Sphera, a Tel Aviv and New York-based long/short global investment firm with USD1.9bn AuM, has chosen SS&C’s Eze Investment Suite for its front-office operations. Sphera will use Eze Investment Suite to run its entire investment process, including order management, modelling and simulations, cash projections, trading, compliance checks, historical book of records and reporting. Sphera also…
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Northern Trust takes stake in Essentia Analytics
Northern Trust has reached an agreement to take an equity stake in Essentia Analytics, Ltd., a provider of behavioral analytics and consulting services that utilises a cloud-based platform to bring together historical data and behavioral science to identify and address biases in thinking that impact investment performance. The addition of Essentia behavioral analytics solutions is…
Northern Trust applies AI to alternative investment data
As part of its initiative to digitise alternative asset servicing, Northern Trust has launched an AI-powered solution to extract unstructured investment data from alternative asset documents and make it accessible and actionable for asset owner clients. Built in collaboration with Microsoft Azure Applied AI Services, and business and consulting firm Neudesic, the proprietary solution transforms…
Archer adds John Lehner to board
Archer, a service provider to the investment management industry, has appointed John Lehner as a member of its board of directors. Lehner has previously worked at State Street, BNY Mellon and Eagle Investment Systems.
Apex participates in Series A funding for Inveniam
Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc will close its USD25m Series-A round this month with lead investments from Apex Group, K20 Fund, Dev.Pro, and Global Blockchain Ventures. Inveniam’s software platform, Inveniam.io, is an operating system for real asset data in the decentralised market.
Burgiss and Caissa to merge
The Burgiss Group, LLC and Caissa, LLC have entered into a definitive agreement to merge. On a combined basis, the firm will be one of the world’s leaders in private capital and total investment plan solutions. The combined firm will be headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey and have over 450 employees worldwide. Burgiss is a…
State Street launches GIPS solution
State Street has struck a partnership with The Spaulding Group, a provider of investment performance measurement services, to launch its Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) asset owner solution. The combination of State Street’s core performance services and operational support with The Spaulding Group’s educational, consulting, and verification capabilities aims to provide asset owners with the…
SS&C launches ESG platform
SS&C has launched its ESG reporting solutions platform, which will support compliance with the EU’s SFDR and deliver greater insights and transparency into ESG portfolio risks. SS&C has partnered with Sustainalytics to create investor transparency, carbon risk and sensitive sector exposure disclosure reports. The platform scans managers’ underlying data against Sustainalytics’ ESG dataset based on…
Mainstream selects Harmonate for PC data management
Mainstream Fund Services, the Australian administrator that is in the process of being acquired by Apex, has selected Harmonate to provide private capital data operations. Texas-based Harmonate will support the automation of document and data processing and intelligence.
Goal appoints Daron Pearce as EMEA ambassador
Goal Group, the UK-based specialist in withholding tax reclaims and securities class actions recoveries, has appointed Daron Pearce as brand ambassador for its EMEA region. Pearce, who established his own consultancy earlier this year after leaving BNY Mellon, will help to promote Goal and its services to prospective clients, including large asset managers, pension funds…