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Tractiv Raises $2.25 Million to Build Out Data Tracking Solution
Chicago-based data usage monitoring and tracking specialist Tractiv, formerly known as TradeX, has raised $2.25 million in seed funding to expand its engineering and sales teams. At the same time, the company has added Mark Almeida to its board of directors. Almeida is Limited Partner Advisor at Nyca Partners – which led the funding round…
Moody’s Boosts KYC Offerings with Acquisition of PassFort and Kompany
Moody’s has continued its foray into the regulatory and compliance segment with the acquisition of two KYC solutions providers: PassFort and 360kompany (a.k.a. kompany). The acquisitions complement Moody’s Orbis company database acquired with Bureau van Dijk, and are aimed at adding to Moody’s KYC, AML and counterparty risk capabilities. The acquisition of PassFort and planned…
SimCorp Partners Domos FS to Offer Cross Asset Investment Management for Public and Private Markets
SimCorp has partnered with Domos FS, a provider of solutions for alternative assets fund management, to deliver front-to-back-office investment management covering both public and private markets for asset managers, asset owners and service providers. SimCorp has also taken an initial minority stake in Domos FS. The partnership has been made in response to increased use…
Arteria AI Acquires H4 to Further Develop Digital Documentation Solution
Arteria AI, a provider of enterprise digital documentation, has agreed to acquire certain financial services assets of H4, a lifecycle management platform. H4’s chairman and co-founder Joe Seifert will join Arteria AI’s team as a senior advisor. Arteria AI, a Deloitte spin off, works with large banks to accelerate client documentation processes at scale. From…
Aztec Group Selects Fenergo Client Lifecycle Management Solution
Aztec Group, a specialist in alternative asset classes, has selected Fenergo’s cloud-native Software-as-a-Service client lifecycle management solution to digitalise client and investor journeys. The solution will be rolled out to replace legacy systems for onboarding and compliance as Aztec Group works towards digital transformation. The Fenergo offering is a fully managed, multi-tenant, API-first platform designed…
Finastra Adds €STR, TONAR and SORA Rates to Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator
Finastra has introduced additional Alternative Reference Rates (ARR) and Risk-Free Rates (RFRs) to its Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator. The move enables banks, corporates and borrowers to calculate ARR in preparation for the end of the majority of LIBOR rates on December 31, 2021. In addition to SOFR for the US dollar and SONIA for pounds…
Railpen Chooses FINBOURNE LUSID to Provide IBOR
Railpen, a large UK pension fund, has chosen FINBOURNE’s cloud-based investment data management platform LUSID as its Investment Book of Record (IBOR). The decision forms a pillar in Railpen’s data management strategy as it continues to enrich in-house operations, adding new and future-proof capabilities across the middle and back office. Railpen made a market review…
Optimising Sustainable Investment Processes – How Asset Managers Can Best Prepare
By Martijn Groot, vice president, Marketing and Strategy, Alveo. Investment strategies are increasingly being driven by environmental social and governance (ESG) criteria and considerations, and ESG investment is growing rapidly. Research from Bloomberg found that assets invested according to ESG criteria are on track to exceed $53 trillion by 2025, representing more than a third…
State Street Alpha Expands Index and Benchmark Services Through Partnership with RIMES
State Street’s recent addition of a strategic partnership with RIMES will help clients meet increasingly complex index requirements and provide a solution that aggregates indexes and benchmarks across multiple providers. The partnership, which is with State Street Alpha, an integrated front-to-back office platform that combines Charles River Development (CRD), middle-office processing, data and back-office services,…
Knowledge Graph Technology – A Game Changer for Data Management in Capital Markets
Early identification of use cases that provide a focal point for the implementation of knowledge graphs is essential to successful projects, according to a panel of experts speaking at a recent A-Team Group webinar. The webinar discussed the benefits and pitfalls of implementing knowledge graphs, including how to build, sustain and maintain them, use cases,…