Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a provider of consulting services and system solutions, reports the successful go-live of its custody solution with Golomt Bank of Mongolia, which it describes as a pioneer among Mongolian banks in introducing initiatives to accelerate development in the regional financial sector.

Large banks which spend between US$6 billion and $9 billion processing standardised trades each year, and could reduce those costs by up to 40 percent by adopting a “utility” model, according to a new study by Broadridge Financial Solutions.

More news on the progress being recorded by SWIFT's MyStandards Readiness Portal. 

Sungard reports that French insure Generali Vie has gone live on its IntelliMatch Operational Control solution to manage its cash and securities reconciliations from a single, centralised enterprise platform. 

Multifonds, a Temenos company and provider of investment fund software, reports the expansion of its core transfer agency (TA) solution, Multifonds Global Investor (MFGI). 

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is the first global custodian to go live on the new Omgeo ALERTS GC Direct service. 

RSRCHXchange has launched RSRCHX, an online marketplace institutional research. RSRCHX modernises the way in which users interact with research and enables the buy-side to comply with the MiFID II research unbundling requirements, it says, replacing the traditional research procurement model is cumbersome, complex and costly. 

UK private bank Brown Shipley has passed a significant milestone in its implementation of SimCorp Coric Client Communications, says SimCorp, a provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry. 

Deutsche Bank is simplifying its technical client onboarding processes by introducing the Readiness Portal to its MyStandards offering.

ISDA, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), has launched a new industry data project. 

Eurex Exchange is to offer a new interest rate future based on long-term bonds issued by the Spanish government, starting October 26.

EquiLend, the securities finance trading and post-trade service provider, and Eurex Clearing, one of the world’s leading clearing houses and part of Deutsche Börse Group, agreed to connect EquiLend’s securities lending platform to Eurex Clearing’s Lending CCP service.

Liquidnet has announced the launch of its Algo Ranking Model technology, designed to enhance the way institutional traders make their execution decisions. 

Greenwich Technology, a provider of real-time and end-of-day derived data, including valuation services, has agreed a reciprocal partnership with Exchange Data International (EDI) under which each firm will distribute the other’s content.

NOREXCO ASA is to start exchange services for the pulp and paper industry, becoming the world´s only derivatives exchange for the sector.

N2N Connect, a provider of enterprise-wide integrated trading solutions to stockbroking firms and banks in Asia-Pacific, and Ancoa, a provider of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, buy and sell-side firms, are partnering to offer Ancoa’s surveillance capabilities to N2N’s banking and brokerage clients.

Data specialist Colt reports the addition of TraderServe to Colt PrizmNet, the financial services extranet which connects providers of financial content to capital markets firms. 

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has launched a new tool for fund managers to gain insight into their global UCITS fund distribution trends.

Intercontinental Exchange, the global network of exchanges and clearing houses, has reported the first trade in the Italian PSV futures contract at ICE Endex.

SS&C Technologies Holdings is delivering a fairly convincing impression of a news agency today, issuing not one but two significant releases within an hour or so of one another.