The banking software company Temenos is selling its fund administration software business Multifonds to Montagu Private Equity for approximately $400 million including an earnout, as part of Temenos’ initiative to streamline its offerings, officials say. The Multifonds executive management team has invested in the company to be overseen by Montagu, officials add. Temenos’s headquarters are… Read More >>
SS&C Bolsters Tier 1 CRM Platform & Other News
SS&C’s Tier 1 Gains Users & Features The Tier 1 capital markets and investment banking customer relationship management (CRM) platform from SS&C Technologies has been enhanced, has more than 1,000 new end-users, and has the support of more staff members, officials say. The new features “include improved data insights and in-app information delivery,” officials… Read More >>
Temenos Offers NAV Oversight via Bloomberg Terminal
Temenos Collaborates with Bloomberg Banking software vendor Temenos is collaborating with Bloomberg to deliver contingency Net Asset Value (NAV) calculations to buy-side institutions via the Bloomberg terminal. Temenos is making its Multifonds Global Accounting product accessible via the Bloomberg Terminal, so that it will operates with data, analytics, and other investment workflow services from Bloomberg,… Read More >>
BMO Capital Markets Explores Blockchain for Fixed Income
Pilot Involves Canadian Dollar Fixed Income Issuance Transaction BMO Capital Markets has successfully launched a pilot project for a fixed income issuance transaction that is “mirrored on a blockchain platform alongside leading pension fund investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers),” officials say in a prepared statement. “The transaction included Bank of Montreal as… Read More >>
SuMi Trust USA to Use DTCC’s GC Direct
First Japanese Custodian Bank Signs Up for Alert Service Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is the first Japanese global custodian firm to use the Alert Global Custodian Direct (GC Direct) service to provide standing settlement instruction (SSI) data to its clients, report officials of the DTCC, a major post-trade services and systems provider. The agreement enables… Read More >>
Fidessa Picks ION Bid Over Temenos & SS&C Overtures
ION Capital U.K. Ltd., which is indirectly and wholly owned by ION Investment Group Ltd., has won a key round in the battle to buy Fidessa as its $2.3 billion (£1.5 billion) bid has gotten the approval of the Fidessa board, besting a bid from Temenos. “The boards of ION and Fidessa are pleased to… Read More >>
SS&C, ION & Temenos Vie for Fidessa
The “Fidessa Chronicles” plot thickens as the trading systems vendor has revealed that SS&C Technologies and ION Investment Group are the formerly secret suitors that put forth offers earlier this week, countering the bid from Temenos. In the latest announcement, “Response to press speculation,” the Fidessa board “notes the press speculation in relation to potential… Read More >>
Fidessa Puts Temenos Marriage in Limbo
The pending marriage between Fidessa and Temenos, announced in late February, has been put on hold in the wake of two eleventh hour suitors, reports Fidessa Group officials. The two unidentified offers have caused the Fidessa board to put off a shareholder vote on the Temenos offer, which was slated for April 5. In a… Read More >>
Brady Acquires Temenos’ Energycredit Unit
Brady Hopes Temenos Unit Will Help Broaden Offerings Brady PLC, maker of trading, risk management and settlement solutions for the energy, commodities and recycling sectors, has acquired the Energycredit unit from vendor Temenos Group, officials say. The combination of each’s offerings should help Brady branch out into new commodity asset classes, Brady officials say. Temenos,… Read More >>
Temenos Extends Nordic Push via Helsinki Office
Banking systems vendor Temenos has opened a new office in Helsinki, Finland, part of a larger bid to increase its presence in the Nordic market, officials say. The new Helsinki office will operate under the umbrella of a recently announced “Nordics HQ” in Copenhagen, which will function as “the central hub, while the Helsinki location… Read More >>
