First Derivatives

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Period: 15 Sep 2008 - 09 Nov 2021

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First Derivative and Corlytics receive funding award for pioneering ESG data project

First Derivative, one of the world’s leading consulting and managed services firms, together with its RegTech partner Corlytics, have been provided with a project funding award to develop the world’s first publicly available, open-source Environmental Social Governance (ESG) taxonomy mapping project.

KX stengthens its FX sales team with four new hires

KX continues to add senior talent to its sales team with four recent hires focusing on its FX Solutions business as part of a broader global expansion of its sales force under the leadership of new Chief Revenue Officer, Alan Coad.

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First Derivatives names AWS advanced consultin g partner

First Derivatives today announced that it has been named an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Consulting Partner.

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First Derivatives hires Sean Andany as head of data

First Derivatives today announces the appointment of Sean Andany as Head of Data.

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First Derivatives (FD) hires Nicholas Dolan to shepherd Calypso business

First Derivatives (FD) has hired Nicholas Dolan to help drive the next stage of growth for the firm’s Calypso practice that sits within the firm’s 450-strong vendor practice.

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First Derivatives names David Humphries as as global COO

First Derivatives, a global software and consulting company, has appointed David Humphries as Chief Operating Officer reporting directly to Seamus Keating, First Derivatives’ Chief Executive Officer.

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Kx technology selected by SMBC to build and manage e-FX infrastructure

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is the latest bank to turn to Kx to meet its advanced trading, analytics and risk management requirements, extending Kx’s market-leading presence in Foreign Exchange

Kx upgrades database to support rapid analysis of unstructured data

Today First Derivatives announces that its Kx technology, a world leader in time-series analytics for streaming, real-time and historical data, now supports rapid access to unstructured data with the release today of kdb+ 3.6, the latest version of its database and analytics technology.

Kx technology powers R5-SHCH Connect

Kx, a division of First Derivatives plc (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I), announces that R5 has implemented Kx technology to power R5-SHCH Connect, a new service which links banks in China with London’s foreign exchange (FX) market. UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced the launch of R5-SHCH Connect during a state visit to China on 2 February 2018.

First Derivatives posts revenue rise

FD (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I), a provider of software and consulting services, announces its Full Year Results for the 12 months ended 29 February 2016.

FD partners with Thomson Reuters for streaming analytics

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces a strategic partnership for the use of its Kx technology with Thomson Reuters to power the latest version of their financial Data as a Service platform, Velocity Analytics.

First Derivatives says 'comfortably ahead' of concensus forecasts for H2

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services, announces continued strong trading in the second half of its financial year to 29 February 2016.

First Derivatives buys in Kx skills with QuantumKDB acquisition

First Derivatives buys in Kx skills with QuantumKDB acquisition

First Derivatives has acquired specialist Kx consultancy QuantumKDB for £2.2 million as it looks to support the growth of its database software business following a management shakeup in November last year.

First Derivatives shakes up Kx management team

First Derivatives plc subsidiary Kx Systems, a leader in high-performance database and time-series analytics, today announces some key management changes.

First Derivatives creates research and development lab

First Derivatives (FD) (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services, announces the formation of FD Labs, its new R&D division based in Ottawa, Canada.

First Derivatives FY prelims beat market expectations

FD (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services, today announces its results for the year ended 28 February 2015.

FD buys Affinity for £7.7 million

First Derivatives (FD), a software and consulting company, has bought Affinity Systems for CAD$14.5m (£7.7m) in a cash and share deal.

EBS signs for analytics-as-a-service from First Derivatives

First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, today announces that its Delta Stream product has been selected by EBS, ICAP’s market leading electronic FX business, as part of a new Data Analytics as a Service initiative.

First Derivatives to take controlling interest in Kx Systems

First Derivatives to take controlling interest in Kx Systems

First Derivatives has agreed a £36 million deal to acquire a further 46.47% stake in high performance database outfit Kx Systems, giving the firm a leg-up into the market for big data systems in capital markets and other vertical industries.

IEX selects First Derivatives market surveillance package

First Derivatives (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I) a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, announces that IEX, a high-growth equity trading venue dedicated to investor protection, has selected its Delta software platform to provide trade surveillance and analytics. The system will audit billions of market data records daily, with real time and historical market abuse reporting capabilities.

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