Astorg and Bridgepoint to Acquire Financial Software Company Fenergo
- 4 years 3 weeks ago
- Investment, Management, Data
Astorg and Bridgepoint are pleased to announce that they have signed a definitive agreement alongside Fenergo’s management team to acquire Fenergo, the leading provider of Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software solutions for financial institutions, from Insight Partners. The acquisition follows a period of strong expansion for Fenergo and will drive investment in the firm’s SaaS strategy, product line development... more
Vantage FX Targets UK for Strategic Growth
- 4 years 3 weeks ago
- Asset Management, Cryptocurrencies
Vantage FX, the multi-asset trading platform for retail and professional traders, today announces a series of significant upgrades to its UK services, a pinnacle moment in the group’s long-term strategic push into the UK. Following a period of extensive market research to find out what UK traders’ value, Vantage FX has introduced several new features and services encompassing diverse products, easy access, and a smooth user experience, all... more
Tradeteq Appoints Lenna Russ as Chief Revenue Officer
- 4 years 3 weeks ago
- Asset Management, Data, People Moves
Tradeteq, the technology provider for bank asset distribution, has announced the appointment of Lenna Russ as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. The move forms part of the company’s investment into expanding the team and its products following its successful Series A funding round earlier this year.
SER Group Appoints New CEO and Executive Chairman
- 4 years 3 weeks ago
- Management, People Moves
SER group Holding International GmbH (SER Group) is pleased to announce that Sven Behrendt, previously Chief Operating Officer and member of the Management Board, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and thereby Chairman of the Management Board of the SER Group, effective May 1, 2021. He succeeds Kurt-Werner Sikora, who will focus exclusively on his work on the Advisory Board of the SER Group. Furthermore, Dr. John Bates has been appointed... more
OMERS Private Equity and AIMCo Announce Sale of Majority Stake in ERM to KKR
- 4 years 3 weeks ago
- Investment, Management
OMERS Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management Corporation, on behalf of certain of its clients (“AIMCo”), today announced that they have signed an agreement to sell their majority stake in Environmental Resources Management (“ERM,” or “the Company”) to KKR.
Kidbrooke Partners with additiv to Meet Growing Demand for Financial Health and Pension Planning Tools
- 4 years 3 weeks ago
- APIs, Investment, Wealth Management, SaaS
Kidbrooke, a leading provider of financial analytics APIs, confirmed today that they are making their range of holistic financial planning and analytics solutions available to additiv customers on both their Software-as-a-Service and Embedded Finance models.
Temenos MarketPlace Welcomes Taurus, the Next-Generation Digital Assets Platform, to Unlock Banks’ Access to Crypto Assets
- 4 years 3 weeks ago
- Blockchain, Asset Management, Banking, Core Banking
Temenos , the banking software company, today announced the integration of Taurus SA (“Taurus”), the Swiss digital asset and blockchain infrastructure fintech, with Temenos Transact, the next generation core banking software. Following a thorough landscape review and evaluation process, Temenos selected Taurus as a partner to deliver simplified access to digital assets for its banking clients.
Compliance Leaders See Digital Transformation as Critical Over Next 12 Months
- 4 years 4 weeks ago
- Security and Compliance, Management
More than half of compliance professionals say digital transformation of the customer due diligence process will have the biggest impact on their risk organisation over the next 12 months, according to a new poll from digital compliance specialist NorthRow.
Commenting on the UK Eonomy Set to Achieve the Expected 7.25% Growth Forecast in 2021
- 4 years 4 weeks ago
- Wealth Management
Commenting on the UK economy set to achieve the expected 7.25% growth forecast in 2021, Rupert Thompson, Chief Investment Officer at Kingswood, said: “The UK economy held up better than expected during lockdown in the first quarter. GDP posted a 1.5% drop over the quarter as a whole but encouragingly grew a larger than expected 2.1% in March as the economy started to reopen. These numbers will bolster hopes that the economy will achieve the 7.25... more
How to Make SPAC Investing Profitable
- 4 years 4 weeks ago
- Investment Management
SPACs have recently become so popular because they offer opportunities for a higher valuation. SPAC in full is a Special-Purpose Acquisition Company. SPAC refers to a company that has no commercial operations. They are set up to raise capital to acquire existing companies to be merged with private companies. SPACs are desirable to private companies because major shareholders and founder can sell the companies at a higher percentage than they... more
Sydney-based Morrison Securities Turns to Eventus Systems for Trade Surveillance
- 4 years 4 weeks ago
- Trading Systems, Asset Management
Eventus Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that Sydney-based Morrison Securities, a major Australian stock brokerage firm, will deploy its Validus platform for trade surveillance in equities, equity options and warrants.
SwissBorg Accelerates Growth and Selects OpenPayd’s Banking-as-a-Service Platform in Europe
- 4 years 4 weeks ago
- Wealth Management, Payments, e-Payments
OpenPayd, a leading global payments and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform for the digital economy, today announced it is working with SwissBorg, a cryptocurrency wealth management platform based on blockchain technology. OpenPayd’s platform enables SwissBorg to seamlessly embed a full suite of financial services into its user experience, driving increased processing speeds and reducing operational costs, to support further business growth.
Jitterbit Accelerates Digital Transformation With New Marketplace For Partner-built API Integration Solutions
- 4 years 1 month ago
- Management, Market and Reference Data
API integrations lie at the heart of every modern business, connecting hundreds - even thousands - of cloud and on-premises software applications and data sources. How those integrations are built and managed can make the difference between a company’s success and failure, between growth and stagnation.
EQ Investors Portfolios Now Risk Profiled on Dynamic Planner
- 4 years 1 month ago
- Asset Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management
Advice firms can now benefit from EQ Investors range of solutions being risk profiled on Dynamic Planner. EQ Investors (EQ) is an award-winning B Corp discretionary fund manager focused on sustainable and impact investing and has been running sustainable portfolios since 2012.
Commenting on the Fastest Monthly UK GDP Growth Since August 2020
- 4 years 1 month ago
- Investment Management
Commenting on UK GDP rising 2.1% in March, Ian Warwick, Managing Partner at Deepbridge Capital, said: “Today’s monthly GDP estimate reveals the fastest monthly growth since August 2020 and is further evidence that the economy is moving in the right direction at a significant pace.
