(Applying artificial intelligence (A.I.) to securities operations is “definitely a force multiplier,” says Rob Stone, senior vice president and general manager of intelligent automation and analytics at SS&C Technologies, in this FTF News Q&A. For the past two years, Stone has been getting to know all that SS&C Blue Prism can do for A.I.-powered automation,… Read More >>
Fundhost Outsources Key Services to SS&C
Fundhost Ltd., a boutique fund services provider to investment managers in Australia, will be outsourcing its unit registry and fund administration operations to SS&C Technologies, officials say. By turning to SS&C and its proprietary platform, FundHost will be streamlining its unit registry and fund administration operations. Fundhost provides “entity, trustee, fund administration, registry, compliance, operations… Read More >>
SS&C Widens Its Embrace of Cutting-Edge Technologies
Chicago-based Choreo, LLC, a financial planning and investment advisory services firm, reports using SS&C Accord. This new service leverages artificial intelligence (A.I.) to help wealth managers aggregate and validate their customers’ alternative investment data. The SS&C Accord launch aligns with other A.I.-related and cutting-edge announcements at the SS&C Deliver 2024 Conference underway in New Orleans, Oct…. Read More >>
Davy Capital Markets Taps Torstone & Other News
Davy Capital Markets to Revamp Post-Trade Ops Dublin-based wealth manager Davy Capital Markets reports that it has become a Torstone Technology customer and will use the Torstone Platform to evolve its post-trade processing operations. “We have built and maintained our own post-trade platform for many years, and this has served us very well, as it… Read More >>
SS&C Bolsters Its Open Protocol Service & Other Briefs
SS&C Adds ESG & Digital Asset Exposure Reporting Support The Open Protocol risk reporting service of SS&C Technologies has been improved to include digital asset and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) exposures, a step that brings the service into compliance with the ESG and digital assets reporting requirements of the Standards Board of Alternative… Read More >>
Westwood Outsources Trading to Northern Trust
Northern Trust to Manage Equity & Bond Trading Westwood Holdings Group, a Dallas, Texas-based investment management boutique and wealth management firm, will be outsourcing portions of its equity and fixed income trading, and middle-office trade settlement support to custodian and service provider Northern Trust, officials say. The firm is using Northern Trust’s services “to optimize… Read More >>
SS&C Advent Updates Key Offerings
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 >>
SS&C Buys Algorithmics from IBM
SS&C Technologies (SS&C) will be acquiring the risk analytic products and services of Algorithmics from IBM via a definitive agreement that also includes more than 200 clients, 350 employees and offices in 25 countries. The deal will facilitate SS&C’s expansion of its risk management and regulatory compliance offerings, officials say. The cloud-based technology of the… Read More >>
SS&C’s Acquisitions Mirror Clients’ Needs: Bill Stone
Bill Stone, chairman and CEO of SS&C Technologies, addressed the company’s acquisition strategy at its customer conference this week, saying that the SS&C client base has grown and diversified. Stone’s comments came at the start of the annual SS&C Deliver 2019 client conference, which ran from Sept. 17 to 19 at the Gaylord Palms Resort… Read More >>
GBST Rejects SS&C in Favor of FNZ’s Bid
Back-office technology vendor GBST Holdings Ltd., based in Brisbane, Australia, has reversed course and is not likely to be acquired by SS&C Technologies. The GBST board has embraced the latest takeover bid from SS&C’s rival, FNZ Group, a U.K.-based financial technology provider. In the latest announcement, GBST officials announced that they have agreed to a… Read More >>
