Buy-Side Technology/News
Swissrisk Financial Systems Rebranded After Takeover
Vendor renamed following acquisition by Dion in January.
Signia Wealth Takes Advent Asset Management Platform
UK-based wealth manager implements Advent Software's platform to support growth.
American Century Expands Presence, AUM with SimCorp Dimension
American Century aims to expand the system’s capabilities so it can be used for performance measurement and client reporting.
Canadian Western Trust Manages Assets with SunGard
Investment manager implements SunGard's Global Plus for institutional trust and custody business.
Momentum AM Live on Charles River IMS
Momentum has approximately $22 billion under management spread across a variety of mandates from risk-profiled unitized pooled portfolios to segregated specialist asset-class portfolios.
JPMorgan Joins Form PF Fray
The JPMorgan solution can be used in conjunction with other third-party solutions.
JonesTrading Hires Martin to Lead International Efforts
Martin joins with global institutional trading expertise gained at UniCredit and Troika Dialog, among others.
Triple Jump Selects eFront to Support Microfinance Funds
FrontInvest's investee portal will enable more than 160 microfinance institutions to report their financial figures to Triple Jump, which will use the dashboards within FrontInvest to consolidate its portfolio data.
Orange Launches Korean Trading Platform
Seoul-based Daehung Data Communications and Orange Business Services open cloud-ready trading platform.
Glickman Brings Together Custody and Hedge Fund Admin at Northern Trust
Coming from GlobeOp, Glickman will specialize in developing bespoke solutions in Northern Trust's hedge fund services.
GFT Markets Launches Mobile Trading App
DealBook for Android enables real-time monitoring of accounts.
Calypso Names New Customer Services Manager
Thekkenmar previously served at SS&C Technologies.
Nest Investimentos Chooses StreamBase CEP
Among other things, the Brazilian broker will use it for algorithmic trading and risk management.
Gresham Claims Record Transaction Processing Times
Software vendor reports reconciliation processing of 200 million transactions per hour.
Fidessa Promotes Costello as Buy-Side President for North America
Costello's new role will expand her responsibilities to strategy and internal operations as Fidessa continues its push as a buy-side provider in the US.
ConvergEx TCA Goes Global
The upgraded TCA is now available in markets outside of the US.
Wurts & Associates Adds MSCI's BarraOne
The platform will help the investment consulting firm develop risk-based allocation strategies across asset classes.
Derwent Capital Launches Real-Time Sentiment App
"Twitter Fund" legacy continues with precursor to online trading platform.
Markit Adds Instruments, Currencies to OIS Pricing
Data vendor adds new functionalities to Portfolio Valuations service.
CMA Extends Connectivity and Raw Data from Brazil to New York
The Brazilian vendor allows New York firms to access market data and connectivity to the execution platform.
Dion Grows out of Hartmann's Back Office
As Hartmann's business changed, it was particularly interested in Invantage's reporting capabilities.
Old Mutual Implements FrontInvest
South African asset manager administers investments with FrontInvest platform.
Indata Enhances IPM OMS
Firm adds integrated trade blotters and customizable functionality.
SunGard Salesman Switches to ITRS Group
Jeff Hoffman moves from SunGard's Avantgard unit to become ITRS Americas chief.