Broadridge Launches Asset Servicing Solution at SIBOS Broadridge Financial Solutions is debuting at SIBOS in Sydney Australia a cloud-based processing solution that addresses the challenges with end-to-end asset servicing, officials say. The solution targets the “industry, business and operational challenges” that are part of global asset servicing, say Broadridge officials. Global A-list banks have been… Read More >>
Major Ops Vendors Endorse SFTR Reporting via GTR
The DTCC has scored the support of major operations IT and service providers as they have agreed to link their Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) reporting solutions to the DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) in a bid for a streamlined workflow, officials say. The DTCC has new partnerships with Broadridge Financial Solutions, FIS Global, Murex,… Read More >>
‘Cost of Capital Still Greater Than ROE:’ Q&A
(As he sees it, the biggest industry challenge right now is the stubborn fact that the cost of capital is still greater than the return on equity (ROE), says Michael Alexander, president of wealth and capital markets solutions for Broadridge Financial Solutions in North America. This translates into ongoing pressure to cut costs and grow… Read More >>
CRD & Broadridge Partner to Bolster SWIFT Links
CRD’s IMS to Get New Broadridge Support Charles River Development (CRD) and Broadridge Financial Solutions are formalizing a business alliance to facilitate broader integration with the SWIFT financial messaging network for the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS), officials say. The partnership is in response to the industry’s move, sanctioned by the SEC,… Read More >>
SuMi Trust USA to Use DTCC’s GC Direct
First Japanese Custodian Bank Signs Up for Alert Service Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is the first Japanese global custodian firm to use the Alert Global Custodian Direct (GC Direct) service to provide standing settlement instruction (SSI) data to its clients, report officials of the DTCC, a major post-trade services and systems provider. The agreement enables… Read More >>
Broadridge Partners with StatPro for Performance Analytics
Broadridge Clients to Get Access to StatPro’s Cloud Post-trade systems and services provider Broadridge Financial Solutions reports a new strategic partnership with StatPro Group, a provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics and asset pricing services for the asset management industry. This partnership enhances the existing Broadridge performance reporting platform, which allows clients to receive customized daily… Read More >>
Broadridge Acquisition Targets E.U. Data Distribution
Major industry player Broadridge Financial Solutions has acquired for an undisclosed sum service provider FundAssist Ltd., whose regulatory, marketing and sales offerings target global investment firms including those in North America doing business in Europe. “Based in Dublin, Ireland, FundAssist is a natural extension of Broadridge’s governance and communications business and brings a complete suite… Read More >>
Buy Side Spared Direct CAT Reporting Requirements
(U.S. securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) pushed for the creation of an uber market surveillance/database system, the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), to support SEC Rule 613. Plans for implementation have been underway since July 2012 and got a boost when SEC officials finally approved the CAT NMS Plan on Nov. 15,… Read More >>
Clayton & Giancarlo Issue Joint Crypto Currency Warning
Regulators See Upside to Blockchain/DLT Bitcoin and the other so-called distributed-ledger cryptocurrencies have had a rollercoaster valuations ride so far this year, which may not be surprising to anyone who can identify Mt. Gox or knows that Tether, pitched to investors as the “more stable” cryptocurrency, lost nearly $31 million in tokens near the end… Read More >>
Broadridge Says Summit Acquisition to Streamline Regulatory Compliance
(Editor’s Note: Broadridge Financial Solutions is acquiring Summit Financial Disclosure, a financial document management solutions provider in an effort to provide end-to-end services. The acquisition will lead to the integration of Summit’s document composition and regulatory filing services with Broadridge’s proxy voting and shareholder communications services, to encompass the “entire corporate disclosure lifecycle from private… Read More >>
