The final regulations of MiFID II announced today are likely to lose brokers business, analysts their jobs and also hit fund managers’ profits says Cleveland & Co Associates, the boutique legal advisory business. Among the new regulations of MiFID II, which are due to come into effect in January 2018,
Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor in Central and South Eastern Europe, has listed its portfolio company, Waberer’s International (Waberer’s) through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Budapest Stock Exchange. Waberer’s shares will start trading on 6 July 2017. Waberer’s IPO values the Company’s equity
SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has appointed Matt Smith (pictured), a highly-experienced regulatory tech specialist, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Smith’s appointment is aimed at helping drive the firm’s growth as it markets its secure and scalable data storage platform which incorporates best-in-class analytics. The SteelEye
Peer-to-peer lending platform ViaInvest has reached the milestone of EUR10 million loans funded just seven months after launching. Listed consumer loans issued by the alternative financial services provider VIA SMS Group in Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia and Spain were funded by investors from more than 30 countries. “We are
Forefront Capital, a financial services firm which provides alternative investment management and advisory services in investment banking and capital markets, now listed on BNY Mellon’s Pershing alternative investment platform. Forefront’s mission is to make investing more accessible and the company says it does do not make any money until investors
BlackRock is to acquire Cachematrix, a provider of financial technology which simplifies the cash management process for banks and their corporate clients in an open-architecture platform. Cachematrix supports approximately USD200 billion in client assets through relationships with many of the world’s largest banks and asset managers. Cachematrix enables financial
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has released guidance regarding the use of subscription lines of credit facilities by private equity general partners (GPs). In the document, ILPA outlines the risks and potential impact on limited partners (LPs) resulting from inadequate visibility into exposure to these credit lines. In response,
Waymark Tech, a provider of regulatory intelligence software, has launched a new AI-powered tool that automatically identifies regulatory crossovers and conflicts between incoming regulations, such as MiFID II, GDPR, and PRIIPS. Accessible immediately from within Waymark’s Wayfinder product, the real-time tool identifies which regulations apply to a company and then
Eze Castle Integration has launched the Eze Hybrid Cloud, a complete multi-cloud solution combining the Eze Private Cloud with Microsoft Cloud services to deliver a secure and flexible, fully managed environment. The Eze Hybrid Cloud innovation was born of Eze Castle Integration’s years of private cloud experience, deep Microsoft partnership
Cybersecurity specialist Trend Micro Incorporated has launched a corporate venture fund to explore emerging technology markets. With an initial investment of USD100 million, this venture fund will allow Trend Micro to nurture a portfolio of startups that are incubating ideas and living at the epicenter of hyper growth markets, such
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