March 18, 2013 - In research published today entitled, "Smart Beta 2.0," EDHEC-Risk Institute is seeking to draw the attention of investors to the risks of traditional smart beta equity indices and propose a new approach to smart beta investing to take account of these risks.

March 18, 2013 - CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of information technology and business process services, has been selected by ZLM Verzekeringen (ZLM Insurances), a multi award-winning Dutch insurance company, to support the firm's Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) compliance programme.

March 15, 2013 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a guidance update from its staff to clarify the obligations of mutual funds and other investment companies to seek review of materials posted on their social media sites.

March 13, 2013 - Big data can save big money. A recent McKinsey report found that value gained from data in the US health care sector alone could be more than US $300 billion every year. But traditional tools aren't enough to manage these extremely large amounts of fast-changing information.

March 13, 2013 - Global regulators are considering the possibility of simplifying the incoming Basel III regulations following protestations from several institutions around the world, it has emerged.

March 12, 2013 - US retailer Genesco is suing Visa to recover more than £13 million in penalties it was hit with for a 2010 data breach.

March 12, 2013 - International Data Corporation (IDC) recently published a Big Data and analytics (BDA) maturity model, providing a framework of stages, critical measures, outcomes, and actions required for organizations to effectively advance along the successive stages of BDA competency and maturity toward data-driven decision making for this $100 billion technology and services market.