Wealth management
APAC’s hidden opportunity is in the hands of wealth managers
Asia-Pacific’s financial firms have lofty growth ambitions that will come with high cost and complexity. To succeed, they’ll need a quality portfolio toolkit and a connected technology architecture, writes BlackRock’s James Verner.
A network of Cusip workarounds keeps the retirement industry humming
Restrictive data licenses—the subject of an ongoing antitrust case against Cusip Global Services—are felt keenly in the retirement space, where an amalgam of identifiers meant to ensure licensing compliance create headaches for investment advisers and…
Waters Wavelength Ep. 308: Arta Finance’s Caesar Sengupta
Caesar, who previously spent 15 years at Google, joins to discuss Arta’s goal of putting a private banker in everyone’s pockets.
Behavioral analytics: the data trend that has asset managers looking inward
Vanguard and others are building tools that “nudge” investors to make better investment decisions.
SS&C Advent is working towards its cloud evolution
Three years after laying out its cloud roadmap, the vendor is still pushing ahead with the Genesis platform as the foundation.
BlackRock looks to expand Aladdin through accounting, data capabilities
Accounting, data, and analytics offerings make up part of Aladdin's strategy to become everything to everyone.
Waters Wrap: The buy side, the changing nature of buy v. build, and how fintech has evolved
Neal Pawar, the former CTO of AQR and current COO of Qontigo, chats with Anthony about some of the major trends that are changing how asset managers interact with the vendor community, and how this shift mirrors the most significant evolutions in capital…
People Moves: FactSet, Talos, Broadridge, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Neal Pawar (pictured), who joins Talos as a strategic adviser.
Charles River adds AWS to build out multi-cloud strategy
The vendor is also using Microsoft Azure and is rolling out a new Ibor product in the cloud.
People Moves: TP Icap, Nasdaq, CFTC, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Mark Govoni (pictured), who joins TP Icap as the chief executive officer of its agency execution division.
This Week: Ice, SS&C/Morningstar, Deutsche Börse/DataBP, RBC & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: Bloomberg, MSCI, Liquidnet & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
People Moves: ASX, Nasdaq, Capco, FDIC, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Edwin Hui (pictured), who joins Capco as executive director and APAC data lead.
SS&C initiates buy-side migration to front-to-back Aloha platform
Migrations will vary based on the size of the firm, with smaller ones likely to take a 'big bang' approach while larger firms will opt for a gradual transition.
This Week: Bloomberg, Broadridge, Rimes, Glue42, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
This Week: BNY Mellon/Milestone Group, IHS Markit, Broadridge/China Renaissance, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Ex-Gain Capital CEO pays $1M for bankrupt Money.Net assets
Stevens may plan to give Money.Net a new lease of life targeting wealth management clients.
Beyond ratings: Vendors look to fill ESG data gaps
Start-ups and non-traditional data providers are exploiting niches where investment professionals can't rely on ratings.
This Week: JP Morgan, Deutsche Börse, Refinitiv, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
This Week: ICE, IHS Markit, Commerzbank/Deutsche Börse, TNS & more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
People Moves: LSEG; Broadway; Pirum; CFTC/Citadel Securities; SEC/Coinbase
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Sabrina Bailey (pictured), who has been appointed by LSEG to lead its wealth solutions business in the US.