Northern Trust and BondEvalue have completed the first trade of a fractionalised blockchain-based bond. The trade of a blockchain-based bond, known as BondbloX, was executed on BondEvalue’s platform, with Northern Trust as the exclusive asset servicing provider. This comes after the two parties established a strategic partnership in 2019 to deliver integrated asset servicing and…
Category: FinTech
Fidinam and Hex Trust partner on digital assets
Fidinam, a Switzerland-based consultancy firm providing corporate tax and accounting services for digital assets, has partnered with Hex Trust, the Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian and infrastructure platform for banks and financial institutions, to enter the digital asset ecosystem. The partnership enables Fidinam to provide digital asset services to their global clients, leveraging Hex Trust’s…
Maples deploys Geneva for Irish AIFM business unit
MPMF Fund Management (Ireland) Limited, the Maples Group‘s alternative investment fund manager and UCITS management company, has launched technology enhancements. MPMF has implemented Advent Geneva, the portfolio accounting system owned by SS&C, to maintain investment books of record. Geneva is a fully integrated multicurrency portfolio accounting system. In addition, MPMF has implemented MSCI Risk Manager…
NES to provide OZ admin services for USVI Hemp Fund
NES Financial, the Silicon Valley-based administrator that was recently acquired by JTC, has been mandated to provide its purpose-built Opportunity Zone fund administration solution to USVI OZ Hemp Fund.
State Street’s BestX launches equities TCA module
BestX, State Street’s FX and fixed income best execution analytics platform, has expanded its execution analytics software and launched a post-trade transaction cost analysis module for equity markets. State Street, which bought TCA specialist Elkins/McSherry in 1999, intends to integrate both platforms to deliver a single TCA offering.
ebase appoints SGSS and MFEX for fund services in Germany
European Bank for Financial Services (ebase), the German digital investment platform which was acquired by FNZ Group in 2019, has selected Société Générale Securities Services in Germany and MFEX Mutual Fund Exchange AB for its brokerage, custody and trailer fee management services. Under the mandate, MFEX and SGSS will provide services for several thousand funds…
JLL selects SS&C’s Precision LM to support USD115bn loan portfolio
SS&C’s Precision LM has been selected to support Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) combined USD115bn loan servicing portfolio, following the real estate company’s acquisition last year of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, LP. JLL is a primary servicer and provider of commercial loan services to more than 50 institutional investors. JLL adopted SS&C’s Precision LM as its agency/multifamily…
Bitcoin Suisse hires Markus Perdrizat to head custody business
Bitcoin Suisse has appointed Markus Perdrizat as head of custody at Bitcoin Suisse AG and CEO of Swiss Crypto Vault AG. He was formerly responsible for the blockchain risk assurance practice at PwC Switzerland. His predecessor, Philipp Vonmoos, will remain on the board of directors of Swiss Crypto Vault AG as he moves into a…
Citi deploys bots to offer RT processing for matching & settlement in HK
Citi has launched a proprietary bot technology solution in Hong Kong to offer its securities services clients real-time processing for matching and settlement, giving them the ability to view their trade status consistently throughout the day and to activate stock borrowing in a timely fashion if needed. Citi’s solution uses bot technology to pull data…
MUFG selects Broadridge’s Sentry for private debt admin
MUFG Investor Services has selected Broadridge’s Sentry loan tracking and reporting software to service its clients in the private debt space. The web-based system, which Broadridge added to its solution set with its 2019 acquisition of ClearStructure, enables users to monitor compliance issues and reconcile and aggregate data to streamline or automate processes.