If I were FM | Jignesh Shah, Financial Technologies Group
The financial markets in India can grow manifold by just rightly deploying the country’s key strength of human capital, and international capital will always follow the growth
) December 18, 2008 --
FTVentures today announced that going forward it will be named FTV
Capital. The new brand name better reflects the scope of the firm’s
existing investment strategy. The FTV Capital team will continue its
strategy of multi-stage growth equity and venture capital investing in
high-growth companies offering a range of innovative solutions, with an
emphasis on business services, software and financial services companies.
Gary L. McArthur, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, will be a featured speaker at the Barclays Capital Industrial Select conference on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida.
) June 16, 2009 -- With recently acquired Banking Charter status, new World Energy Capital OFC now provides full financial and banking services including term deposits with Triple AAA & AA rated Banks Paying up to 7.5 percent exclusively to World Energy Research partners and investors.
Designed to privately service partners and investors of World Energy Research, World Energy Capital OFC includes a treasury company and a financial services company in a growing number of countries. Chartered in New Zealand, World Energy Capital OFC offers a host of financial services in an exceptionally discrete manner.
CSC (NYSE: CSC) and global professional services firm Towers Perrin today announced the availability of Financial Risk Intelligence, a new offering to streamline financial risk and capital management analytics for U.S. life insurance and annuity enterprises.
Kepler Capital Markets, a European financial services firm, has gone live with SunGard's ASP-based connectivity services to help it broaden its market connectivity in Europe. Kepler has added three new gateways to access the public order books of BATS Europe, NASDAQ OMX Europe and NYSE ARCA Europe. (PRWeb Sep 10, 2009)
) February 10, 2009 -- Merchant Capital Options has launched a new product, Electronic Payment Advance. Electronic Payment Advance is an upfront cash advance payment against all forms of future electronic processing, such as credit cards and checks. It allows multi-unit restaurant companies to access quick capital for an array of initiatives including unit or asset expansion, initiating equipment renovation programs and creation and execution of a marketing campaign.
) December 18, 2008 -- Overture Technologies, the leading provider of decisioning software solutions that enable transparent, accurate and responsive lending processes, announced it has closed $6 million in Series C funding led by Capital Trust Ventures with continuing participation from CNF Investments, New Markets Growth Fund and other existing investors. Financing will be used to support market expansion to meet urgent and increasing demand for the company's financial decisioning solutions serving the mortgage and education lending industries.
) October 15, 2008 -- Lucas Group, a respected leader in professional recruiting, today announced its expansion into Asia with a new operation in Singapore.
"We have been looking to get a presence in Asia to help fulfill our global reach. As we expand throughout the United States and Europe to serve our clients properly, we needed to have an Asian office and we feel Singapore is a great place to start," said Art Lucas, President and CEO of Lucas Group. "KC Sim’s familiarity with cross-cultural challenges and international human capital management made him the ideal person to start our Asian office.”
) September 30, 2008 -- The human capital research firm Morehead Associates announced that Larry Tilson has been named president, effective August 1, 2008. As president, his primary focus is service excellence and execution of Morehead's growth strategy. Sandy Welton, founder and former president, has assumed the role of chairman and chief executive officer.
) September 22, 2008 -- Axsium Group, Inc., North America's leading Workforce Management (WFM) consulting firm, has appointed industry veteran Tad Shepperd to the position of Principal responsible for the global retail practice.
Mr. Shepperd will bring more than 25 years of experience working with retailers and supporting their implementation of wide ranging technology and information solutions. He will be responsible for the global retail practice and oversee sales and marketing efforts as well as all strategic alliance partner relationships, service delivery and other revenue growth initiatives.
) January 30, 2009 -- RBC Capital Markets today announced that its U.S. investment banking group has been named Mid-Market Investment Bank of the Year by Investment Dealers' Digest (IDD), a leading journal of the investment banking industry.
) March 10, 2009 -- Knightsbridge Human Capital Management, Canada's leading human capital services provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Lett as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development.
Mr. Lett spent the last five years as the Managing Partner of Axsium Group Inc., the Workforce Management (WFM) industry's leading technology and management consulting advisory firm. In 2008, Knightsbridge acquired Axsium.
) September 18, 2008 -- As the HR industry continues to consolidate and create value, both sellers and buyers need guidance from professionals who understand how to value human capital firms and take them to market.
"The Changing Value of Your Company: How to Value and Sell Your HR Business," a new webinar scheduled for October 9 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, will address the continuing growth and consolidation within the human capital market, even during challenging economic times. Creative compensation strategies -- cash, stock swaps, options, earn-outs, sub debt and recapitalizations -- and many other tools can provide optimum value for business owners and shareholders.
) November 23, 2008 -- VFA, Inc., the leading provider of solutions for facilities capital planning and asset management, was named a finalist for CoreNet Global's H. Bruce Russell Innovator's Awards, one of the top honors in the corporate real estate industry.
) September 17, 2008 -- Lucas Group, an executive search firm specializing in a broad spectrum of verticals and a wide range of functions, today reports that the company has been named to the 2008 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing companies in North America.
"It is an honor to be recognized with some many other strong companies this year," said Art Lucas, CEO/President of Lucas Group. "We are blessed with excellent leadership and producer talent. From our vantage point, our future looks very bright.”
