of Insurance Claims Analytics Solution
Graber Associates Adds Eliane Markoff as Senior Research Consultant
J.P. Morgan Launches a Fully Integrated Online Receivables Management Solution in Asia Pacific
Fidessa Expands in Asia Pacific
Robinsons Savings Bank, Philippines, Implements Fundtech's Global CASHplus
Version One Wins Prestigious Environmental Accolade for Fourth Year Running
Mobile transactions 'will accelerate contactless payments'
Investor Analytics and Alphasimplex Unveil A3 — Advanced Risk Analytics
Fiserv PaymentView™ Provides Critical Enterprise-Wide Payments Monitoring and Reporting
Connotate Selected as One of KMWorld's "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management”
Large UK Investment Bank Goes Live With Wesley Clover Solutions IP Voice Communications Platform
Fiserv Announces Signature Solution Set
Saxo Bank extends use of GFI FENICS FX
Capgemini Drives Further Innovation in Global Outsourcing Solutions with Enhancements to its BPOpen™ Technology Platform
Pioneer Investments Goes Live With Vermilion Reporting Suite for Client Reporting in Dublin
23 February 2009
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TAG partners with Best Execution magazine
RBS 'to split in two'
Stanford banks 'investigated 20 years ago for money laundering'
EU leaders call for hedge fund crackdown
Asset Control Expands Fitch Solutions Credit and Issuer Coverage for AC Plus
Mexican Institutions Successfully Deploy RTS Front-end Technology for Mexican Derivatives Exchange
Bon Trade Solutions Strong 2008 is Due to 64 Bit Core Technology.
Streambase Extends Capital Markets Frameworks with Real-time Data Delivered by Interactive Data
Trintech Announces New Release of GRC Unity Suite for Managing Integrated Financial Governance, Risk, and Compliance Efforts
Top Image System’s Chairman and CEO Acquire Significant Stakes in the Company
AssureSign LLC Experiences Significant Growth
Cyril Barthélémy to guide future direction of adaptive trading
Solid performance for Euroclear in a turbulent year
Fiserv Enhances Market Approach and Launches New Brand Identity
Patni Strengthens Presence in Continental Europe with Four Key Appointments
Online gambling operators should be systematically screening customers against global sanctions lists, says Datanomic
FINEOS Announces New Deal with Swedish Life Assurer
Bt Joins Forces with Corvil to Expand Low Latency Capabilities Within Global Capital Markets
Nearly nine in ten techies plan to look for a new career in 2009
Misys improves efficiency and performance at International Bank of Qatar
Orange Business Services - Trading Solutions boosts trading communications with launch of TradExtra
GENERALI Investments France has chosen Horizon Distrib, from Horizon Software.
Patni Computer Systems’ Global Asset Management Practice Introduces Innovative Series of Financial Services Solutions
Fidessa LatentZero’s EMS Workstation sees almost 60 per cent growth in 2008
UK Banking Act comes into force
Skyler Technology, Inc. Appoints Mark Ford, Financial Services Veteran, as Global Products Director
IPBS counsels private banks and financial service providers to continue investing in technology
Seasons Capital Adds Risk Capabilities with Imagine Software
Global Relay Delivers Exchange Archiving and Compliance Solutions to Pointivity Partner Channel
20 February 2009
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Merger of SEC and 1st IT People Provides Opportunities for International Expansion
Markit Announces Changes to Markit Itraxx Europe Rules
SEC halts fraud targeting deaf investors
Schapiro 'to launch bank boards review'
UBS vows to fight US court action
Financial Institutions scrambling to track down Stanford’s missing billions need automated screening, says Datanomic
IT2 to Provide Treasury Technology Solution for Tyco International
Cinnober and Scila launch next generation market surveillance system
Fiserv Research Finds Banks are Interested in Offering Mobile Deposit Capture as an extension of Mobile Banking
Mastek ranked among the top 100 in the 2009 Global Outsourcing list by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals
FBI finds Sir Allen Stanford in Virginia
Fixnetix to offer direct data feed connectivity to JSE
Orc Software launches new global partner program – Orc Vantage
Gladiator Technology Announces General Availability of its Enterprise Security Monitoring (ESM) Solution
Stanlib Connects to Peresys FIX-Enabled Trading Community
Institution for Savings Selects Jack Henry Banking to Provide Enterprise-Wide Automation
Advent Teams with Paladyne to Provide Global Hosting and Implementation Solution for Advent’s Geneva
ICE Clear Europe Welcomes Call for European CDS CCP; Forming ICE Trust Europe to Clear Credit Default Swaps in Europe; To Commence Clearing in First Half of 2009
SunGard Rolls Out New European Managed Access and Smart Order Routing Services
Ashburton latest Channel Island fund manager to join the EMX Message System
RTS First Provider to Pass Conformance Test for UTPDirect Protocol on the Common Customer Gateway to NYSE Euronext’s Universal Trading Platform
DBFS announce Plenum Investments, Zurich, has chosen DBFS’ Asset+ platform to manage their Fund of Hedge Fund portfolios.
