BNP Paribas’s securities services business has upgraded its digital offering to alternative fund managers and their investors with the release of two enhanced solutions: CapLink Investor and CapLink Private. CapLink Investor is a platform for fund managers, investors, and authorised contacts, offering information and insights across their fund holdings. CapLink Private offers digital reporting through…
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Clearstream establishes bank
Clearstream, the post-trading services provider owned by Deutsche Börse, has established Clearstream Fund Centre S.A., a bank based in Luxembourg dedicated to serving institutional fund investors. The new entity operates under a commercial banking licence in Luxembourg. It will be part of Deutsche Börse’s and Clearstream’s Fund Services business segment, which provides fund execution, distribution…
U.S. Bank invests in Versana
U.S. Bank Investment Services has joined the latest fundraising round by Versana, a fintech focused on the syndicated loan market. As a leading trustee, particularly for CLOs, which make up 70pct of the institutional loan market, U.S. Bancorp is Versana’s first buyside-focused investor, which Versana hopes will assist in creating a network effect with the…
Arcesium launches data platform
Arcesium, the fintech in which J.P. Morgan holds a stake, has launched Aquata, an “out-of-the-box” data platform. Aquata is engineered to support various client types, including institutional asset managers, private markets investors, custodians, fund administrators, prime brokers, and hedge funds, to manage their investment data. With Aquata’s pre-built data models and connectors, combined with its…
Burgiss partners with Bipsync
Burgiss, the fintech specialising in data & analytics for the alternatives sector, has struck a deal with Bipsync, the U.S.-based research management fintech. The collaboration between Burgiss and Bipsync combines the Private i platform with investment screening, due diligence, CRM, document management, and workflow automation from the Bipsync platform to provide a complete end-to-end lifecycle…
Komainu launches collateral management service
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custody service provider that is backed by, amongst others, Nomura, has launched a collateral management service, Komainu Connect. The offering is live with a selection of clients, enabling leverage of their digital assets in collateralisation trades whilst they remain in secure, regulated custody, segregated and verifiable on chain. Komainu Connect…
UBS executes first intraday repo on DLR
UBS and an Asian bank have executed the first cross-border intraday repo transaction on Broadridge’s blockchain-enabled Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform. The platform provides a utility where market participants can agree, execute, and settle repo transactions, providing flexible settlement cycles based on counterparties’ needs. The DLR Repo platform significantly increases settlement velocity and collateral mobility,…
Northern Trust upgrades risk analytics services
Northern Trust has enhanced its suite of ex-ante risk analytics services through the release of its new Market Risk Monitor solution. The service provides institutional investor clients with a library of key risk indicators including stress tests, sensitivity shocks and value-at-risk measures, all available via RADAR, Northern Trust’s digital dashboard for investment analytics. It deploys…
Northern Trust upgrades NAV workflows
Northern Trust has partnered with Appian, a fintech provider of low-code process automation solutions, to enhance the NAV workflow communications with private capital fund managers. The solution is aimed at supporting private capital fund managers with a secure digital experience offering enhanced efficiency, oversight and data security across the NAV production lifecycle. The digital portal,…
Pirum extends CoacsConnect functionality
Pirum, the UK fintech specialising in securities finance and collateral management, has extended its CoacsConnect network and enhanced functionality to fully automate income claims. CoacsConnect’s automated income claims service has 20 financial institutions automatically distributing, matching and paying income claims. The service enhancements allow the counterparts to receive fully automated status updates, exchange payment instructions…