European private debt manager Pemberton Capital Advisors has selected Ops systems and services provider Broadridge Financial Solutions’ Sentry Private Credit Portfolio Management platform, officials say. The technology is intended to help Pemberton achieve operational efficiencies throughout its portfolio management lifecycle and scale its private debt and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) businesses to meet growing demand,… Read More >>
Broadridge Applies GenA.I. Analytics to Ops Minus Hallucinations
Post-trade services and systems provider Broadridge Financial Solutions has integrated an advanced analytics feature into its OpsGPT application that is intended to help broker-dealers and banks retrieve actionable insights quickly minus the complexity of traditional reporting tools, officials say. Applying A.I.-based technologies to established securities operations systems is happening in fits and starts and not… Read More >>
FTF Unveils the 2024 FTF Awards Nominees!
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) has unveiled the nominations for the 2024 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards competition, and the list of nominees reflects the dynamics of an industry facing digital transitions, a major effort to shorten settlement, and a final push to eliminate manual processes. The winners of the FTF Awards competition are chosen by… Read More >>
T+1 Could Spur Leaks About Sec Lending Intentions
Unease persists in the securities-lending industry as the transition to T+1 continues, driven by concerns over heightened information leakage risks and the necessity for substantial technological upgrades Earlier this month, Bloomberg Intelligence released research indicating that accelerating settlement cycles and the subsequent squeeze of securities borrow/lend processes could leave asset owners footing an eye-watering $24… Read More >>
Broadridge Embraces SaaS for Futures & Options Platform
Broadridge Financial Solutions has just launched a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, dubbed Broadridge Futures and Options (F&O), to “transform order and execution management capabilities for sell-side institutions,” according to the post-trade systems and services provider. The new F&O platform, which expands Broadridge’s support for derivatives trading, has been “tailored for futures commission merchants (FCMs) and agency… Read More >>
Survey Finds a Digital Divide for Securities Firms
The securities industry is facing a growing digital divide as securities firms taking a leadership role are outpacing firms that are not, particularly when it comes to developing a strategy for attracting staff with advanced digital skills and talent. This is according to the “2024 Digital Transformation and Next-Gen Tech Study” conducted by Broadridge Financial… Read More >>
UBS Embraces a DLT-Based Sponsored Repo Platform
Swiss investment banking giant UBS reports that it is live on a sponsored repo solution based upon distributed ledger technology (DLT), a.k.a. blockchain technology, that was developed by provider Broadridge Financial Solutions. UBS is no stranger to Broadridge’s application of DLT to repo trades as the bank completed “its first cross-border intraday repo transaction on… Read More >>
Socium Fund Services Deploys Broadridge’s Sentry & Other News
Socium to Manage Portfolios & Ops via Sentry A private equity and private credit fund administrator, Socium Fund Services reports that it has deployed the Sentry loan portfolio management technology solution from Broadridge Financial Solutions, a post-trade systems, services, and applications provider. Socium will use the Sentry system “to more efficiently manage complex private credit… Read More >>
Aladdin Links to LTX’s Liquidity Cloud & Other News
Aladdin & LTX Users Get Cross-Platform Access BlackRock’s Aladdin platform has a new channel to liquidity via its integration with the Liquidity Cloud offering from LTX, a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, and the link helps common clients of LTX and Aladdin to access trading functions of both platforms, officials report. LTX is a… Read More >>
Acadia Launches an IM Recalibration Tool & Other News
Acadia Solution Compares ISDA SIMM Versions Acadia, a maker of risk mitigation services for derivatives trading, has launched a web-based offering, dubbed IM Recalibration Analytics (IMRA), that is intended to help firms assess the impact of the new ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM), a methodology that helps securities firms calculate initial margin for… Read More >>
