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New York, April 17, 2018 – Visible Alpha is pleased to announce that it has received ISO 27001 certification from Schellman & Company, LLC, an ANAB and UKAS accredited Certification Body based in the United States for its information security management system (ISMS) supporting the Visible Alpha Services. 

Financial News announced the nominees for the 'Best Investment research Platform 2018' category today in the Trading and Technology Awards.

On Visible Alpha, Financial News wrote:

Visible Alpha Adds HSBC to the Group of Leading Bank Investors in the Company;
Launches Industry Advisory Board

New York, March 12, 2018—Visible Alpha today announced Emma Margetts was named Startup Professional of the Year at WatersTechnology's Women in Technology and Data Awards in London. Ms. Margetts won the award after founding Alpha Exchange in 2016 and then selling the company to Visible Alpha late last year.

"I'm honored to be recognized for our work on Alpha Exchange," said Ms. Margetts. "Starting a business takes a vision, but turning that vision into a reality requires hard work, facing down the competition, overcoming adversities and seizing opportunities."

Visible Alpha Inbox (formerly Alpha Exchange) is a next generation technology platform that provides solutions to asset managers and investment banks to make the discovery and exchange of investment insights accessible, transparent and compliant. The addition of the advanced platform to Visible Alpha's existing services has created a unified consumption and collaboration experience reaching across research reports, analyst models and corporate access events backed by a robust compliance framework.

"Emma and her co-founders have brought an innovative, cutting-edge technology to the way research can be managed and shared,” commented Scott Rosen, CEO of Visible Alpha. "We were delighted to add the platform to our services, and we salute Emma on her accomplishments and award."

Ms. Margetts is no stranger to fintech or startups. In 2008, she started The Business Learning Network, the first women’s accelerator for female entrepreneurs in the townships of South Africa. She is on the steering committee for the Harambe Catalyst Fund, an African venture fund. Alpha Exchange was also chosen as one of 10 global companies selected for the leading Techstars Barclays Accelerator program in 2016.

About Visible Alpha
Visible Alpha is transforming the way Wall Street firms collaborate on research, financial models and corporate access events by providing breakthrough tools for discovery, analysis and valuation. With more than 400 employees globally, the rapidly growing company combines advanced data technology, a secure distribution network and sophisticated analytical tools to drive efficiencies and transparency into the research process while also enabling firms to generate alpha in new and differentiated ways. Visible Alpha is backed by the world’s leading investment banks. For more information on Visible Alpha, please visit www.visiblealpha.com

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Visible Alpha’s new round of funding includes six new strategic investors and follow-on investment from all existing investors

London, UK – January 4, 2018 – Metzler Asset Management GmbH (Metzler) announces today the implementation of a new process for discovering, tracking and valuing research through the selection of Visible Alpha’s ONEaccess Platform. The addition of the ONEaccess Forward Calendar, Resource Tracking and Broker Vote applications enable the company to meet the compliance obligations associated with MiFID II regulations, particularly those associated with BaFin, the financial regulatory authority in Germany.

The acquisition of Alpha Exchange by Visible Alpha creates an end-to-end solution for research discovery, consumption, tracking, evaluation, payment and collaboration.

New York, NY – October 27, 2017 – ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company, in collaboration with Institutional Investor, a leading international business-to-business publisher, and Substantive Research today published “MiFID II & Research” (Download the free research HERE). The thirty-five page report provides the results of an extensive survey of both asset managers and asset owners and covers topics from research budgeting to valuation to implementation. The findings are based on the views of senior asset managers and asset owners who are registered users of Institutional Investor’s private, online community.

New applications to help protect investors from inducement risks and meet budgeting obligations of MiFID II regulations

New York, NY – October 9, 2017 – Visible Alpha today announced two new enhancements to its ONEaccess platform to aid clients in preparing for the compliance obligations associated with MiFID II regulations. First, in collaboration with technology provider SPi Global, the firm now offers an email classification solution to help minimize the risk from inducements that come through one’s email inbox. Second, the company has released a budgeting application for managing both fixed and variable research costs in a more impactful and granular fashion.

In partnership with Visible Alpha, integrated solutions enable Eikon buy-side clients to manage research capabilities and compliance more efficiently and effectively

NEW YORK/LONDON, September 12, 2017 – Thomson Reuters, in partnership with Visible Alpha, has launched multiple joint-solutions in its flagship financial desktop Eikon that will help enable financial institutions to further manage impending MiFID II research unbundling requirements, set to be implemented January 3, 2018. These tools, complementing Eikon’s already robust research solutions, allow buy-side professionals to track corporate access and sell-side interactions, manage the research valuation process, review and vote on research provider value as well as manage inducements. All of the following capabilities announced today will be available in Eikon.