Over £800 Raised for CashforKids
The Funds-Axis Fund RunNURS are pleased to have raised over £800 for @CashforKidsNI and @NIHospice. Thank you to everyone who helped contribute towards this very worthy cause
Graduate and Placement Recruitment Fairs
Funds-Axis have attended a number of recruitment fairs in the last few weeks. It was a great opportunity to meet students from different universities and different courses who are seeking placement and graduate opportunities. Attending from Funds-Axis were Rosie McKerr, Director and Head of Regulatory Reporting, Jason Worthington, Core Product Owner, as well as three…
Queen’s University Best Student Prize
We were delighted to once again be sponsoring a finance course at Queen’s University. Our best student prize was part of the MSc in Risk and Investment Management course within the Queen’s University Management School, and was awarded to James McKervill. Pictured is Rosie McKerr our Head of Regulatory Reporting Services presenting James with his…
Company Town Hall
On Friday we held our first company town hall event at our Belfast operations hub. It was a great opportunity for all staff to hear what has been achieved over the past few years and the plans for the future. We also thought it would be a good idea for a team photo to be…
Invest NI support to create 29 new jobs
We are delighted to announce the creation of 29 new jobs with the support of Invest NI. Congratulating the company, Jeremy Fitch, Invest NI’s Executive Director of Business & Sector Development said: “Funds-Axis is one of a growing number of regulatory technology companies within our financial services sector. The company’s product strategy, has fuelled its…
Partnership with Datactics
Datactics, an award-winning provider of data quality and fuzzy matching software, is today announcing an agreement with investment management RegTech specialist Funds-Axis that will enable Funds-Axis to leverage Datactics Data Quality Management technologies. Fund-Axis provides its clients with a unique combination of regulatory expertise and best-of-breed technology. For investment managers and depositaries having to comply…
Staff Training
We believe it is important that staff continually receive training to ensure they are equipped with the skills and knowledge to carry out their jobs to the best of their ability. This week we had training on the Fundamentals of Trading and Investment which was held over 3 evenings in the Management School at Queen’s…
Participating in the Belfast Marathon
Our fundraising efforts continued yesterday in glorious sunshine when our team of volunteers participated in the Belfast Marathon. After much deliberation in the office we named our team “Fund RunNURS” and when the team was finalised they embarked on months of extensive training – well some of them did!! Big thanks to Ellie McConnell, Rosie…
BAHAMAS: Central Bank Update on Introduction of Exchange Controls Liberalisation Measures
25 April 2017 Focus: General Organisation: Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) Type: General Country: Bahamas Link: http://www.centralbankbahamas.com/news.php?cmd=view&id=16247 The Central Bank of The Bahamas has provided an update on the administrative preparations for the introduction of the Exchange Control liberalisation measures announced on 29th March, 2017. These measures will take effect on 24th April, 2017. The…
SAUDI ARABIA: CMA Publish Consultation on Updates to M&A Regulation
25 April 2017 Focus: Takeover and Acquisition Organisation: Capital Market Authority (SA) Type: General Country: Saudi Arabia Link: https://cma.org.sa/RulesRegulations/Consulting/Documents/MnA%20Regulations_PC_en.pdf The Capital Market Authority (CMA) of Saudi Arabia has published; “The Draft of the Updated Mergers and Acquisition Regulations”, which is open for public comment for 30 days. This aims to regulate mergers and acquisitions by…