Danish Jyske Bank has commenced production with Surecomp’s end-to-end trade finance solution. 

StreamBase Systems has established a partnership with Zhejiang Hithink Flush Information Network Co., Ltd. (“Hithink”), a  financial information services provider in China.

Bank Leumi has selected Calypso to provide a full cross-asset, front-to-back office solution to support its core capital markets business, giving Calypso its first major Israeli client.

Trayport, aprovider of energy trading solutions to traders, brokers and exchanges worldwide, has announced the addition of European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC) to its Complete Clear post-trade service. 

GoldenSource, an independent provider of enterprise data management (EDM) solutions for the securities and investment industry, has announced a simple and straightforward support for the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) standard with GoldenSource EDM^TM.

Independent investment management firm Ruffer LLP, with full support of Capita Financial Group in its role as administrator, has partnered with Calastone to launch the new automated trade notification service. 

SmartStream Technologies has announced that the Denmark based Ringkjøbing Landbobank, has selected SmartStream’s TLM Corporate Actions solution.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. has  announced that Credential Securities Inc.’s conversion to a self-clearing IIROC (Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada) brokerage firm will be powered by Broadridge’s Dataphile securities processing and advisor desktop platform. 

Fenergo, provider of Customer Lifecycle Management solutions for financial institutions in capital markets and investment banking, has announced the release of major enhancements to its Client & Counterparty Data Management

If last year's buzzwords were risk management, then this year they  are consolidation and cost-cutting.

ISS Mag talked to some of the companies looking at how to help put this into practice.