Former Morgan Stanley VP indicted over $2.5m embezzlement
Ex-Merrill Lynch broker admits securities fraud
19 February 2009
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innerExchange releases inExhedge for islamic funds, green and ethical funds
3i Infotech and ImageRight Form Strategic Business Alliance
Leading Chinese bank selects TLM for enterprise-wide reconciliations
FPL Announces the Release of the FAST ProtocolSM Version 1.2
Infor Announces Expansion of Application Management Services to Further Reduce Total Cost of Ownership
DSTi appoints new Managing Director for North America
Authorities hunt Stanford as fraud charges spark run on banks
Razor Risk Technologies Limited First Half Results
Vesta Corporation & Mobiun Partner to Launch New Mobile Top-Up Application
PENSCO Trust Company Strengthens its Self-Directed IRA Custodial and Administration Capabilities Using Innovest Systems’ Accounting Platform
Monitise Awarded $1.5 Million by Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund to Launch in East Africa
18 February 2009
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Triton Consulting Partners with Datawatch to Provide Report Mining & Analytics for IBM Content Manager OnDemand
Insurance Technologies Announces Launch of ForeSightTM for Handheld Devices and On-the-Go Quotes and Illustrations
Exigen Services Delivers Award Winning Solution through
NYSE Euronext completes Universal Trading Platform migration
Efficiency gains will drive banks' technology investment, says report
BlackBerry maker charged over backdating stock options
Nine Lives Media Inc. Names 7Ticks to the MSPmentor 100
Optial announces cost effective Op Risk SaaS model
Wipro Technologies announces the launch of VAS (Value Added Services) Factory
Giro Cartões (Brazil) chooses PayTrue solutions Processing Platform system
Lojas Riachuelo (Brazil) selects PayTrue solutions Fraud Prevention Suite
Rapid Addition Ramps Up Sales Drive With Hire of Alex Suesserott
Fidessa Expands Canadian Markets Access with Canaccord Capital
Latest release of DataTrans from m35 set to support a new age of EDM requirements
Patsystems Gains Access to Brazilian Market
thecitysecret Limited Strengthens Team with New Sales Director
SEC charges Stanford with "massive" investment fraud
SunGard Receives “Positive” Rating in Leading Analyst Firm’s Insurance Incentive Compensation Management Applications MarketScope Report
FINCAD Enhances Analytics Coverage to Further Meet Need for Independent Valuations
Aleri Continues to Grow in Down Economy
RiskVal recognized for innovation in structured credit trading and risk management
Unica Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Leading Industry Analyst Firm’s “Magic Quadrant for Marketing Resource Management”
Fusion Systems Acquires The Ingenium Group
Fiserv Adds Indirect Loan Capabilities to Its Loan Servicing Platform
Trustwave Acquires Mirage Networks
‘Weak Control Environment’ Will Lead to Heavy Fines and Greater Regulatory Scrutiny for Insurance Companies, Says Datanomic
Australian funds to attract cash in 2009, says AIMA
Trader accused of money laundering 'is banned director'
Heartland data breach hits 'over 160 banks'
Tradefair Selects 29West
Diamis and CoCoNet combine their expertise to introduce joint solution for ETEBAC migration towards EBICS
Thomson Reuters launches Point in Time on Reuters Fundamentals database
NYSE Euronext’s European Equities Trading Successfully Migrates to the Universal Trading Platform
ASG Software Solutions Rolls Out Affordable Solutions for Step-by-Step BSM Advancement
M-Com and Fiserv Ranked as a Top "Triple Play" Mobile Banking Provider by Aite Group
17 February 2009
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Sycomore Asset Management Implements Panopticon Data Visualization Software
