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Northern Trust tapping data transparency and ESG to navigate volatility

American financial holding company Northern Trust’s head of front office solutions, Melanie Pickett, tells Finextra Research about some of the complexities in delivering reliable data analytics to institutional clients, which are of even greater importance during periods of volatility such as now.

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Credit Suisse unit buys NorthPoint technology

Credit Suisse Asset Management's fintech growth equity unit has acquired the investment management software and services business NorthPoint Technology. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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BlackRock recommends a common language for sustainable investing

Hot on the heels of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s letter warning global chief executives of climate change market risk, the world’s largest fund manager has released a summary of recommendations for sustainable investment.

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BNP Paribas Securities Services takes stake in AssetMetrix

BNP Paribas Securities Services has taken a stake in AssetMetrix, and will use its suite of data analytics to provide private capital clients with more in-depth information on their non-listed investments.

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Hedge fund manager plans $1bn crypto fund

A business owned by Alan Howard, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Brevan Howard, is reportedly planning to launch a new $1bn venture focused on cryptocurrency hedge funds.

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Investment tech startup Jacobi raises A$11m

Australian investment technology platform Jacobi is targeting the UK after securing $11 million in funding from a group of Silicon Valley VCs.

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Deutsche Börse to pay $850m for analytics firm Axioma

German exchange operator Deutsche Börse is buying Axioma for $850 million and combining the analytics specialist with its index businesses in a new company.

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Investment Association opens second fintech cohort

The trade body for the UK's fund management industry, the Investment Association (IA), has extended its fintech accelerator initiative with the launch of a second cohort.

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JP Morgan hires senior AI exec

US bank JP Morgan has hired a former Google executive as its new head of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

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SS&C to buy Eze Software for $1.45 billion

Having backed away from a rumoured bid to buy Fidessa, SS&C has turned its attentions to Eze Software, offering private equity owner TPG Capital $1.45 billion in cash for the investment management software house.

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Credit Suisse invests in Assetmax

Credit Suisse has joined a funding round for Assetmax, a Swiss startup that provides asset managers with an end-to-end software platform.

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Broadridge awarded blockchain patent for proxy voting

The prospect of applying blockchain technology to the proxy voting process has become more likely after Broadridge, one of the biggest providers of investor-related services, was awarded a patent for this very purpose.

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Deutsche Bank looks to big data for stock price clues

Deutsche Bank's research unit has unveiled an interactive web tool that uses big data in an effort to quantify the importance of intangibles, such as environmental and social issues, on stock prices.

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SETL goes live with blockchain funds platform

SETL, a blockchain-based settlement system for the investment funds industry, has gone live with its pan-European funds record keeping platform IZNES having successfully processed its first transactions.

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Asset managers failing to adapt to digital world

Less than half of global asset managers and asset owners think that they are adapting technology quickly enough to support their business growth needs, according to a survey from State Street.

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Nomura Asset Management trials AI for investment decision making

Japan's Nomura Asset Management (NAM) has tapped artificial intelligence (AI) to quantitatively assess text from news websites and blogs, using the results to help portfolio managers make investment decisions.

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China launches $1.5bn fintech fund

A consortium of Chinese state-owned companies and private enterprises has created a $1.44 billion investment fund dedicated to fintech mergers and acquisitions.

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UK startups get Brexit boost while UK funds suffer

Venture capitalists have invested more than $200m in UK tech startups in the month following the controversial Brexit vote, allaying fears that London's growing tech sector would be one of the first casualties of the withdrawal from the European Union.

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Hedge fund boss welcomes day when computers take over

The president of one of the world's largest hedge funds has told an audience of fund managers that he looks forward to the day when they will all be replaced by computers.

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UK broker to launch trading on Facebook app

Retail investors may soon be able to buy and sell shares via Facebook's messenger platform after UK fund supermarket AJ Bell announced plans to launch a new trading service in the next three months.