Software Solutions

FactSet, a provider of financial data and analytical software for investment professionals, has integrated BlackRock’s iShares Fixed Income Exchange Traded Funds on the FactSet platform. »

ConvergEx Group’s order management system, the Eze OMS, has achieved a third consecutive year of record-setting growth. »

The World Gold Council has launched a research app for iPhones and iPads that is now available on the iTunes store. »

BlackRock’s iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) is to host its first virtual conference on 8 November, bringing approximately 1,000 financial advisers together with industry experts in an interactive environment. »

Saxo Modern Wealth Management, the online investment specialist, has launched a Model Portfolio service designed to help mid to long term self-directed retail investors build diverse investment portfolios through funds, unit trusts or exchange-traded funds. »

Orc Software (SSE: ORC) has agreed a renewed multi-year agreement with Goldenberg Hehmeyer (GH) has agreed a renewed multi-year agreement with Orc Software (Orc) to use Orc Solution to support its Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) market making operations. »

Broadridge Financial Solutions has announced a unique tax management solution providing mutual fund managers and ETF sponsors access to data to accurately calculate state tax obligations. »

ETF Research Center, the online portal for financial advisers and individual investors to access AltaVista’s analysis of exchange-traded funds, has launched Portfolio Builder as part of its research offering. »

Research and consulting firm Carbon360 has launched the Fund Administration Market, a service designed to aid fund managers with the selection of fund administrators. »

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched an exchange-traded fund algorithm, ETF-aX. »