Financial Research & Analytics

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has begun the first steps of exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC) with the release of a technical whitepaper.

Redburn, an independent market leading equities research company, has received a minority investment from Rothschild & Co.

US data extraction start-up Daloopa has secured $20m in a Series A financing round led by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s NEXT Investors.

Barbadian financial and insurance business Sagicor has launched a digital engagement platform through a partnership with customer engagement firm Life.io.

SourceScrub, an information services platform for financial services, has received an undisclosed growth investment from San Francisco-based growth equity firm Mainsail Partners.

Financial operating system Addepar has picked up $140m in its Series D round.

Aiviq, a cloud-based SaaS business for the global asset management industry, will provide AllianceBernstein (AB) with client assets under management (AUM) and flow data management products and services, through a new deal.

Data and analytics software company Quantexa has introduced the latest updated version of its contextual monitoring and investigations solution Quantexa Syneo

ExtractAlpha, a data-driven research firm aimed at institutional investors, has raised an undisclosed seed round of funding.

Retailer data platform Snooper has reportedly bagged AUD $1m ($755,000) in its latest funding round.