Broadridge Buys Itiviti Partner Alpha Omega Broadridge Financial Solutions has acquired Alpha Omega, a post-trade solutions provider that uses the FIX electronic trading protocol, a move that will expand NYFIX’s post-trade services, officials say. Alpha Omega is a longtime partner of Itiviti, which itself is the result of the 2016 combination of NYFIX and Ullink. Broadridge… Read More >>
Broadridge Acquires Itiviti for $2.5 Billion
Post-trade provider Broadridge Financial Solutions will be able to offer front-to-back-office systems and networking via its acquisition of vendor Itiviti Holding AB for approximately $2.5 billion from Nordic Capital. The all-cash transaction is valued at €2.143 billion and will add trading and connectivity technology offerings to the list of systems that Broadridge offers, officials say…. Read More >>
LME to Automate Client Onboarding
LME to Use Itiviti’s FIX-based Offerings London Metal Exchange (LME) will be automating its client onboarding process with the help of FIX protocol-based offerings from technology and service provider Itiviti, officials say. The exchange will use Itiviti’s FIX Conductor and VeriFIX Enterprise solutions for onboarding as part of the LME’s effort “to refresh its overall… Read More >>
Private Equity Firm to Buy AxiomSL
AxiomSL to Expand Offerings via Takeover A cloud-based risk management and regulatory solutions vendor AxiomSL has agreed to be taken over by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm specializing in the software and technology-enabled services sectors, so that it can grow its customer base and expand its offerings. AxiomSL serves banks, investment management firms, broker-dealers,… Read More >>
Calypso & AI Vendor Target Back Office Ops
Calypso Partners With 2021.AI Financial software vendor Calypso Technology is partnering with an artificial intelligence IT platform provider, 2021.AI, to optimize back-office processes for Calypso’s global client base, officials say. The two vendors will focus on delivering state-of-the-art AI models and Calypso will facilitate access to 2021.AI’s Grace AI platform, officials say. “By partnering with… Read More >>
DataRobot Taps Rob Hegarty for General Manager Post
Hegarty to Head Financial Markets and Fintech Unit DataRobot reports that Rob Hegarty has been appointed its general manager of financial markets and fintech. Hegarty, a financial technology veteran, will lead DataRobot’s expansion in the capital markets and fintech industries by “empowering even more organizations to leverage machine learning and become AI-driven,” according to the… Read More >>
ISDA Publishes CDM Blueprint for the Industry
ISDA Wants CDM to Restructure the Market The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published the “full version of the ISDA Common Domain Model (CDM) for interest rate and credit derivatives,” which ISDA officials hope will serve as “a common blueprint” for restructuring the foundations of the market. To facilitate that restructuring, ISDA will… Read More >>
NEX Optimisation Provides Access to FX Novation Service
NEX Infinity Users Get Access to Capitolis Customers of the NEX Infinity platform now have access to the automated foreign exchange (FX) novation service of U.S. startup Capitolis via a partnership intended to appeal to the customers of banks, prime brokers and financial services firms that are FX market participants. Most novations are completed via… Read More >>
Finastra to Sell CMC Business Unit to Teranet
Teranet’s CM Solutions Will Acquire the Shares of CMS London-based financial software vendor Finastra, formed in 2017 by the combination of Misys and D+H, reports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian-based Collateral Management Corp. (CMS) business to Teranet. Teranet’s affiliated entity CM Solutions Inc. will acquire the issued and… Read More >>
Itiviti Completes Acquisition of Ullink
Itiviti and Ullink are merging and taking steps to leverage their combined resources to become “a full-service technology and infrastructure provider” for financial institutions across the globe, according to the board of directors of Itiviti. The official announcement that Itiviti acquired Ullink was made public on March 14; both companies declined to reveal financial information… Read More >>
