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JHC Connects FIGARO to Calastone

Calastone, the independent cross-border transaction network for the mutual fund industry, is pleased to announce that JHC , the authors of the FIGARO product has connected to  the Network for order-routing and reconciliations. Both of these services are fully integrated into FIGARO, which means that JHC’s clients will be able to trade funds and reconcile [...]

JHC Seminar for Wealth Management and Stockbroking Consultants

JHC hostied a seminar last month to showcase the market leading FIGARO application. Many consultants took the opportunity to engage with senior JHC staff to establish a relationship with JHC. If you are a consultant and would like learn more of JHC and FIGARO then contact us at Sales@jhc.co.uk. If you have any questions please [...]

JHC and Cofunds Announce a Fully Automated Interface

JHC is pleased to announce a major development to its market leading product FIGARO to enable fully automated straight through processing (STP) to Cofunds, the leading funds custodian. This replaces an earlier file transfer version currently used by some FIGARO users.  The new interface provides a transmission and translation service for Cofunds Trade Input and [...]

JHC Newcastle Move into New Offices to Meet Expansion Plans

JHC has opened a new office in the prestigious St. Nicholas Building in the centre of Newcastle, with capacity for more than 50 staff.  The new premises are a result of an overall growth in staff at JHC because of increased new business in major Wealth Management clients.  This will lead to JHC expanding by [...]

Figaro Enhances Communications Protocol

Last Autumn JHC embarked on a project to change the way our existing client/server applications communicated with the IBM iSeries. At the time our Delphi and Java applications used IBM’s Advanced Program to Program Communication (APPC) protocol and accessed this using Microsoft’s Host Integration server (HIS). With support for APPC being uncertain in the future, [...]

Peak Performance

JHC would like to wish Andrew Butcher, Chief Operating Officer, Charles Stanley, good luck on his sponsored climb to the Base Camp of Everest and onward to the peak of Kala Pattar. JHC are pleased to be one of his sponsors for The Wooden Spoon charity, for which he is undertaking this ambitious feat. If [...]

Figaro and FATCA

JHC will be hosting an event for their clients interested in the forthcoming FATCA legislation and the possible impact on Figaro on 19th October 2011 in the More London office. Please contact your JHC Client Manager if you are interested in this event.

Figaro Strategic User Group – Autumn Meeting Notice

The next Figaro SUG will be held in the London office at 10:00 am on the 20th October 2011. Attendance is by invitation only and regular invitees will be notified of the full agenda nearer the date.

Continued Success and Recognition for Figaro

At the prestigious Systems in the City 2011 event in front of Stockbrokers, Fund Managers and Investment Bankers at the Royal College of Surgeons, Stephen Pinner, the Managing Director of Goodacre UK, announced this year’s winners of the Systems in the City Awards. JHC’s Figaro was nominated in several categories and was the winner of [...]

JHC London Move Office

On May 16th 2011 the JHC London office moved to the prestigious 3 More London development by Tower Bridge on the south bank of the Thames. The new premises afford JHC the opportunity to accommodate their proposed increase in staff numbers for the foreseeable future. Managing Director, John Blackman says “We had to change location [...]

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