About a-team Marketing Services
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry

A-Team Insight Blogs

LPA Group Acquires RegTech Acarda

Subscribe to our newsletter

Capital markets technology specialist the LPA Group has acquired the Acarda Group, a provider of RegTech solutions for asset managers, fund administrators, insurance companies and banks focusing on the automation of regulatory reporting and automated data management. The accretive, add-on acquisition was preceded by a successful collaboration and test phase starting in April 2020.

Acarda’s proprietary cloud-based SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platform, arep, automates the entire reporting process for European reports and data templates such as AIFMD, Solvency II, PRIIPS/MiFID II and CRR, as well as country-specific reports, for example for BaFin, CSSF, FCA and BVI.

With a view to the future, the two firms plan to work closely on joint products and to develop further ancillary segments. The two managing directors of Acarda, Gerhard Jovy and Ali Karaca, will remain on board after the takeover.

“There is enormous potential for process automation not only in the capital market sector but also in the entire financial industry, both for users and for providers,” says Stefan Lucht, co-founder and managing partner at LPA. “With the acquisition of Acarda, we are proud to now be a highly competent solution provider for asset managers and insurers.”

 

Subscribe to our newsletter

Related content

WEBINAR

Upcoming Webinar: Best approaches for trade and transaction reporting

11 September 2025 10:00am ET | 3:00pm London | 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 Minutes Compliance practitioners and technology leaders in capital markets face mounting pressure to ensure that reporting processes are efficient, accurate, and aligned with global standards. Market developments and jurisdictional nuances in regulatory frameworks like MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR and MAS create a...

BLOG

ION Integrates CTRM Solutions with ION LookOut, Boosting Compliance Capabilities in the Energy Sector

ION Commodities has integrated its Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) solutions with its regulatory reporting and trade surveillance platform, ION LookOut, to enhance compliance capabilities for energy sector firms navigating increasingly complex global regulatory requirements. With the energy industry facing mounting challenges in navigating evolving regulations – including EMIR, SFTR, REMIT, and the Dodd-Frank...

EVENT

TradingTech Summit London

Now in its 14th year the TradingTech Summit London brings together the European trading technology capital markets industry and examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.

GUIDE

The Data Management Challenges of Client Onboarding and KYC

This special report accompanies a webinar we held on the popular topic of The Data Management Challenges of Client Onboarding and KYC, discussing the data management challenges of client onboarding and KYC, and detailing new technology solutions that have the potential to automate and streamline onboarding and KYC processes. You can register here to get immediate...