While clients of the SS&C Advent line of solutions are implementing the latest product updates, SS&C Technologies reports that it is seeing an acceleration of long-term customer trends such as the embrace of cloud computing and outsourcing as a result of the pandemic-induced lockdown, market volatility, and economic challenges. The offerings just updated — Advent… Read More >>
FTF News Announces Editor’s Choice Award Recipient
(FTF and FTF News are proud to announce that Maria Gotsch has been chosen for the Editor’s Choice award, which is part of the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards for 2020. Gotsch is the president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, the $170 million investment arm of the Partnership for New York… Read More >>
Goldman Sachs Acquires United Capital for $750 Million
Goldman Sachs Jolts Wealth Management Strategy Goldman Sachs Group is acquiring United Capital Financial Partners, Inc. for $750 million in cash as a way to broaden the reach of the Wall Street giant’s intellectual capital and investment capabilities, officials say. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of this year, subject to… Read More >>
Get Ready for the FTF Awards 2019
Never mind the Golden Globes, the Oscars or any of the other awards events, the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards for 2019 are about to get underway. We will kick off the first step via the nominations process, which begins Monday, January 7. The nomination categories can be found here. You will have until January… Read More >>
FTF Focus Spotlights the 2016 FTF Awards Winners
For the sixth year in a row, Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) sponsored the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards competition to help securities industry professionals shine the spotlight on the outstanding companies, individuals and industry groups that have achieved excellence in post-trade operations. The key winners for 2016 are featured in the special Awards Issue… Read More >>
Ops Gets on the Blockchain Revolution Bus
Bitcoin, a so-called crypto-currency, may fade before anyone really understands what it was or how it could actually have prevailed in financial services. However, out of Bitcoin’s ashes has risen the humbly named Blockchain technology. The distributed ledger technology that has been propping up Bitcoin has come to the attention of major industry players. This… Read More >>
A Look Back at the Tops in Ops
It’s that time of year when FTF News pauses to review the top securities operations trends of great interest to our readership in the year that was 2015. It’s been a year in which major banks and other financial institutions were slammed with penalties by the regulators. Mergers and acquisitions were rampant among big industry… Read More >>
Funding the FinTech Pioneers
Some say that the regulatory overhaul after the Great Recession has put financial technology innovation (and financial instrument creation) in limbo. However, the FinTech Innovation Lab is clearly working very hard to counter that trend. The Lab held its Demo Day in New York last week and spotlighted among other new ideas a credit risk… Read More >>