Aurora Lifetools Implements AssureSign Biometric Electronic Signature Solution to Enhance Customer Convenience and Expedite Contracts
Portrait Provides Key Customer Interaction Solutions for MoBank, the new Banking and Payments Service
Bank Dhofar selects Finacle from Infosys as Transformation Partner
NeoNet Offers Trading in Gold Derivatives on Eurex
PI Stays One Step Ahead
Level Four’s Survey Finds ATM Security a Concern for U.s. Consumers
Bravura’s Babel Vestima+ features in Finextra Innovation Showcase
Obama set to sign "historic" stimulus bill
Calyon Implements Calypso for Cash Management
Patni appoints Mike Reynolds as Vice President for Banking and Financial Services in EMEA
Ivobank and Aqua Global Work on Solution for Swift’s Workers’ Remittances Pilot
Implementation of Comarch IPB at Polkomtel
Brisa, Portugal, Increases Shareholder Voting By Up To 15% Via Broadridge's International Shareholder Communications (ISC) Programme Brisa to Enter Its Third Consecutive Year as ISC Client
Standard Life goes live on SWIFTNet Funds using SystemCare from SMA Financial
Burton-Taylor Data Indicates Challenging Year for Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and Financial Information/analysis Market
Aquila Consulting Services announces the recent addition of Narman Murtaza, as the firm’s Director.
SunGard’s AvantGard Wins Awards for Excellence in Liquidity and Risk Management
16 February 2009
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Quartet’s ActivePivot and ActiveStream, are both chosen by Finextra’s Innovation Showcase as clever technologies that address some major issues in the industry today – namely, real-time risk and P&L and operational risk.
Wall Street execs 'stayed silent on Madoff'
Britons open to 'convenient' contactless payments
House arrest for lawyer charged with $400m fraud
Global 360 Identifies Three Types of BPM Users: Builders, Doers and Managers
SunGard Announces Formation of Global Trading Business
Capgemini Appoints Four New VPs in its Technology Services Business
Salerio Extends its Automated Offering for the Derivatives Market
Wipro Technologies announces integrated green solutions for the telecom industry
Verizon Renews Contract with Fiserv for Electronic Billing and Payment Services
Nucleus’ FinnOne™ Goes Live At Bank of Makati, Philippines
Preventing money laundering is no gamble at bwin
BT to Provide Telepresence Services to SWIFT
BCS and Nimbus Partner to Deliver Risk Control and Compliance Suite
Comarch begins cooperation with T-Systems in launching a new consolidated and comprehensive Comarch OSS Suite
Banks 'must revamp risk management'
RiskArt releases Version 5 of its customisable back office solution for structured derivatives
Fidessa Fragmentation Index recognised as major innovation
FINCAD Further Expands Its Footprint in South Africa
Schroders UK implements BI-SAM's new Fixed Income methodology
Financial Tradeware Selected by Altus for ISO20022 connectivity enabling ViaNova messaging in the UK Pensions industry
Wipro launches “Wipro RAPIDS”- a service product to enable communication service providers to rollout new services quickly and cost effectively
13 February 2009
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SEC charges Canadian trader with market manipulation
Currency trader arrested in money laundering probe
Information security fears 'hinder e-commerce'
Chi-X Europe Hires Director of Regulation and Head of Technology
BancTec Signs Payment Processing Agreement With Exelon Corporation
Findings Identify Challenges for Straight Through Processing; Suggest Priorities for 2012
Can credit exposure management be upgraded using the ISDA CSA rather than building a global CCP?
