Options Technology, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services, reports that it has achieved a Microsoft Solutions Partner specialization for Threat Detection, and has integrated market data from the Bruce ATS, an alternative trading system aimed at overnight trading, officials say. The Microsoft Threat Detection designation “follows earlier Solutions Partner designations in Private Cloud, Modern Work,… Read More >>
CFTC Unveils Tokenized Collateral Initiative
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is doing everything it can to facilitate a Golden Age of Crypto, according to Caroline D. Pham, the CFTC’s acting chairman. For instance, CFTC “will launch an initiative for the use of tokenized collateral, including stablecoins in derivatives markets. This initiative builds on the CFTC’s successful Crypto CEO Forum… Read More >>
Boothbay Fund Management Taps SS&C GlobeOp
Boothbay Fund Management, a global multi-strategy alternative investment advisor, has selected SS&C GlobeOp as its fund administrator, according to SS&C Technologies. “Boothbay’s multi-manager platform has over $2.5 billion in assets under management across more than 140 separately managed accounts. The firm selected SS&C to help scale its operations,” according to the announcement. “As our business… Read More >>
Can Blockchain Analytics Mitigate Risk & Underpin Compliance?
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is showing new concern about “firms dipping their toes into crypto activities” and, through a new guidance, is urging banks (and other types of firms) to embrace blockchain analytics tools as a way to mitigate risk and achieve regulatory compliance. A guidance “is not intended to… Read More >>
Confluence & TSG Bolster GIPS Verification for Asset Managers
A provider of investment analytics and regulatory reporting solutions, Confluence Technologies has updated its Revolution Composites platform to enable customers to produce standard Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) verification exports that conform to the requirements of the Spaulding Group (TSG), a performance measurement consulting firm specializing in GIPS standards. The enhancements are intended to streamline “the verification… Read More >>
APAC Needs to Brace for Europe’s T+1 Transition
Asia-Pacific (APAC) investors are to be disproportionately affected by Europe’s shift to a T+1 settlement cycle, according to new research from BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNPPSS). The French bank’s post-trade and asset servicing division is urging firms across the region to adopt automation, pre-fund settlements, and streamline their internal processes to avoid costly settlement fails… Read More >>
Time for a Culture of Cyber Resilience?
(Global investment management solutions and outsourcing services provider Linedata acknowledged last month that “it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident on August 11, 2025.” The company has an ongoing investigation of the incident, with the support of a specialized cybersecurity company, which has found the cause to be “malicious encryption of data hosted on… Read More >>
Finastra Bolsters ‘Fusion Invest’ for Annuities Markets
Financial software solutions provider Finastra has added functionality to its investment management system, Fusion Invest, that is intended to help annuity carriers coordinate front, middle, and back-office functions, officials say. The upgrade includes enhancements to trade decisioning, hedging and risk monitoring, collateral management, operations, and hedge accounting. The updated system includes “the automation of dynamic… Read More >>
Breaking Down Silos: How SS&C Advent’s Genesis Redefines Investment Ops
(Investment managers are under pressure like never before. Rising client expectations, tighter regulations, and a flood of new data are straining traditional operating models. Too often, firms are left with fragmented systems, manual workarounds, and escalating costs that slow growth and limit agility. We spoke with Boris Bykhovsky, managing director of investment management solutions at… Read More >>
E.U.’s Sec Lending Sector Braces for T+1
The securities lending market in Europe is looking to the U.K. for guidance as both prepare for the shift to a T+1 settlement cycle on Oct. 11, 2027 — a move complicated by a long-running spat between borrowers and lenders over recall cut-off times. Representatives from the U.K.’s securities lending committee, under the auspices of… Read More >>
