Challenger, an Australian investment management firm, and SimCorp, a provider of SaaS investment management solutions, have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding in relation to a strategic partnership to launch a new stand-alone company. The business will provide investment administration services to Challenger, Fidante Partners and third-party clients. As part of the agreement, Challenger will…
Category: FinTech
CFT ETF platform links issuers with service providers
Consortio Funds Trust, a start-up platform, has assembled a group of leading service providers from across the ETF industry. The providers aim to help create and grow ETFs, providing an integrated, cost-effective, and turnkey solution to support ETF sponsors in planning, launching, operating, and growing their exchange-traded products. CFT is designed to be a collaborative…
Zodia Custody links to Fireblocks
Zodia Custody, the UK-based crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors, has established a deal with Fireblocks, the U.S.-based provider of digital asset and crypto technology, to enhance Zodia’s’s connectivity offering and give institutional investors direct access to the Fireblocks network, a global crypto capital markets gateway. The integration will allow Zodia’s institutional clients to…
Symphony hires head of Americas sales
Symphony, the market infrastructure and technology platform, has appointed Richard Griffith as head of sales and account management, Americas. Prior to Symphony, he held a number of commercial roles at StreetLinx, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Lehman Brothers and, most recently, Palantir Technologies.
Harmonate hires VP of bus dev
Harmonate, the provider of a SaaS-based solution which enables scale and efficiency for mid to back office functions in the private funds space, has hired Kristin Winkler as the vice president of business development. Based in New York, Winkler joins from Mainstream.
FINBOURNE appoints CTO
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based investment data management provider, has appointed Robert Byrne as chief technology officer (CTO). He joins from City Science, where he was CTO.
CIBC Mellon partners with FRT
CIBC Mellon has formed a partnership with Financial Recovery Technologies (FRT), a provider of securities class action recovery services to the investment community. Through this collaboration, Canadian institutional investors will be able to subscribe for enhanced governance, recovery, and shareholder litigation solutions from FRT to help them navigate the complexities associated with class action claims…
State Street partners with Paxos in T+0 pilot
Paxos, the regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, has partnered with State Street to integrate State Street’s custody services into the Paxos Settlement Service. As part of the pilot, State Street was able to simulate the settlement and custody of shares on the Paxos platform and asset movements more efficiently. State Street was able to send settlement…
BNY Mellon invests in Chainalysis
BNY Mellon has participated in a Series F financing round for Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, which has raised USD170m, bringing its valuation to USD8.6bn. Chainalysis provides data, software, services, and research to government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions, and insurance and cybersecurity companies in over 70 countries. The data powers investigation, compliance, and market intelligence…
Northern Trust partners with Enfusion, Fenergo
Northern Trust has announced two fintech collaborations. First, it has established a relationship with Enfusion, a U.S.-based provider of cloud-native investment management software and services, to provide portfolio management, order and execution management system, and analytics capabilities to mutual clients. Through this collaboration, Enfusion and Northern Trust will offer asset manager, hedge fund and internally…