Downturn triggers rise in online banking
Distra enters into an alliance with National Australia Bank to develop new payments products and services
The Weiland Financial Group Reports Record Sales Increase Despite Economy
Treasury Strategies Case Study Highlights Benefits of Web-based Money Market Fund and Fixed Income Trading Systems
SAS in Visionaries quadrant for Marketing Resource Management
12 February 2009
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Inforeach Tms to Be Deployed in Global Markets by Marco Polo Network
Deloitte and Twinfield collaboration integrates state-of-the-art accounting service with online portal Ctrl
Data-Rite Systems Group, Inc. Releases SHO-Time – Automate Filing of Form SH
Micro Focus and Capita Life & Pensions Services Agree Major Modernisation Partnership
SimCorp helps clients mitigate risk in a response to market turmoil
Alliance Trust Asset Management joins the EMX Message System with two new funds
ClariFI Launches Event Study; Introduces Fundamental Enhancements to its Market-Leading Investment Management Platform
Madoff indictment deadline postponed
Swiss Re chief resigns
Merrill Lynch 'secretly paid out $3.6bn in bonuses'
Comarch releases new versions of the solutions: Comarch Interconnect Billing and Comarch Wholesale Billing with IPX billing modules
Fiserv Commissioned Survey Shows Consumers Tightening Their Belts, Turning to Online Banking More Often Since Economic Crisis
Keep Track of Your Assets: Hardcat's ‘Asset Lifecycle Program’ Provides Recession-Beating Benefits
CCB International Securities Limited is the first Chinese broker to use Fidessa’s institutional trading platform
Two Leading Banks Choose Unavista
Fortify Software Lands in Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Static Application Security Testing
Tripwire Announces Support for IBM I5/OS and DB2
Calypso Achieves Eighth Consecutive Year of Double-Digit Growth
Sentenial Ltd launches new SEPA Ready2Receive package
Xenomorph provides customised analytics to global macro fund
IT2 Treasury Solutions announces the launch of the IT2 Academy.
Level Four and Ascert ATM Testing Solution Recognised for Innovation in Finextra's 'Innovation Showcase'
Capgemini 2008 Audited Results
Swiss banks hit by avalanche of record losses
PIC Solutions Agency Management Service boosts Collections Returns
Beacon Consulting Group, Inc.
CounterpartyLink Provides Legal Entity Data to Dealogic
DRC to Offer Enterprise Document Automation Solution by HP to DecisionMaker™ Clients
Stress and Scenario Testing – Thinking the Unthinkable
Markit and Riskval Partner to Create Credit Derivative Platform
Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. Enhances Analytics to Include Vectored Tuning to Measure the Risk of Mortgage Portfolios with Greater Flexibility and Accuracy
Vindicia Builds Momentum, Expects Profitability in 2009
Trading Technologies Launches X_TRADER® 7.6
Inforeach Experiences Continued Growth in 2008 Despite Down Market
11 February 2009
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Baring Asset Management automates processing of faxes through SCANit implementation
Datanomic announces general availability of dn:Director 7.1, featuring tailored user interfaces for collaborative working
Crosby resigns from FSA
CFTC accuses fund of being $34m Ponzi scheme
SEC charges fund manager over "sham" auditors
ClariFI Releases ModelStation v4.0, Featuring Industry-First Event Study for Portfolio Management
Effective Fraud Management: A webcast by Norkom, featuring Gartner
FINEOS signs Partnership with National Electronic Attachment, Inc.
