LemonEdge, a UK-based fintech, has been selected by Sycamore Partners to provide its low-code API. LemonEdge software will help Sycamore to offer more flexibility, real-time investor reporting, and operational efficiencies.
Category: FinTech
Axiom deploys Accelex
Accelex, the UK-based data acquisition, analytics and reporting solution for private markets investors and asset servicers, has been appointed by Axiom Asia Private Capital to provide its SaaS solution in support of its private equity investment data extraction activities. Axiom Asia currently manages nine private equity funds, with total commitments of over USD7bn.
Manaos gets new CEO
BNP Paribas has appointed Franck Delbes as CEO of Manaos, the investment services platform connecting institutional clients to ESG data and analytics providers. The platform helps investors collect fund inventories from their asset managers for full look-through analysis of their portfolios. It also provides clients with access to ESG data and analytics providers to help…
Ontra acquires Captain
Ontra, a provider of contract automation and intelligence solutions for asset managers, will acquire the material assets of Captain, a technology provider in the alternative funds space. The move will allow Ontra to bolster its legal operating system for private markets, providing asset managers with a more streamlined and efficient experience for private markets transactions.…
CRD collaborates with DirectBooks
Charles River Development, a State Street company, is collaborating with DirectBooks, enabling investment firms to manage primary issuance workflows in the Charles River Investment Solution (Charles River IMS). DirectBooks optimises primary issuance of fixed income securities by streamlining communications workflows between underwriters and institutional investors. Currently, 22 underwriters and over 250 institutional investors, including 17…
XP selects SS&C for trade management
XP Investments US, a subsidiary of XP Inc., a financial services provider based in Brazil, has chosen SS&C’s trade management solutions to optimise its operations. The firm will use a combination of SS&C MarketTrader and SS&C Eze EMS as its sell-side order and execution management platform. The solution allows XP to run real-time trade cost…
IDR launches MLRO service
IDR, a fintech specialising private markets investor onboarding, has launched an international MLRO service. Led by Ian Hotton, who has a long career in the anti-financial crime space, IDR’s MLRO service helps fund managers to navigate the complexities of AML and CFT compliance with a scalable technology-enabled solution. IDR’s MLRO service covers all principal fund…
Saphyre adds new client
American Century Investments has selected Saphyre, the U.S.-based fintech using patented AI technology to solve pre-trade setups and post-trade issues, for custodial and broker fund onboardings, as well as maintenance.
SS&C Aloha gains momentum
SS&C has reported that more than 25 clients have signed up for its front-to-back platform, SS&C Aloha. Asset and wealth managers in more than 15 countries across North America, EMEA, APAC and Australia have selected SS&C Aloha in the last 12 months. SS&C Aloha supports investment operations on a single cloud-native system.
CRD hires BNY Mellon veteran
Jeremy Shaw has joined Charles River Development, a State Street company, as a relationship manager in the UK. He previously spent more than 13 years at BNY Mellon.