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New White Paper 'To Protect & Detect'. An evaluation of Compiance System Requirements for the Securities Market commissioned by Business Systems (UK). To request a copy click here

Latest Publications Just Published: 'The Corporate Actions Industry Report' 2009 Corporate Actions Benchmarking Reports    Complimentary reports for Asset Managers, Banks, Broker/Dealers & Custodians. These complimentary reports highlight the vendors and their products strengths and weaknesses. They also detail the benchmarking results and conclusions, but  the do not contain the vendors verified responses to our RFI, which is part of the benchmarking process, these are only available in the Full Reports.  Click here to request a report Whitepapers etc To Protect & Detect: An evaluation of Compliance System Requirements Financial Services Mobiles SEPA moving against the tide  MiFID a Market Examination The Financial Crisis: How will it affect payment systems? For further information or to request a copy please click on the links above	B.I.S.S.  Accreditation News SmartStream Technologies new TLM Corporate Actions system gains industry approval  London, UK 15th December 2009 - B.I.S.S. Research, the exclusive research company offering a unique benchmarking of services and systems in the financial services sector, today announced that the new TLM Corporate Actions system from SmartStream Technologies is the latest to receive the B.I.S.S. industry accreditation. The benchmarking was conducted after a significant upgrade of the TLM system resulting in a number of impressive new design features.  Click here to request a complimentary report  Information Mosaic achieves record scores in corporate actions benchmarking London, UK 12th November 2009 - B.I.S.S. Research, today announced that cama from Information Mosaic has achieved the B.I.S.S. 2009 Corporate Actions System Accreditation with record scores. The industry panel were fulsome in recognising the all round strength of camaTM to provide full corporate actions processing functionality... Vermeg's MegaCor® Tops for Notification London, UK 06th October 2009 - B.I.S.S. Research, the exclusive research company offering a unique benchmarking of services and systems in the financial services sector, today announced that Vermeg's corporate actions system MegaCor® has achieved the 2009 B.I.S.S. Accreditation. The independent, corporate actions, industry panel, highlighted in their scores several notable features of MegaCor® but made particular distinction in its...	Industry Insights Thought leadership from Industry Professionals Boujemaa Khaldi Making the business case for a Corporate Actions System Read Article Press Releases Industry Report concludes SWIFT has limited benefit in the Retail Market Information Mosaic achieves record scores    Vermeg's MegaCor® Tops for Notification New Corporate Actions Advisory Service Settlement Systems Benchmarking Launched
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