FINRA is proposing a change to its “Communications with the Public” rule that could let its broker-dealer members send out performance projections or targets about private securities, asset allocations, and other investment strategies. While the move represents an easing of past prohibitions, firms will still be subject to the “stringent conditions” of the self-regulatory organization… Read More >>
ClearStructure Emerges from ‘Under the Radar’
“Front-to-back office solution” is a term thrown around often by FinTech vendors, but ClearStructure Financial Technology says Sentry, its flagship portfolio management and loan trading platform, which the vendor has upgraded, is different. The Sentry platform features an investment book of record (IBOR), integrated data warehouse, an in-depth reporting feature and built-in functionalities that tackle… Read More >>
Manulife Hires Emerging Markets Duo
Manulife Asset Management reports that it will be adding a new, two-person global emerging markets equity portfolio management team to its roster. They are Kathryn Langridge and Philip Ehrmann, who will join Manulife, effective Dec. 31, 2014, and Jan. 8, 2015, respectively. Langridge will be senior managing director, senior portfolio manager and head of global… Read More >>
ITRS’s Geneos Compatible with B-PIPE
Financial technology provider ITRS Group has made Geneos, its IT performance management solution, compatible with B-PIPE, Bloomberg’s real-time market data feed, according to a company statement. Geneos provides an interface that will allow for advanced monitoring of the data sent through B-PIPE, a normalized and consolidated real-time market data feed for the enterprise. B-PIPE provides… Read More >>
