SimCorp, the U.S.-based provider of SaaS investment management solutions, has entered into a partnership with Domos FS to deliver a front-to-back-office investment management offering covering both public and private markets for asset managers, asset owners and service providers. SimCorp has taken an initial minority stake in Domos FS.
Category: FinTech
Davies acquires Sionic
Davies, a professional services and technology business, has acquired Sionic, a consulting and technology firm. Headquartered in the UK, Sionic specialises in technology transformation and digitalisation, international regulatory compliance, and risk management. Sionic will join Davies’ consulting & technology practice headed by CEO Mark Grocott. Craig Sher, Sionic CEO, will continue to lead day-to-day operations…
Aztec partners with Worldfavor for ESG services
Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has formed an alliance with the global sustainability platform, Worldfavor, to launch new ESG and sustainability services for private market investment managers.
Northern Trust deploys Broadridge’s SRD II solution
Broadridge Financial Solutions, the U.S.-based fintech, has delivered its full suite of Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II) investor communication solutions to Northern Trust. These solutions are in use across Northern Trust’s global asset servicing business. Northern Trust is also using Broadridge’s SRD II-enhanced global proxy platform, which supports same-day meeting distributions, agenda translations, vote processing…
FINBOURNE wins another major IBOR mandate
Railpen, one of the UK’s largest pension funds with c. GBP35bn AuM, has selected FINBOURNE’s cloud-based investment data management platform, LUSID, as its IBOR solution. LUSID will support Railpen’s multi-asset portfolios with standardised data and an aggregated view of positions and exposure. The mandate follows the recent decision by UK-based Baillie Gifford, the GBP352bn asset…
Citi strikes deal with Taskize
Citi and Taskize, a Euroclear company, have struck an agreement through which Citi’s custody clients can leverage Taskize’s query management platform to directly connect to their Citi operations counterparts. This collaboration brings together Taskize’s structured workflow capabilities and Citi’s proprietary custody network to create a network effect between Citi, its counterparts and various market infrastructures…
Nordea to implement Multifonds in Lux
Nordea Investment Funds SA, the largest asset manager in the Nordics, and part of the Nordea Group, has chosen the Temenos Multifonds platform for its transfer agency business in Luxembourg. Nordea Investment Funds provides in-house administration for >EUR100bn (USD110bn) of assets. Temenos claims to serve nine of the top 15 transfer agents in Luxembourg.
Aztec to deploy Fenergo’s CLM solution
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator with EUR440bn AuA (USD500bn), has appointed Fenergo, a provider of digital solutions for client lifecycle management, to deploy its cloud-native, SaaS solution to transform the client and investor lifecycle. Aztec will implement the solution across its offices in the Channel Islands, Europe and the U.S. to digitise and streamline onboarding…
HedgeServ partners with AccessFintech
HedgeServ, the U.S.-based fund administrator with USD450bn AuA, has partnered with Israel-based AccessFintech, the fintech company behind Synergy, the data and workflow collaboration network. HedgeServ will use real-time settlement data to deliver further efficiencies in preventing and resolving settlement fails. The solution combines HedgeServ’s middle and back-office platforms and data with Synergy’s cloud-based data collaboration…
State Street partners with Cassini to enhance optimisation
State Street has added pre-and post-trade optimisation and margin analytics capabilities to its Collateral+ service. In partnership with Cassini Systems, a provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, Collateral+ now offers an integrated, modular approach to optimisation, which addresses collateral efficiency from multiple angles. It Through Cassini’s technology, Collateral+…