Bardin Hill Investment Partners, a credit-focused investment management firm with >USD8.5bn AuM, has chosen SS&C’s Eze OMS for its fixed income portfolio. The firm has also implemented the latest version of SS&C Geneva for fund accounting. Eze OMS now supports Bardin Hill’s operations across equities, performing credit, opportunistic credit, litigation finance, UCITS, 40 Act and…
Category: FinTech
Apex to provide front-to-back solutions for UK’s Ardent Financial
Apex Group has been appointed to provide front to back office solutions to Ardent Financial Limited, a UK-based global securities dealer, using Calypso’s management and reporting platform. These services will complement Apex’s existing provision of custody services to Ardent. Apex will provide decision support, analytics and back office services to Ardent via the Calypso platform…
CACEIS signs deal with FIS for payments hub
CACEIS has signed a long-term deal with FIS for an enhanced payment hub. The FIS Open Payment Framework is a real-time payments platform that supports ISO 20022 payments standards. In addition to ISO 20022, the platform will support SEPA credit transfer, direct debit and instant payments, as well as SWIFT gpi and high-value payments.
SS&C launches Global Investor & Distribution Solutions business
Following its 2018 acquisition of DST, SS&C has launched a new unit, Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS), delivering global transfer agency and investor servicing through a single platform. Nick Wright has been appointed as head of GIDS. Wright joined SS&C in 2018 and was previously with State Street and Northern Trust.
Northern Trust confirms Jane Western as COO of FOS
Northern Trust has confirmed Jane Western as chief operating officer of its Front Office Solutions (FOS) business. FOS is an integrated digital and service solution focused on enabling enhanced data integration, collaboration and portfolio analysis for complex asset owners such as endowments, pension funds and family offices. Western has served as interim COO since December…
4Pines selects Harmonate for data operations services
4Pines Fund Services, a start-up private equity administrator based in the U.S., has selected Harmonate to provide data operations services. Harmonate claims its Conductor data operations product for fund administration can provide 20pct cost savings in year one of implementation, and 80 percent savings in ensuing years, as well as reducing reporting delivery timelines by…
Fir Tree Partners selects Arcesium for MO & BO support
Fir Tree Partners, a private investment firm based in New York, has selected Arcesium‘s integrated technology platform and services solution to support its operational model. Arcesium’s platform will provide Fir Tree with a single repository to manage all of its middle and back office workflows, including reconciliation, portfolio analytics, data management, treasury, and cash functions.…
Vanguard consolidates MM funds on Charles River IMS
A major coup for Charles River Development, which is owned by State Street, where Vanguard has consolidated management of its taxable money market funds on the cloud-based Charles River Investment Management Solution. Vanguard is already live on the platform, using Charles River IMS across the investment process, from pre-trade to post-trade and compliance. Paul Malloy,…
Apex upgrades ESG offering with new analytics platform
Apex Group, the Bermuda-based financial services provider, has expanded its ESG ratings and advisory service with a new ratings and scoring platform. The portal is designed to deliver ESG insights to private companies and their investors. Apex manages the independent collection of data for investors from their underlying portfolio investments to deliver real-time ESG analytics…
HomeStreet Bank deploys SS&C Precision LM for RE portfolio
HomeStreet Bank has selected SS&C Precision LM to support its commercial real estate portfolio. HomeStreet Bank is a Seattle-based commercial real estate and multifamily lender.