Murex Selects Excelian As Its First UK-based Solution Integrator
Kx expands into Asia
E2E Infotech Develops Orc-to-Wombat Interface for International Algorithmic Trading GBMH
Capgemini UK honoured with Partner of the Year Award from SAS UK
US unveils $2trn banking plan
Blue Systems and the Capital Group Deliver Blue Lite™, the First Low Cost Financial Data Application for Middle East Consumers
Orc Software and Credit Suisse Partner to Provide Algorithmic Trading Services and Global Market Access
TheMarkets.com Signs 200 Research Contributors
Aleri Adds Wombat (NYSE Technologies) Connecter to CEP Platform
Fiserv and Portrait Deliver Powerful Enhancements to Aperio
SunGard’s Asset Arena Launches Client Portal
10 February 2009
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Strategic Thought Group announces a partnership with Alpha & Omega in Europe and the United States of America to provide sustainable enterprise risk management solutions
Thomsen steps down from SEC enforcement role
Madoff 'strikes plea deal on SEC case'
Court orders boiler room share sellers to return £1m
Wipro becomes the first Asian service provider to offer new SAPR Business Suite 7 services globally
Numerix and CMA Introduce Enterprise Pricing Policy in “Portfolio Valuations: The Changing Landscape”
Bank Avangard moved card processing in-house with SmartVista
Petra Financial powers PAYS from Simplex Consulting
Pegasus Software Steers SMEs through the Business Intelligence storm
GFI launches Asian equity business
Progress Apama Algorithmic Platform Deployed by Brazil’s Ágora Corretora
Interactive Data Selected Primary Vendor by Capita Financial Group
New solution from Misys enables banks and investment managers to deploy cross-asset trading capabilities in less than 4 months
IFDS Aligns Structure to Provide Enhanced Products and Services
Survey: Identity theft up 22%
Kommalpha expands to Switzerland
PIC Solutions Partners with True Integrated Marketing in Dubai
ACE’s PELICAN implements cost effective solution for bulk SWIFT processing at Rabobank
Coral8 Announces Availability of Coral8 Engine Release 5.6
Industry Leader Joins Motivity Solutions Gabe Minton Appointed Chief Strategy Officer at Optimization Solutions Provider for the Mortgage Industry
John E. Lucas Elected to the Board of NACHA—The Electronics Payments Association
The Bank of New York Mellon Adds Mobile Messaging to Remit WorldwideTM
Celent Ranks Fiserv’s CheckFree as Top Online Banking Provider for Third Year in a Row
9 February 2009
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Signature Bank Licenses the Spectrum Treasury System Along with Spectrum Portals
Derivix Links to Credit Suisse AES to Drive Algorithmic Options Trading
Chaps Sterling marks 25th anniversary
FSA plans new disclosure requirements on short selling
New banking group warns of phishing threat
Ballista Uses ACTIV Market Data Solutions to Speed Electronic Block Options Trading
Outpost Investment Group, LLC Selects Sky Road
PROFILE announces the assignment of a significant number of projects in the wider region of North Africa and Middle East
New Appointments at 29West London
XSP Names Paul D. Fullam Senior Director of Business Strategy
AXES GEMS Clients Migrate to Tradeware GlobalX
DSTi makes key appointment in the Middle East
Siemens to roll out IE software to NS&I
New Marketing Appointment for Point Nine
ITRS appoints Kevin Covington as Managing Director of ITRS Europe
FXall Launches Cross Currency Netting To Optimize Trade Execution
Kanji Pitamber enhances options analysis with GFI FENICS FX
Datanomic appoints Peter Bragg to drive new market sector growth
Journalists become traders for the day at Trayport event
Tier One Bank Completes Global Roll-out of BCS Early Warning System
Skyler Signs IG Group for its European C3 Aggregation Solutions
Six new db x-trackers ETFs listed on Deutsche Börse
NCSD becomes Euroclear Finland and Euroclear Sweden
Temenos T24 named a leader among global banking platforms by leading independent research firm
JPMorgan Treasury Services Goes Live with New Global Payments Operating System in Europe
Leading European Asset Manager Goes Live with CheckFree TradeFlow™ for OTC Derivatives Processing
QuantFactory, the Quanthouse Automated Trading Strategies Development Platform, Provides Trading Services to Leading Investment Bank
Darling orders UK banking review
Orc Delivers Connectivity to New SIBE SMART Warrants Platform
Kyriba wins Financial-i’s Leaders in Innovation Award for the Second Year in a Row
6 February 2009
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PROFILE enhances its presence in the field of Asset Liability Management & Liquidity Risk with more implementations
Smart Trade Embeds EsperTech CEP into the smartTrade Liquidity Management System
