A-Team Insight Author: sharon
A-Team Group Data Management Summit London – Don’t Miss It!
With A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit London just two weeks away on 14 March 2024 at Hilton Canary Wharf, here is a taster of some of the keynotes, panels and practitioner journeys that will be presented by leaders and innovators in the data management field. The overall theme of the day is the evolution of...
Danish Pension Company Velliv Implements CuriumEDM for ESG Data Management
Velliv, a Danish pension and insurance company, has implemented Curium Data Systems’ enterprise data management solution, CuriumEDM, to manage the processing of its ESG data and ensure it can accommodate expanding regulatory and commercial requirements around ESG datasets. Curium’s initial target at Velliv is to address the ingestion, aggregation, mastering and quality control of ESG...
Sit Investment Associates Selects Rimes’ Matrix Investment Management Platform
Sit Investment Associates, a large US-based independent, family and minority-owned investment firm, has selected Rimes’ Matrix investment management platform as part of a firm-wide modernisation program. The selection follows recent and similar agreements made by Rimes with Pzena Investment Management, an investment manager based in New York City; Boston Partners, a provider of equity strategies;...
Singapore-Based GRC Solutions Provider Xcelerate Secures Funding for Acquisitive Growth
Xcelerate, a Singapore-headquartered provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions to industry sectors including capital markets, has secured an equity funding round with participation from funds managed by Altair Capital and Exacta Capital Partners. Co-founders, management and select existing shareholders of Xcelerate also participated in the funding, which will be used to finance acquisitions...
Overbond Integrates Neptune Networks’ Axe Data to Boost Fixed Income Trading Analytics and Automation
Overbond, the fixed income data, analytics and trade automation solutions provider, has announced the integration of axe data from Neptune Networks Ltd., the pre-trade market utility for fixed income assets. This strategic move aims to build upon the capabilities of Overbond’s analytics and trade automation tools for mutual buy-side clients. With the integration, Overbond will...
HSBC Extends Partnership with Silent Eight to Include AI-based Transaction Screening Solutions
HSBC has expanded its partnership with Silent Eight, a RegTech firm that partners financial institutions to fight financial crime, with the implementation of the company’s Automated Alert Closure for Transactions, a solution that automates investigation and resolution of alerts in real time. The company already provides HSBC with name screening and adverse media automation solutions....
Napier AI Plans Growth Following £45 Million Investment from Crestline Investors
Napier AI, a London-based financial crime compliance RegTech, has received a £45 million investment from US-based institutional alternative asset manager Crestline Investors. The investment will be used to accelerate Napier AI’s business expansion in coming years and enable the company to continue developing and providing financial institutions with next-generation screening and monitoring solutions powered by...
Saifr Acquisition of Giant Oak Solution Adds Adverse Media Screening and Monitoring
Saifr, a Fidelity Investments company, plans to extend its RegTech capabilities with the acquisition of GOST, an AI platform developed by Giant Oak to deliver adverse media screening and monitoring. The addition is expected to provide financial institutions with broader functionality across regulatory intelligence, due diligence, risk management analytics and continuous monitoring, and help them...
Beyond Licence Fees: Key Considerations for Lowering TCO in Financial Data Management
By Neil Sandle, Chief Product Officer, Alveo. New technologies can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for financial data management platforms, with considerations going beyond the vendor licence fee and encompassing the full scope of TCO. Understanding your data management TCO requires evaluating key factors with solution providers, including the technology stack’s quality,...
What’s Behind Trading Technologies’ Agreement to Acquire ATEO?
In a significant move that will augment its post-trade services, Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), the global capital markets technology platform provider, recently agreed to acquire ATEO SAS, specialists in post-trade solutions for listed derivatives. The acquisition marks a pivotal step for TT in extending its capabilities into clearing and other essential middle-office technologies and...