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Truist hires Kerry Jessani to lead new mid-corporate banking team

November 5, 20244 min

Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today announced it has hired Kerry Jessani as head of mid-corporate banking. Jessani will build and lead a coverage team focused on delivering industry-based expertise and solutions to private and public companies across the U.S. Mid-corporate banking will complement the national investment and corporate banking coverage, research, advisory and capital markets expertise of Truist Securities and bolster Truist’s commercial banking business which operates in some of the most attractive growth markets in the...

by BusinessWire

Risk Management

Chatham Financial Acquires Tech Startup Verumex

October 3, 20245 min

Chatham Financial, a global leader in financial risk management technology and advisory, announced its acquisition of Verumex (VmX), a comprehensive global data platform serving the complex needs of the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. The combined firm will enable CRE investors and asset managers to resolve common challenges associated with poor CRE data quality, improving day-to-day efficiency and increasing decision-making confidence for clients. CRE veterans Nick Laird, Paul Hiatt, and Ravi Vijayaraghavan founded VmX in...

by PRNewswire

Security

Broadridge announced the launch of Tradeverse

September 3, 20244 min

Cloud-native platform reinvents the data lake by capturing and harmonizing the full transaction lifecycle, enabling firms to unlock opportunities through advanced data analytics and AI capabilities

by BusinessWire

Platforms

United Fintech expands globally into UAE with new office in DIFC

May 14, 20245 min

United Fintech is increasing its global presence with the opening of a new office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). This strategic expansion into the UAE, spearheaded by Athena, one of United Fintech’s partner companies, is a response to robust market demand and underscores the UAE’s critical role as a hub for financial technology. United Fintech is an industry-neutral Digital Transformation platform which enables banks and Financial Institutions to accelerate access to a range of innovative...

by BusinessWire

API

Options, Magtia empower trading firms with next gen symbology solution

April 12, 20246 min

Options Technology, a trailblazer in capital markets infrastructure, announced a strategic partnership with Magtia, a financial symbology platform provider specializing in data mapping for front, middle and back-office trading systems. The partnership is set to provide customers with bespoke API connectivity combined with enhanced symbology and cross-referencing capabilities, fully integrated with Options’ pre-deployed technology stack which consumes, translates, and broadcasts normalized and historical tick data to clients worldwide, delivering comprehensive access to multi-asset class market...

by PRNewswire

Platforms

Broadridge announced new appointment

April 9, 20244 min

Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., announced the appointment of Frank Troise as President of Broadridge Trading & Connectivity Solutions and Vice Chairman of Broadridge Capital Markets, effective April 29, 2024. Mr. Troise succeeds Ray Tierney, who will serve in an advisory capacity, following a successful three-year tenure. Troise will spearhead the Trading & Connectivity business through the next chapter of its mission to simplify and optimize trading as a leader in multi-asset, multi-workflow trading, and connectivity...

by BusinessWire

Risk Management

FINRA announces Three New Governors on its Board

February 19, 20244 min

FINRA announced that Derrick Roman, former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), and Gus Sauter, current member of FINRA’s Investment Committee, have been appointed as public governors on its Board of Governors. In addition, Naureen Hassan, President of UBS Americas and CEO of UBS Holdings, has been appointed as an industry governor to the Floor Member Governor seat. Together, these individuals bring extensive audit, risk management, regulatory policy and investing experience to the Board. “I am...

by PRNewswire

Investments

Groundfloor named to Forbes Fintech 50 list

February 13, 20246 min

The alternative investing platform for real estate was recognized for its regulatory innovation, transparency and unique approaches to fundraising

by Xceptor

Compliance & Scoring

Capital Markets Urgently Call for Data Automation Ahead of T+1 Shift

November 7, 20237 min

There is a compelling and urgent need to improve the use of technology and automation for capital markets, particularly ahead of reduced settlement times for T+1. A Coalition Greenwich research report – “Data Automation: The Workflow Efficiency Game-Changer” emphasizes the crucial need for technological advancements and automation in capital markets. Over 60 C-suite and senior leaders from capital markets firms in North America, the U.K. and Europe participated in the study, highlighting the complexities of...

by PRNewswire

Platforms

Trading Technologies acquires AxeTrading

March 9, 20235 min

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform provider, announced that the firm has acquired London-based AxeTrading, a leading global provider of fixed income trading solutions. The acquisition marks a significant broadening of TT’s multi-asset capabilities with an expansion into full coverage of corporate, government, municipal and emerging market bonds as well as over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate swaps, strengthening TT’s leading position in fixed income derivatives and U.S. Treasuries. Terms of the transaction...

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