) November 10, 2008 -- Infohrm, the global leader in workforce planning, reporting and analytics solutions, today released a case study highlighting the tremendous financial success of its member client WellPoint, Inc.'s workforce analytics program. Through in-depth analysis of workforce data, WellPoint is on track to save over $6 million by dramatically reducing early tenure staff turnover.
Micro Technologies (India) Ltd., the global security solutions company, reported financial performance for the first quarter. Consolidated revenue at Rs 79.35 crore, was up by 18.84 per cent.
) March 18, 2009 -- CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of information technology and business process services, today announced the signing of an agreement with a global investment bank to supply the information technology services associated with supporting various components of its capital markets platforms around the globe. The initial two years of the contract are valued at between US$75M and US$100M.
CGI will establish a new center of excellence (COE) in New York City to service new and existing capital markets clients, which will initially be staffed with approximately 200 professionals, a majority of whom were former bank employees.
Raleigh, NC: Sonny Gupta, president of Web Design Studio, announced today that the firm has completed the design and development of The Private Capital Markets website, www.privatecapitalmartket.com. The nature of business conducted on the global web platform required a secure site that would be easy for both business owners and investors to navigate. Web Design Studio created a site that would be visually appealing, user-friendly and easy to maintain.
) October 13, 2008 -- Capital PHP, a PHP development service provider, is proud to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, www.capitalphp.com.
"We needed a fresh, professional look that would help take Capital PHP to the next level," Capital PHP founder Mike Lucas said. "I believe we nailed it and are headed in the right direction."
FinCrest Information Services Pvt. Ltd., India offers high-quality financial and business information services to financial institutions in the United States.
) February 12, 2009 -- CommodityPoint, a division of UtiliPoint® International, Inc., has released a new report titled "Changes in Commodity Markets - Impacts on Traders and Software" based on a survey of a variety of energy commodity market participants. While commodity traders face a barrage of issues as a result of the ongoing financial and credit crisis, the study indicates that risk management is the most critical business issue facing those market participants.
) December 1, 2008 -- Lucas Group, an executive search firm, appointed Boyd Campbell as a Senior Executive Search Consultant for it’s Oil & Gas Division located in San Diego, CA.
The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a professional association and think tank advancing the science of strategic talent management, has announced that Rideau Recognition Solutions, leader in end-to-end corporate recognition solutions, is sponsoring a new HCI online education and community track focused on tools and techniques for encouraging employee creativity, innovation, development and loyalty. (PRWeb Feb 27, 2009)
) October 6, 2009 -- Chicago-based strategic interactive advisory firm, Marcel Media outshined over 500 entries from eleven countries for the interactive communications work they did on behalf of their client, Performance Trust Capital Partners, to engage the financial community in the conversation about the Mark to Market Debate.
Recognition by the Summit International Awards is a respected industry-wide critique. The competition is a true measure of marketing communication effectiveness.
Stephanie Oden is the president and founder of LiveWire Consulting Group. She advises organizations in the manufacturing and service sectors on how to maximize their human capital potential.
) October 6, 2009 -- SensorLogic, a pioneer in the development and use of Cloud Computing for asset tracking and monitoring, announces that Michael Campbell, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting a corporate update at America's Growth Capital's 6th Annual East Coast Emerging Growth Conference on October 7, 2009 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston.
Saigun Technologies Human Resources Management System (HRMS) for Oxford University Press (India) . EmpXtrack HRMS will help OUP (India) to manage employee database and self service to its employees.
Social games start-up wooga, developer of Brain Buddies on Facebook, received a new investment from Balderton Capital which will enable the company to grow its international talent base and continue to develop new quality games.
) September 30, 2008 -- Morehead announced the recipients of the 2008 Morehead Client Awards. The Galaxy Awards were presented to Phoenix-based John C. Lincoln Health Network and Provena United Samaritans Medical Center of Danville, Ill.
Holographic communications agency activ8-3D is taking the capital by storm this month after they opened their new demo studio within The Movieum at County Hall, London.
) July 15, 2009 -- Retail Pro International, LLC announced today that it has acquired the assets of Retail Pro, Inc. (on June 25th, 2009). Retail Pro® is a leading software solution for specialty retailers, represented by a global channel partner network whose 90 local offices span 47 countries. With over 8,000 customers operating more than 35,000 retail stores in 63 countries worldwide, Retail Pro's market position is unrivaled by any of its competitors.
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) September 11, 2009 -- Corum Group Ltd. today announced the July 14th acquisition of Adventa Control Technologies, Inc. by Rudolph Technologies, Inc. Adventa is an affiliate company to Global Capital Equity and a leading provider of a wide range of Advanced Process Control (APC) technologies specifically for tool automation, Run-to-Run control, and fault detection and classification to semiconductor manufacturers.
Mozenda Inc reports its web data mining (http://www.mozenda.com/data-mining-software) software is used by some of the most inovative technology companies arround the world and now Mozenda takes pride in asserting that firms in India are using their U.S. based software platform, reversing the flow of capital and IT jobs to overseas business. The company’s subscription based business is up over 500% for the same period last year. (PRWeb Oct 1, 2009)
Here's a solution for people looking for an Interest free credit facility. Mckay Flooring Ltd, UK's Hardwood Specialists introduces interest-free credit facilities with Hitachi Capital finance,which is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. An amazing opportunity for all our existing and future customers in the current financial crisis. (PRWeb Jun 6, 2009)
