Pictet Asset Management is adding to SimCorp’s remit for the investment management firm as the provider has been tapped to help the firm move beyond fragmented systems and disconnected datasets spread across front-, middle-, and back-office functions, officials say. The unified data layer to come will replace fragmented data and batch processes with a real-time… Read More >>
SEB Implements BBH’s Account-Opening Connectivity Solution
Private bank Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) reports that it is expanding its account-opening application programming interface (API) connectivity to custodians that want to better serve their clients. Nordic bank SEB was the first to take advantage of it. “Custodians are expected to deliver a faster, more transparent digital onboarding experience, but workflows can still depend… Read More >>
RedBlack Links OMS to CAIS Platform
RedBlack, a wealth technology provider and an outsourcer of advisor services, has integrated its order management system (OMS) with a platform from CAIS that offers pre-trade, trading, and post-trade support for alternative investments, helping advisors allocate, transact, and monitor alternatives alongside traditional investments. “RedBlack is the first OMS provider to integrate with CAIS,” according to… Read More >>
Gresham & FundGuard Take On Manual Data Collection
(Gresham, a provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions and services, is partnering with FundGuard, maker of a cloud-native investment accounting platform that leverages artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies. The partnership will allow for an integration between FundGuard’s multi-book investment accounting capabilities and Gresham’s EDM solutions. The goal of the partnership is to enable institutional investors,… Read More >>
Firms Are Rethinking ‘All-You-Can-Eat’ Data Licenses
(FTF News recently got time with Roy Kirby, head of core products at SIX, and explored some of the key findings from SIX’s Future of Finance 2025-26 survey and report. The fourth annual study in the Future of Finance series focuses on the expectations of senior executives overseeing the global financial services industry. The report… Read More >>
LMAX Launches Conversion Facility for FX & Digital Assets
A cross-asset marketplace, LMAX Group has launched an infrastructure layer, the Omnia Exchange, that will help end-users to convert FX and digital assets in real time via an application programming interface (API), intended to unify wholesale liquidity and pricing, officials say. Omnia combines blockchain order/entry with the execution of a centralized exchange, officials add. “Omnia… Read More >>
Sibos Roundup: Firms Are Racing to Modernize Ops
Several vendors serving the securities industry marked the first days of Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt with news and product launches. The conference and exhibition sponsored by the Swift financial messaging cooperative is underway at the Messe Frankfurt conference center from September 29 to October 2 and is bringing together global financial honchos to examine industry… Read More >>
Ortex to Provide Short Interest Data to EDI Clients
Global securities data provider Exchange Data International (EDI) is partnering with financial analytics provider Ortex to offer EDI clients access to Ortex’s comprehensive Short Interest Data, officials say. The partnership is intended to help EDI clients access “real-time short interest data, including key metrics such as shares on loan, cost of borrow, and the Ortex… Read More >>
‘SIX Fixed Income Data’ Offers Centralization & Integration
SIX, a global financial data and market infrastructure provider, has launched SIX Fixed Income Data, a set of offerings that includes pricing, reference data, corporate actions, and underlying source documents intended to help participants in global fixed income markets centralize this key data, officials say. SIX is aiming the solution set at banks, asset managers,… Read More >>
Iress & Centroid Craft Market Data Links for Brokers
Financial systems connectivity vendor Centroid Solutions reports that it is offering retail brokers new, cost-effective market data connections by integrating a key Centroid offering with application programming interfaces (APIs) from software and systems provider Iress. The new links bring the real-time pricing of exchange-traded products and related transactions to Centroid’s client base, officials say. The… Read More >>
