Tagged: capital markets

December 8, 2024 @ 11:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Sightglass, an AI-powered investor relations platform for private markets, announced it has raised a $3 million seed funding round led by Base10 Partners. Sightglass was founded by Thomas Buley, who was most recently the VP of product at Guideline. The company will use the funding to… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc., a firm focused on technology solutions for capital markets, has announcesdthe launch of tZERO Digital Asset Securities as a new Special Purpose Broker-Dealer for digital asset securities custody. Investors are now reportedly able to on-board and open their custodial brokerage account with… Read More

November 4, 2024 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The AMF in France and the AMMC in (Morocco) are reportedly said to be strengthening their ongoing cooperation. On 29 October 2024, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC) signed a cooperation and “mutual assistance agreement’ in the field… Read More

August 24, 2024 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Baton Systems, a global capital markets tech provider orchestrating the optimized settlement of $20-30 billion (USD) in asset value daily, has introduced new treasury management tools designed to optimize intraday liquidity, reduce costly buffers and mitigate risk in real-time. The new liquidity management capabilities offer… Read More

August 3, 2024 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) released a report titled “Digital Finance in the EU – Priorities for fostering resilient, innovative and competitive financial markets”, presenting its recommendations for supporting the development of capital markets and increased access to finance for the real… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netcapital (Nasdaq: NCPL, NCPLW), a digital private capital markets enabler that operates a Funding Portal, has announced the launch of its beta version for a secondary trading platform to a closed group of users. Through a previously announced trading relationship with Templum Markets – a company… Read More

July 5, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance, in partnership with Global Counsel, has reportedly “developed a set of briefing papers on the key themes central to the debate around the UK’s capital markets and competitiveness more generally.” These themes are as follows: Risk and reward – risk is key to… Read More

June 25, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has shared an update that says it’s crucial to complete the banking union and capital markets union. ECB notes that there has been “disappointing progress in euro area financial integration since the start of monetary union.” According to a blog… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intapp (NASDAQ: INTA), a global provider of AI-powered software for professionals in advisory, legal, and capital markets firms, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire delphai, a Berlin-based AI software company specializing in applied AI for firmographic data automation, structuring, and intelligence. The… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 10:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blue Ocean Technologies, a capital markets provider of global trading and data, and DriveWealth, a fintech delivering financial services through its “Brokerage-as-a-Service” platform, today announced a partnership to expand real-time access and connectivity for global brokers. As part of the agreement, DriveWealth will provide its… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Colt Technology Services, the digital infrastructure company, announced the successful completion of a three-month Proof of Concept utilizing Singapore Exchange (SGX Group)’s Derivatives data, showcasing how Market Data in the Cloud, Colt’s Multicast Raw Market data distribution service for Capital Markets, is “unlocking the full… Read More

December 20, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc., a firm focused on technology solutions for capital markets, is pleased to announce the launch of Spirits Capital Corporation’s capital raise using the tZERO Securities platform. Spirits provides investors with “a path to capitalize on the growth in value of premium American whiskey… Read More

December 20, 2023 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Torstone Technology, an SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing, is pleased to announce that Davy Capital Markets, Ireland’s capital markets firm and a member of the Bank of Ireland Group, has gone live “on the Torstone Post Trade Platform.” The deployment reportedly marks… Read More

November 24, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bestinvest, the online investment and coaching service, has become the first investment platform to adopt fintech platform PrimaryBid’s innovative Fuse solution in order “to expand access to UK capital markets transactions for customers.” Through Fuse, Bestinvest customers will “have significantly greater awareness and access to… Read More

November 11, 2023 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move to advance investor inclusion in company fundraisings and fixed income investment products, capital markets technology firm PrimaryBid announces the appointment of Stacey Parsons as Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income. Parsons’ appointment will accelerate PrimaryBid’s efforts “to unlock investor access to… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 10:29 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now allows crowdfunding platforms to register as official gatekeepers of qualified institutional and individual investors, a move that forms part of the government’s efforts to bolster the capital market. This development stems from the SEC’s latest issuance, Memorandum… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

9fin, a provider of AI-powered data, news and analytics for debt capital markets, has today announced the launch of “9fin AI”. The powerful 9fin AI tool enables clients “to ask questions about companies within the debt capital markets and get high quality answers in real… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netcapital Inc. (Nasdaq: NCPL), a digital private capital markets ecosystem, today announced the successful completion of a capital offering by EarthGrid Public Benefit Corporation, a plasma boring technology and infrastructure development company. EarthGrid raised approximately $3.3 million on Netcapital’s funding portal “as part of a… Read More

October 29, 2023 @ 8:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derivative Path, a provider of capital markets technology and derivatives services to financial institutions and commercial end-users, names fintech product specialist, Kristin Kelly as Chief Product Officer in order “to lead the company’s product development strategy and appoints its cofounder, Frank Purnell, to the prestigious… Read More

October 13, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc. says its broker-dealer subsidiary, tZERO ATS, will “add investment banking business lines to its existing platform.” In parallel, tZERO ATS will “change its name to tZERO Securities to better reflect the breadth of services it makes available to its customers.” These changes… Read More