Financial technology provider GBST reports that its Composer platform will continue to support the Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) administration program of professional services consultancy Barnett Waddingham via the renewal of their agreement. The London-based Barnett Waddingham is an independent professional services consultancy serving risk, pensions, investment, and insurance markets. “GBST has provided SIPP technology to… Read More >>
Gresham CEO Provides an Update on the Merger
(Gresham Technologies has merged with Alveo, a market data integration and analytics solutions provider, via a transaction led by Alveo’s majority owner private equity firm STG Partners. Before the merger, STG Partners and Alliance Bidco took Gresham Technologies plc private in April via a transaction that valued Gresham at approximately £146.7 million ($190.7 million). The… Read More >>
FTF Reveals the Winners of the 2024 FTF Awards
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) proudly announces the 2024 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards competition winners. The awards effort shines the spotlight on the winners of the FTF Awards competition — now in its 13th year — for their accomplishments in 2023 and on individuals who have made great contributions to their profession and those who… Read More >>
Nominations Are Open for the 2024 FTF Awards!
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) has launched the nomination process for the 2024 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards competition, which recognizes the operational excellence of professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, and industry bodies that had significant achievements in the 2023 calendar year. The winners of the FTF Awards competition are chosen by their peers in… Read More >>
DTCC APIs Offer Direct Access to SSIs & Other News
DTCC ALERT Also Has an SSI Milestone Post-trade market infrastructure provider DTCC has launched a suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) and hit a milestone with its ALERT online global database for standing settlement instructions (SSIs), officials say. The ALERT API suite offers “an alternate way to request and receive SSI and market availability… Read More >>
Does FINOS Have a Cloud Blueprint for Regulators?
Should global regulators create regulations based on a relatively new set of open-source standards that provide consistent controls over cybersecurity and compliance for cloud deployments in the financial services sector? The answer is in the affirmative for a panel of industry representatives who took part in the Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) of the… Read More >>
Citi & FINOS Push for ‘Common Cloud Controls’
Financial services giant Citi and the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) are launching an open standard project that will formulate “consistent controls” for cloud computing cybersecurity, resiliency, and compliance that cloud service providers (CSPs) can use as the basis for a common set of services. The “Common Cloud Controls (CCC)” push is intended to bring… Read More >>
Crystal Capital Partners to Deploy SS&C Systems & Other News
Crystal Capital to Bolster Ops via SS&C Systems Crystal Capital Partners, an alternative investment platform provider, reports that it has selected the Geneva and Advent systems from SS&C Technologies to “streamline portfolio management and reporting across more than 500 customized portfolios and support further growth,” officials say. “Our integration with SS&C will help streamline the… Read More >>
T+1 Spurs Demand for SS&C’s Settlement Service & Other News
150+ Clients Sign Up for SS&C’s Trade Matching Service Citing the U.S. funds industry gearing up for T+1 trade settlement next year, SS&C Technologies reports that “more than 150 clients are using its Trade Matching & Settlements Service to support post-trade execution functions.” “Using SS&C’s Trade Matching & Settlements Service has enabled us to ensure… Read More >>
Voting Begins in the FTF Awards Competition!
We are pleased to announce that voting has begun for the nominees of the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2023, a competition overseen by Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) and the news service. Industry participants pick the winners. Voting began on March 20 when we officially unveiled the nominees and will end on April 28. We… Read More >>
