Chainalysis, the UK-based blockchain data platform, has announced that BNY Mellon will be the first GSIFI to use Chainalysis’s compliance software as part of its risk management program. This integration will form a component of BNY Mellon’s strategy to develop cryptocurrency services for its clients. BNY Mellon plans to integrate the full Chainalysis compliance software…
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LemonEdge partners with Freyda
LemonEdge, a platform provider for managing private markets fund and portfolio accounting, has formed a partnership with Freyda, an AI and deep learning platform focused on building technology solutions to digitise private markets globally. The connection between LemonEdge and Freyda enables institutional investors and fund administrators to automatically pull structured data directly into the underlying…
BNY Mellon sells HedgeMark
Innocap Investment Management has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BNY Mellon’s HedgeMark business. BNY Mellon will own a minority equity stake in Innocap’s combined platform, which focuses on helping institutional allocators access their investments through managed account services. BNY Mellon has wholly owned HedgeMark since 2014.
Charles River partners with Precisely
Charles River Development, a State Street company, has formed an alliance with Precisely, a data integrity specialist. Precisely’s data governance solution, Data360 Govern, will be incorporated into the State Street Alpha data platform to provide streamlined governance, lineage, and cataloguing capabilities.
JTC partners with onboarding specialist
JTC Americas (formerly NES Financial) has entered into an agreement with VENTURE.co Holdings, Inc. to deliver an improved investor onboarding process. VENTURE.co is a U.S.-based software-as-a-service company offering an integrated virtual data room, distribution management tools, and automated document processing for fund and private equity sponsors, broker-dealers and RIA firms. JTC Americas is the North…
MUFG forms consulting practice
MUFG Investor Services has launched a business consulting group. The group will be led by Brian Yegidis, most recently the head of prime services hedge fund consulting for the Americas at Credit Suisse. Joining him will be Caley Watnick, also from Credit Suisse, where she was an associate in prime consulting. Based in New York,…
Charles River partners with LedgerEdge
Charles River Development, a State Street company, has partnered with LedgerEdge to provide investment managers with access to corporate bond liquidity from the LedgerEdge ecosystem through the Charles River inventory hub and order and execution management system (OEMS). LedgerEdge uses DLT to modernise institutional-grade trading services and protocols. Charles River’s inventory hub delivers an aggregated,…
SGSS expands in Africa
Société Générale Securities Services has expanded its securities custody offering in Africa to include Ghana. SGSS already offers custody services from the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) from Côte d’Ivoire, the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) from Cameroon, as well as from Morocco and Tunisia.
BNY Mellon selects ALTO* for control & compliance
BNY Mellon has chosen Amundi Technology and its ALTO* platform to deliver trustee controls and compliance monitoring for depositary and fund administration functions. The solution will be deployed across BNY Mellon global operations. ALTO* Investment Compliance is a component of the ALTO* Asset Servicing, part of Amundi’s ALTO* (Amundi Leading Technology and Operations) portfolio management…
Charles River hires chief product officer
Charles River Development, a State Street company, has appointed Nidhi Singh as chief product officer. In this newly created role, she will lead CRD’s technical product strategy and product marketing, including the identification, development and execution of the overall product roadmap and integration with the State Street Alpha platform strategy. Singh previously led global technology…