The foreign exchange (FX) industry has been tight-lipped since North America transitioned to a shorter settlement cycle a little over a month ago. However, more light is being shed on the operational workarounds buy-side firms deployed to meet the deadline. Though concerns about FX liquidity and pricing prior to the transition have not necessarily materialized,… Read More >>
SS&C Buys Innovest Systems for $120 Million
Acquisition Adds to SS&C’s Wares for Trust Companies Securities systems and services provider SS&C Technologies recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire wealth management technology vendor Innovest Systems, based in New York City, for a total of $120 million in cash and stock, officials say. SS&C officials say that this strategic acquisition is intended to… Read More >>
Morningstar Acquires Sustainalytics for $59M
Morningstar Ups Ownership of ESG Research Firm Morningstar, Inc., an investment research provider, reports an agreement to acquire Sustainalytics, a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and research. Morningstar also points out that it currently has an approximately 40 percent ownership stake in Sustainalytics, first acquired in 2017, and that, under the terms… Read More >>
CLS & TriOptima Take On FX Forwards & Swaps
(A joint solution of CLS and TriOptima, dubbed triReduce CLS FX, won the Best New Post-Trade Solution honor of the 2019 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards. The offering hit just as international regulators were advocating for compression services that support non-centrally cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. FTF News got time with Michael Modlock, global head of… Read More >>
Prattle Acquisition Adds to Liquidnet’s A.I. Line-Up
Prattle Purchase Follows Related Liquidnet Acquisitions Liquidnet, an institutional trading network provider, has acquired Prattle, an automated investment research solutions vendor, in a bid to further expand the Liquidnet artificial intelligence (AI) investment analytics platform, officials say. Prattle was launched in 2014 by former academics Evan Schnidman and Bill MacMillan, and provides predictive analytics… Read More >>
GreenKey Moves to Ease Voice Enabling Trading Apps
GreenKey’s API Available via OpenFin Architecture GreenKey Technologies, which makes voice software with integrated speech recognition for financial services firms, is releasing its voice application programming interface (API) through the plugin architecture of OpenFin, the desktop operating system used by 45 of the world’s largest banks, buy-side and trading platforms. “The move brings the voice… Read More >>
CLS, LCH.Clearnet Partner for FX Service
Foreign Exchange (FX) settlement services vendor CLS has partnered with LCH.Clearnet to develop a service to facilitate the settlement of cleared FX products, officials say. The new service aims to help firms comply with goals set out by the G20 to promote clearing of standardized derivatives, and CLS says “it will be open to all… Read More >>
