BMO Financial Group will be using Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider for a “digital first” strategy that will be implemented across BMO as a “scalable and highly available” platform for many businesses, including capital markets operations. BMO will move “strategic workloads to AWS that support its retail and commercial banking, investment… Read More >>
FNZ-GBST Merger Under Scrutiny in the U.K.
CMA Starts Phase 2 Review of FNZ-GBST Union A U.K. regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), is moving ahead with a formal investigation into FNZ’s acquisition of GBST Holdings Ltd., following a recent announcement that CMA officials were mulling this next step. “On 30 March 2020, the CMA decided that it was or may… Read More >>
Cantor Fitzgerald & BMO Capital Settle ADR Cases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports that broker Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. will pay more than $647,000 and broker BMO Capital Markets Corporation will pay more than $3.9 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs are U.S. securities that represent foreign shares of a foreign company,… Read More >>
BMO Financial Group to Overhaul NAV Processing
In a sweeping overhaul, BMO Financial Group (BMO) will be moving from a manual “tick and bob” system for its net asset value (NAV) production, validation and distribution processes to an automated platform intended to mitigate the risk caused by manual errors and improve investment fund administration and client service.Automation will bring efficiency and control… Read More >>
