Category: Product

Ultimus Fund Solutions has launched uTRANSACT, a digital portal that provides real-time information and account access for both shareholders and advisers. Developed as part of Ultimus’ uSUITE technology applications, uTRANSACT is offered as part of the firm’s shareholder services and transfer agent offerings. It allows multiple levels of user access, including shareholder, broker firm, broker…

The Nottingham Company, Inc., a U.S.-based fund services administrator and private label issuer to the mutual fund and ETF industry, has expanded its active non-transparent ETF offering with the SEC’s approval of the firm’s short-form exemptive relief application for the New York Stock Exchange’s Actively Managed Solution ETF structure. This is the second such announcement…

State Street and SimCorp, an investment management solutions and service provider, have announced their intention to form a business partnership to provide a fully integrated, front-to-back investment outsourcing solution for insurance firms in EMEA. EMEA-based insurance companies will have access to SimCorp Dimension’s cloud-based, multi-asset class capabilities, advanced accounting functionality and managed services, together with…

Citi has launched a host-to-host connection with Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation which allows Citi to offer its clients near-real-time trade status and settlement confirmations for certain equity settlements, including securities borrowing and lending and ETF activities. Citi claims to be the first custodian bank in Taiwan to use host-to-host connectivity for intraday feeds and…

A year after announcing the deal, BNP Paribas and Allfunds have finally completed their strategic agreement. As part of this partnership, BNP Paribas Securities Services will give its fund-buyer clients access to more than 2,000 fund houses and 100,000 funds and a range of fund analytics services from its new Fund@ccess platform, which is powered…

Clearstream has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in UBS’s fund distribution platform, Fondcenter AG. Clearstream and UBS signed an agreement under which Clearstream has now acquired a 51.2pct stake in Fondcenter for CHF389m. Clearstream will combine the Fondcenter business with its existing Fund Desk, forming Clearstream Fund Centre, a global fund distribution support…

Finomial, a client lifecycle management platform, has launched Finomial Electronic Subscriptions to digitise the manual subscription process. With this product, Finomial claims to offer a complete solution for alternative investment managers and their fund administrators, including investor compliance, on-boarding, capital activity, collaboration, and regulatory reporting to global authorities. The service provides investors with an easy-to-use,…