Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Wout Kalis as head of Asia Pacific for Broadridge Asset Management Solutions. Kalis will be responsible for advancing Broadridge’s strategic asset management priorities in Asia, driving revenue growth and product expansion. He will oversee day-to-day operations and provide senior asset management leadership in the region. Most recently, he was regional…
Category: FinTech
Apex launches ESG DaaS platform
Apex has launched an ESG data as a service platform for the private markets. Apex has been collecting, verifying and examining private market ESG data from more than 400 GPs, and 1,500 portfolio companies in more than 45 countries since 2019, compiling a proprietary and verified ESG database for benchmarking performance. The database will include…
DZ Bank selects Metaco
Metaco, the Switzerland-based digital assets platform provider, has signed a deal with DZ BANK AG, the central institution of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken cooperative financial network, one of the largest banking groups in Germany. DZ BANK has AuC of EUR297bn (USD315bn). Metaco’s custody and orchestration platform, Harmonize, was selected by DZ BANK after an extensive proof-of-concept…
LemonEdge appoints CTO
LemonEdge, the UK-based platform provider for private markets fund and portfolio accounting, has promoted Angus Armstrong to chief technology officer. He was previously development director.
Euronext bids for Allfunds
Euronext has submitted a preliminary offer to buy Allfunds, the fund distribution platform, for EUR5.5bn (USD5.8bn). BNP Paribas, which struck a wide-ranging distribution deal with Allfunds in 2020, holds a significant stake in the business.
Citi hires head of SS technology
Ken Sansom has joined Citi as the head of securities services technology. He joins from Amazon Web Services. His hiring is the latest in a string of senior management acquisitions by Citi’s securities services business. These include Mary Gaspar-Hillenbrand, global head of digital first transformation; Joe Bonanno, global head of data, digital, and innovation; and…
Northern Trust to integrate with SimCorp
Northern Trust has agreed with SimCorp, a provider of SaaS investment management solutions, to enable integration for data exchange for mutual clients using the SimCorp Dimension platform. The two companies will automate custody data file exchange for Northern Trust clients via two different methods: direct integration of files which can be delivered to SimCorp, as…
FXall signs with Saphyre
The London Stock Exchange Group’s FXall business has struck a deal with Saphyre to digitise account onboarding for FXall clients through Saphyre’s AI technology, which allows liquidity providers to systematically approve accounts. The Saphyre technology is validated and live for a subset of clients of FXall, with plans for rollout to all FXall clients in…
SimCorp hires from Northern Trust
J.R. Bogan has joined SimCorp as head of investment operations. Bogan spent 17 years at Northern Trust, most recently as a senior product manager for its investment operations business.
FINBOURNE partners with Tumelo
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based fintech, has struck a partnership with investor voting fintech, Tumelo. Integrating Tumelo’s voting technology into FINBOURNE’s cloud-native investment management data management platform, LUSID, will help fund managers better understand and reflect investors’ voting interests. Backed by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Tumelo’s API-driven platform delivers fund managers a cost-effective way to provide…