(Alan Konevsky, CEO of tZERO, recently took questions from FTF News about the rise of tokenization and its impacts upon conventional securities operations. tZERO is a technology provider offering a regulated, end-to-end platform for tokenizing and trading digital securities, real-world assets (RWAs), and cryptocurrencies. The company provides institutional-grade technology, including an SEC-registered alternative trading system,… Read More >>
SEC & CFTC Want to Ease PF Disclosure Obligations
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are proposing Form PF amendments that they say will ease the reporting burdens for private funds. Form PF is “the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds, including those that also are registered with the CFTC as a… Read More >>
SimCorp & MSCI Streamline Access to Private Data
Investment management solutions provider SimCorp and market index and decision support provider MSCI have expanded their data collaboration efforts by focusing on the operational burden for buy-side firms of streamlining access to aggregated, private market datasets, officials say. SimCorp and MSCI initially collaborated in 2022 to offer SimCorp clients access to private investment benchmark data,… Read More >>
S&P Global to Acquire ‘With Intelligence’
Financial data and analytics provider S&P Global has announced that it is acquiring With Intelligence, a provider of data, intelligence, and connections for the global asset management industry, in a deal worth $1.8 billion. The seller is a group led by majority investor Motive Partners, a private investment firm. Officials expect the deal to close… Read More >>
FIS Revamps Software Suite for Private Equity
Financial technology systems and solutions provider FIS has reengineered its Private Capital Suite as a cloud-native, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, and integrated the suite into FIS’s recently launched Investor Services Suite, officials say. The integration has enabled the Private Capital Suite to serve “the full private equity lifecycle, covering investor onboarding, new portfolio monitoring, portfolio analytics,… Read More >>
Clearwater Analytics Updates Offerings for Alternative Assets
Investment management technology provider Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) has made “significant enhancements to its Alternative Assets Solution,” using agentic artificial intelligence technologies that will help clients manage the scalability and compliance challenges of the $2.5 trillion private credit market. Officials made the announcement at CWAN’s annual user conference, Connect ’25, held Sept. 15-17 in Boise, Idaho… Read More >>
Deadline Extension Spurs Questions About Form PF’s Future
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have given firms another year to comply with amendments to Form PF, but they may have set off a storm as a commissioner for the SEC calls the move an act of repeal by deadline extension. The situation is also complicated by President… Read More >>
LSEG Embraces Private Funds via ‘Digital Markets Infrastructure’
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched a blockchain-based Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform for private funds, supported by Microsoft Azure cloud computing services, according to officials. The system has already facilitated its first transaction. The blockchain-based system will encompass “the full asset lifecycle — from issuance, tokenization and distribution to post-trade asset settlement… Read More >>
SimCorp Widens Offerings for Alternative Assets Ops
Financial technology provider SimCorp is building upon the success of its Alternative Investment module with the launch of SimCorp Alternatives, targeted to meet the top operational needs of alternative investment firms, officials say. “We are introducing SimCorp Alternatives to serve the needs of all alternative investment firms and service providers, enabling them to automate operational… Read More >>
ATSes Hit Their Stride via Innovation & Flexibility
Two new reports suggest that Alternative Trading Systems (ATSes) are hitting their stride as financial services firms move to private markets, embrace digital securities, and need innovations for their liquidity and investment explorations. An ATS “is a trading venue that is more loosely regulated than an exchange,” according to the Investopedia website. “ATS platforms are… Read More >>
