September 30, 2014 - Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), the leading provider of investor communications, technology-driven solutions and data and analytics, today announced the findings of a global survey of more than 400 executives assessing recent operational changes among financial institutions. The survey, sponsored by Broadridge and conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, found a majority of institutions (77 percent) are altering their business models as a result of recent changes in regulation and market structure; this has also elevated the status of chief operating officers (COO) within the C-suite.

July 29, 2014 - Together with six founder banks, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the establishment of Clarient Entity Hub, a financial industry solution designed to provide increased controls, standardization and transparency during the client on-boarding process and ongoing client lifecycle events.

May 14, 2014 - Investment management firm Brewin Dolphin has warned that it will take a £32 million hit after pulling a planned IT operating system implementation.

September 9, 2014 - Banks and brokers could save millions of euros if they act fast to adapt their securities and cash supply chains for Target2-Securities (T2S), according to Clearstream commissioned research.

June 23, 2014 - European retail banks need to radically overhaul their technology infrastructure if they are to face off the competitive threats to their business from a host of new startups, says consultancy Deloitte.

May 8, 2014 - A recently completed research study by Cutter Associates found that operations professionals are optimistic for a renewed focus on corporate actions processing in the next few years. Citing manual processes and increased risk as driving factors, firms are changing practices and assessing systems solutions available to help improve automation around the corporate actions function.

August 28, 2014 - Software quality specialist, SQS, has found that despite growing IT budgets over the past 12 months[1], the fear of downtime and a lack of resource is still holding many organisations back from embracing IT change. However, the risks of not doing so could be just as costly, with technology very much the driving force behind every successful business today.

June 4, 2014 - With many businesses struggling to keep up with the pace of IT change, SQS, the world's leading software quality firm, is calling for businesses to experiment with outsourcing to multiple, specialist suppliers.

March 12, 2014 - ISITC (The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication), the industry trade group focused on standards in transaction processing and related communications, today announced the results of its annual member survey exploring the recent progress of the financial services industry and focuses for 2014.

July 30, 2014 - BPM-derived Smart Process Applications represent a new opportunity to apply adaptive, intelligent workflow solutions to solve the major challenges in managing complex cases and improving customer experiences, according to the findings in the latest AIIM industry watch 'Case Management and Smart Process Applications'.

June 2, 2014 - Many wealth management companies are failing to align their business and IT strategies despite ambitious plans for growth as the economy continues to recover from the financial crash.

March 10, 2014 - Software AG today presented the integration of the Alfabet and ARIS product lines at CeBIT 2014, introducing a new strategic platform for communication between business and IT. With this new solution, business processes and IT can be managed through a single platform to support planning activities across the entire corporate structure—from business decisions to their IT implementation.