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Fidelity | August 26, 2020

The Fidelity Index UK Gilt and Fidelity Index Sterling Corporate Bond funds will aim to provide investors with a low-cost passive fixed income solution, with ongoing charge figures of 10 and 12 basis points respectively. The Gilt fund will track the FTSE Actuaries UK Gilts index and the corporate bond offering will follow the iBoxx GBP Liquid Corporates Large Cap index. Head of wholesale John Clougherty said the extension of Fidelity's UK-domiciled index funds range to nine "reaffirms o...

Financial Management, Fintech

Givex and Counter Solutions | August 16, 2022

Givex Information Technology Group LTD has completed the purchase of all of the outstanding shares of Counter Solutions Holdings LTD. "The acquisition of Counter Solutions marks the fourth acquisition for Givex in the last 18 months, which showcases our commitment to strategic international growth, Counter Solutions' products complement the Givex portfolio and allow us to add unattended retail functionality to our current POS and kiosk offerings." ...

Bonaccord | July 18, 2020

Spear Street Capital LLC ("Spear Street"), an owner and operator of office properties located in the United States, Canada and Europe, has announced that Bonaccord Capital Partners ("Bonaccord"), a division of Aberdeen Standard Investments ("ASI"), has made a strategic investment in Spear Street. Pursuant to the transaction, Bonaccord acquired a passive, non-voting minority interest and will provide capital to support the future growth of the firm. The transac...

Core Banking

TransferGo, Thought Machine | February 12, 2021

TransferGo, a money transfer company, announced a partnership with a cloud-native core banking technology company, Thought Machine. The partnership aims to propel its drive global expansion into markets and continuous product innovation. By taking benefit of Thought Machine's next group cloud-native core banking platform Vault, TransferGo will emphasize empowering its client experience through more and better progressive platform competencies. Structuring on a fruitful 2020, t...