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Some of the latest data stats for our 21st century lifestyles are truly staggering. There are 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created by us every day – and with the Internet of Things (IoT), it’s only going to go stratospheric! Over the last two years alone, 90 percent of the data in the world was generated. (Source: ...

By: James Fraser

As the financial news continues to be dominated by the fallout from the Neil Woodford scandal, which is now dragging the UK regulator, the FCA, into the mix. It is times like these that I look at the investment funds industry for the next big advantage and how we can make the most out of ...

By: Rob Swan

What does AI mean for our public services? Whilst it won’t go as far as turning your MP into a robot (not yet anyway!), it’s gaining ground in various ways to make services more effective and efficient.

By: James Fraser

Since the UK Government announced its adoption of a ‘Cloud First’ policy for public sector IT, cloud computing developed a new momentum in government departments and local authorities.

By: James Fraser

Nobody likes to see an Investment Management firm take the brunt for an entire industries lack of engagement, recognition and overall lacklustre approach around a piece of regulation. However, when earlier this month it was reported that Goldman Sachs had been fined £34.3m by the FCA for its MIFID 2 breaches the industry could be felt ...

By: Rob Swan

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By: Lape Runsewe

There are five key stages to selecting your preferred solution:

By: Lape Runsewe

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

The asset management leaders of tomorrow need to adopt new skills in order to develop a competitive advantage, in an environment where it is predicted one-quarter of fund firms risk becoming unprofitable by 2028, according to research carried out by Investment Week.

By: Lape Runsewe

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

Leading software consultancy Digiterre has been named for the second year running, as the winner of Best MiFID II Solution at the 10th HFM European Hedge Fund Service Awards, 2019.

By: Lape Runsewe

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