Lunate, the Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment management company with >USD50bn AuM, and BNY Mellon are investing in a new company, Alpheya, that will develop a customised wealth management technology platform for wealth and asset managers in the Middle East and North Africa. Based in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Alpheya will be funded with…
Category: FinTech
Enfusion appoints COO
Enfusion, the U.S.-based provider of cloud-native SaaS solutions for investment managers, has appointed Neal Pawar as COO. Most recently, Pawar was the COO and later the CEO of Qontigo, a provider of financial intelligence tools and indices for investment managers.
U.S. Bank partners with Enfusion
U.S. Bank has established a partnership with Enfusion, provider of a cloud-native, SaaS platform for investment managers and asset owners, to provide mutual clients with connectivity to Enfusion’s front-to-back system and middle- and back-office managed services. The platform encompasses portfolio management, order and execution management, accounting and analytics modules, and managed services. The relationship expands…
HSBC goes live with Broadridge
HSBC is the latest client to go live on the recently launched sponsored repo solution built on Broadridge’s DLT-enabled distributed ledger repo (DLR) platform. Through DLT and smart contracts, clients can anticipate substantial improvements in settlement costs, streamlined processes, enhanced scalability, and a marked decrease in operational risks. HSBC is the second client to go…
Citi invests in Transcend
Transcend, a U.S.-based provider of liquidity, funding, and collateral optimisation solutions, has onboarded Citi as its latest investor. The investment was made through Citi’s strategic investments arm. Citi’s funding will support Transcend’s ongoing global roll-out of its solutions. Citi as the third global bank to invest in the fintech firm. Additionally, a long-term business agreement…
AirFund gets EUR6m funding boost
Amundi and Indosuez Wealth Management have acquired a stake in AirFund to promote the marketing of private asset funds. AirFund is a digital platform created in 2021 to facilitate the link between management companies and distributors of private markets funds with retail investors It raised EUR6m in a recent funding round jointly led by Amundi…
Taurus opens in DIFC
Taurus SA, the Swiss digital asset infrastructure provider, has opened an office in Dubai. Bashir Kazour will head the new office, which is based in the DIFC.
SEBA links with SGKB
SEBA Bank, a full-service, global crypto bank, has launched its partnership with St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB), Switzerland’s fifth largest cantonal bank, enabling digital asset custody and brokerage services for SGKB’s clients. Having obtained its FINMA banking licence in 2019, SEBA Bank is among the first financial institutions to bring digital assets to the Swiss market and…
Terazo links with Tokeny
Terazo, a private market investment platform based in India, has joined forces with Tokeny, the tokenization platform, to launch the first regulated tokenised real estate asset in India under the regulatory sandbox framework established by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). Oryx, a USD50m greenfield development, is the first regulated tokenised real estate project…
Torstone links MO with CTM
Torstone Technology, a UK-based provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing solutions, has completed product certification of its middle office product with DTCC’s CTM, a central matching platform used to allocate and centrally match transactions across multiple asset classes.