Genesis Investment Management Selects T-Recs to Manage NAV Reconciliation
Progress Apama Algorithmic Platform Deployed by Brazil’s Ágora Corretora
SEBI chairman calls for regulatory reform in wake of Satyam scandal
SEC charges 7 with running $11.6m insider trading ring
Lawyer attacks hedge funds over 'short-termism'
Lawyer attacks hedge funds over 'short-termism'
Advent’s Industry Leading Trade Order Management and Compliance Platform Sees Continued Momentum
GainsKeeper Helps Firstrade Meet Customers’ Tax-Lot Accounting Needs and Prepare for Cost Basis Reporting Law
Consumers Activate Electronic Bills at Significantly Higher Rate with Latest Version of Award-Winning CheckFree Web RXPSM
Triple Point Provides Germany’s Biggest Power Producer, RWE, with IAS 39 Hedge Accounting Solution
Hostworks of Australia Implements Repliweb to Automate Datacenter Web Asset Deployments
5 February 2009
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Yealand Adminstration Stands out from the Crowd with Microgen
World's first directory of green hedge funds gets launch
Judge extends asset freeze on fund manager accused of fraud
Whistleblower blasts "financially illiterate" SEC over Madoff affair
CX Capital Markets Selects SunGard’s GMI for Derivatives Clearing and Accounting
Financial Fraud Expert and Thought Leader Joins Fiserv
Capgemini & EFMA World Insurance Report 2009 Reveals Vital Multi-distribution Channels for Capturing Growth in a Challenging Market
Experian Publishes UK Business Insolvency Statistics and Reveals Insolvency Hotspots for 2008
Whitefoord Limited Selects Pulse Software
Top management changes at Trayport
TAS Group Awarded Contract Worth € 14 Million to Provide the Tuscany Region an Infrastructure for Payments by Individuals and Companies
SDC of Denmark selects FRSGlobal to implement Basel II pillar 2 stress testing
Fundtech Wins IBM’s Best ISV Award for Financial Services Industry Solutions in India
RBS WorldPay hit by $9m global ATM scam
UnRisk takes the Local-Grid Version UnRisk 3.1M to quantitative finance programming teams.
Deutsche Börse adjusts DivDAX guidelines
DBSAM launches STI ETF and signs MOU with SGX to develop more ETFs
New Celent Claims Report Cites BlueWave’s “Modern Technology”
Prodiance and FCTS Consulting Help French Firms Increase Transparency with New Spreadsheet GRC Solution
RiskVal reports 2008 record growth
Signature Properties Selects Bottomline Solution for Transactional Document Automation
Laclede Energy Resources, Inc. successfully completes the implementation on FARRMS FASTracker to manage Derivative Accounting processes
Volvo Treasury Selects Tradetech Consulting to Manage Wallstreet Solution
Markit/creditex Portfolio Compression Platform Wins Risk Magazine Award
Rockall Technologies Selected by Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
FXall Appoints Head of Marketing and Communications
4 February 2009
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Roche uses Active Risk Manager from Strategic Thought for Group Risk Management
Smart IT Resources announce StorQM+® conversion success
'Bishop' charged with securities fraud linked to $180m Ponzi scheme
Regulators move to close Luxembourg fund hit by Madoff scandal
Cuban deploys legal 'all stars' in insider trading case
Asset Control’s New Version of TAPMaster Provides Enhanced Data Validation, Visualization and Transparency
Solace Systems to Supply Barclays Capital with Global Standard for Messaging Middleware
Chi-X Europe market data available on bBlue mMobile™
RHB Investment Bank Selects SunGard’s GL Net and GL Stream for Direct Market Access to Malaysia
SAS achieves record revenue: $2.26 billion in 2008
Accuity Acquires CB.Net
HiFX go live with GroupIT - a new reconciliation solution
Barrie & Hibbert Supporting Scottish Life
Allied Testing on Smart Order Routers Quality
Finacle From Infosys Positioned As A Leader In Global Banking Platforms Independent Report
Italian Interbank Consortium Selects List Platform to Measure and Manage Industry-wide Operational Risk
Brady growth continues with new Asia Pacific operation
Markit Introduces New Pricing Schedule for Markit Boat
Germany’s Oldest Private Bank Automates Middle and Back Office
Gartmore connects to Calastone for funds distribution
Wipro Announces Communication & Collaboration Solutions for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007
EZX Experiences Record Growth During Down Economy
Actuate Continues its Support of the Eclipse Banking Day Series; London event over-subscribed
Morningstar accused of "screen scraping" online database
Advent Software Achieves Record Quarterly Revenue of $74 Million and Record Annual Revenue of $265 Million for 2008
EDGAR Online Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Results
