(For the securities operations industry, last year saw many key mergers and acquisitions in several sectors: financial services firms, financial technology vendors, service providers and even between firms and vendors. A major provider to the securities industry, SS&C Technologies had its share of acquisitions, adding DST Systems, Eze Software, CACEIS North America and Intralinks to… Read More >>
Bluerock to Use ALPS Advisors for Real Estate Fund
ALPS to Assist Fast-Growing Bluerock Fund Bluerock Capital Markets, the managing broker-dealer for Bluerock Real Estate, will be using fund administrator ALPS Advisors, Inc. to service Bluerock’s Total Income + Real Estate Fund (TI+), regarded as a fast-growing interval fund, with approximately $1.2 billion assets under management, officials say. The Bluerock TI+ fund “offers individual… Read More >>
SS&C Acquires Eze Software to Reinvent Investment Ops
SS&C Technologies is buying Eze Software from private equity firm TPG Capital in an all-cash transaction of $1.45 billion and will be incorporating Eze’s offerings into SS&C’s services and front-to-back office suite of transaction processing systems, officials say. “Our clients are focused on reinventing their organizations. The addition of Eze Software aligns with our strategy… Read More >>
Eze Software & NEX Unit Collaborate on MiFID II Reporting
U.S. financial services firms with branches in Europe will have to conform to MiFID II trade reporting requirements and Eze Software is working with NEX Regulatory Reporting via its capacity as an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA). All firms covered by MiFID II must meet trade reporting specifications because of the real-time demands of the E.U…. Read More >>
Eze Software Bolsters its OMS via Partnership with WTT
Investment technology provider Eze Software is expanding its existing foreign exchange (FX) features via a new partnership with Wise Trading Technologies (WTT), whose real-time, currency risk mitigation toolkit will become available to end-users of Eze’s order management system (OMS). The integration of key features from the two vendor is intended to help financial services firms… Read More >>
Eze Software, Charles River Form MiFID II Partnerships
The January 3, 2018 deadline for MiFID II is hitting home for the securities industry and not only are global firms moving fast to hit their marks but vendors are acquiring complementary providers, creating patents, expanding their offerings or partnering before it gets too late. Over the summer, the industry has seen: Risk Focus form… Read More >>
Cordium Appoints New Head of Cybersecurity
Cordium Hires from Mizhuo Bank Cordium, a provider of governance, risk and compliance services to financial and professional services firms, has appointed Richard Hudson vice president of its cybersecurity and data protection consulting services. Hudson joins from Mizuho Bank, where he was the information security officer for 17 years, managing the information security program for… Read More >>
London Hedge Fund Links OMS to Portfolio Accounting
Carrhae Capital Expands Usage of Software Suite Carrhae Capital, a London-based hedge fund manager, is expanding its use of an investment management system via portfolio accounting capabilities provided by Eze Software Group, make of the EzeSoft Investment Suite, according to the firm and vendor officials. Already a client of the order management system (OMS) offering… Read More >>
