Apex Group has partnered with Briink, a Berlin-based AI technology company specialising in EU taxonomy and SFDR reporting solutions for fund managers, to enhance its ESG advisory services. Apex’s EU taxonomy solution provides a five-step process, enabling clients to assess and improve taxonomy alignment credentials and prevent greenwashing. Briink’s technology helps Apex’s clients to save…
Category: FinTech
Jaid adds top talent to board
Kelly Mathieson has joined Jaid’s board of directors. UK-based Jaid is an Al-powered automation platform that extracts critical data from all company and client communications across all channels. It analyses and organises the data into meaningful, actionable insights and integrates with existing systems and workflows. Mathieson spent 26 years at J.P. Morgan in a variety…
ID-Pal appoints chair
ID-Pal, the UK-based identity verification provider, has appointed Tim Murphy as the new independent chair of its board of directors. An early investor in ID-Pal, Murphy has sat on the board as a non-executive member since 2017 and his current position is principal director at Guacamole Partners Limited, an M&A advisory firm. The appointment comes…
Nick Sylvester joins Metaco
Nick Sylvester has joined Metaco, the Swiss-based digital assets service provider, as global head of partnerships. He was previously global partner director at LSEG.
CACEIS adds OSMOZE to app store
CACEIS has agreed with Heavenize, a fintech specialising in front-office software, to offer OSMOZE, a decision-making dashboard for all asset classes, to management companies and institutional investor clients. Available via the Connect Store, CACEIS’ subscription hub for fintech partners’ services, the OSMOZE platform provides portfolio managers with asset management and investment simulation tools to fine-tune…
Copper hires from LSEG
Ben Lorente has joined Copper.co, the UK-based digital assets service provider, as head of alliances and partnerships. He previously spent more than five years at LSEG, most recently as global head of strategic partnerships.
CACEIS to support SideCaps
Germany-based fintech SideCaps has launched a block trade platform for listed SME secondary-line stocks. The platform is designed to create a liquidity pool for German SME block trades. Vertically integrated with XETRA and Eurex CCP, SideCaps provides counterparty risk management and settlement discipline. CACEIS will settle and clear cash equity transactions for all trades executed…
SNB Capital taps Broadridge for sec finance
SNB Capital, the largest broker and asset manager by market share in Saudi Arabia, has chosen Broadridge to help build its local securities lending and borrowing business. SNB Capital will deploy Broadridge’s securities finance and collateral management (SFCM) service, a front-to-back SaaS solution. SNB Capital has a significant global custody and data management alliance with…
BlackRock adopts TradeWeb’s ETF iNAV
Tradeweb Markets Inc., the Nasdaq-listed operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has launched a market data service to calculate real-time iNAVs for ETFs. BlackRock has become the first ETF issuer to use Tradeweb iNAVs for its iShares ETF suite in Europe, which are publicly available via Bloomberg and Refinitiv. The…
State Street adds FIX API to ETF platform
State Street has launched a FIX API for its Fund Connect ETF platform, its global online portal for the creation and redemption of ETFs within the firm’s GlobalLink product suite. The FIX enhancement, now available to all participants on the platform, offers connectivity and electronic communication through an industry protocol widely used in electronic trading.…