Fiserv Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2008 Results
TwoFour Adds Lisa Seim to Sales Team
SunGard’s AvantGard Payments Processing Solution Selected by Johnson Controls
Moment Analytics Offers Source Code and ‘Outsourcing to Vermont’
3 February 2009
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Fidessa LatentZero offers cross-asset connectivity to all major trading destinations
Zurich Insurance Company Selects Guidewire for Japan
German court fines former execs over insider trading
Survey: 41% of execs would not report corruption
Bank 'clean up' costs on the rise
ClariFI and S&P Compustat Launch ModelStation Xpress – a Web-Delivered Version of the Industry’s Leading Investment Management Platform
TraderTools’ Liquidity Management Platform™ Integrates With LavaFX
TIS Completes Acquisition of the Remaining Stock of its Asia Subsidiary
Chi-X Europe to Become First MTF to Offer Participants Choice through CCP Interoperability
Thomson Reuters Connects to Instinet’s CBX ASIA
SimCorp Appoints Nathan Eason as Regional Account Manager
Atos Origin Standardises on ASG Software Solutions to Manage z/OS®
FircoSoft rebrands as Sword FircoSoft
Alstom, MFRI, Murphy Oil, OneAmerica, and Willbros select Kyriba for their Treasury Management Solution
Datamatics Technologies Limited Completes Amalgamation, Renamed as Datamatics Global Services Limited
The Forbis Company has issued a new FORPOST*Branch Automation 3.0.5 release making sales of banking services more efficient
Quantifi Experiences Strong Growth in 2008
Finsbury Solutions Acquires Compassoft
EU could limit banking secrecy in fraud fight
VP Bank continues international roll-out of the Avaloq Banking System
SMA Financial urges financial institutions that are cutting IT budgets not to compromise AML compliance
PIC Solutions Appoints New Business Development Manager for West Africa Region
Industry-first SaaS (Software as a Service) fee billing offering fuels record-breaking growth for Redi2 Technologies
Institutional Investor to publish Basis Point Group’s Market Operations Indexes
New Consultancy Delivers Communications Expertise To Help Asset Managers in Challenging Environment
PhaseCapital Selects StreamBase to Complete New High Frequency Trading System
Kamakura Troubled Company Index Shows First Improvement in Credit Quality Since May 2008
Wilshire Analytics Global Equity Risk Model Shows Year-end Risk Estimation Spreads at Record Highs Spotlights the Need for Appropriate Risk Model Selection
BNY ConvergEx Group Adds FINCAD® Analytics to its Eze OMSTM
Instinet Europe Set to Begin Trading on SmartPool
FRSGlobal signs 25th contract to support financial credit institutions with new “Security by Security” reports for regulator’s January deadline
Pyxis Mobile Presents New York Life Investments With Argus Award For Mobility Innovation
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Sophis Announces Results from the Derivatives Trading Outlook Survey for 2009
Grand jury charges Dreier with securities fraud
Investment adviser charged with $6.5m Tarp fraud
Computer programmer denies 'virus bomb' charge
Sophis Announces Results from the Derivatives Trading Outlook Survey For 2009
XSP Moves to New Corporate Headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama
AssureSign LLC Launches New Version of AssureSign Electronic Signature Software
Datanomic’s Software Now Screening More Than Two Billion Customer Records A Month Against Global Sanctions Lists
TCS Financial Solutions named a Leader in Global Banking Platforms by Independent Research Firm
Cosmos Technologies Launches Recon 2.0
QuantHouse reports 2008 triple digit revenue growth
Thomson Reuters Revolutionises Instant Messaging as a Corporate Tool
Omgeo Debuts Counterparty Risk Management Solution
Orange Business Services - Trading Solutions launches its first Trading Network
Allied Irish Bank’s Speech Recognition Deployment is Shortlisted in the FST Awards
Merrill Lynch handed $1m fine over conflict of interest failures
Petra Financial empower Perago Africa to deliver more accurate cross border payments to African Banks and Corporations
Delta Neutral International utilizes Orc’s Algorithmic Trading Solution to Capture Significant Market Potential in Asia
Bulltick closes sale of Dole's flower division
Fiserv’s Personix Leads in Study of Document Production and Delivery Best Practices
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Top contributing vendors

1
bobsguide.com
2
SunGard
3
Temenos
4
Standard & Poor's
5
SWIFT
6
SS&C Technologies Inc.
7
Solace Systems Inc.
8
Nomura Research Institute (NRI)
9
Distra
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Thomson Reuters
*Top contributing vendors are calculated from news postings within the last 7 days