Cloud-based technology is transforming the commodity trading value-chain
Category: Industry Insights/ People Blog Date: 30/04/19

Cloud-based technology is transforming the commodity trading value-chain

As in so many industries, cloud technology, with all its inherent benefits, is being adopted by commodity trading organisations. Their tech landscape is definitely changing – and fast! Organisations are switching from on-premise commodity trading and risk management solutions to cloud-based systems.

By: Lape Runsewe

Make strategic breakthroughs with MiFID II technology solutions
Category: Industry Insights Date: 03/04/19

Make strategic breakthroughs with MiFID II technology solutions

It’s been 15 months now since MiFID II was introduced. With the dual aim of firstly, improving the markets’ competitiveness by creating a single market for investment services and secondly, ensuring a high degree of harmonised protection for investors in financial instruments – it aims to ensure all EU member states share a common, robust regulatory ...

By: Lape Runsewe

Data Driven Policing – The Way Forward
Category: Industry Insights/ People Blog Date: 29/03/19

Data Driven Policing – The Way Forward

The 43 police forces in the UK face a multitude of challenges. Stressed out from massively reduced budgets – direct government funding is down 30% since 2010 – violent crime is growing again, not to mention rising levels of domestic violence.

By: James Fraser

What are Transfer Agents?
Category: Industry Insights Date: 15/03/19

What are Transfer Agents?

We thought it would be helpful to unravel some of the contents of the ‘black box’ which is the UK financial services industry – estimated to be worth well over £176 billion in 2018. (Source: Finance Feeds).

By: Digiterre

What’s MiFID II and where are we now?
Category: Industry Insights Date: 28/02/19

What’s MiFID II and where are we now?

So, the snappily named ‘Markets in Financial Instruments Directive’ has been applicable across the European Union since as long ago as November 2007. It’s basically a cornerstone of the EU’s regulation of financial markets. It does two things essentially: All of MiFID, in summary, aimed to remove barriers to cross-border financial services within Europe ...

By: Lape Runsewe