Vestmark Targets Brokers, RIAs, Asset Managers & Banks Wealth management technology vendor Vestmark is launching a hybrid “robo service” that blends human and automated advice delivery via robo-advice platform. The VestmarkONE Robo Solution has been designed to help advisors who need digital support via a turnkey offering. The vendor is targeting broker/dealers, registered investment advisors… Read More >>
RNC Genter Deploys Single-Point Access to Fiserv Network
Firm to Use Fiserv’s Asset Manager Connect Asset manager RNC Genter Capital Management is using Asset Manager Connect from Fiserv to “increase access to managed account sponsors and grow their client base,” officials say. The Asset Manager Connect links lets firms easily communicate with managed-account sponsors across the Wealth Management Network from Fiserv, officials say…. Read More >>
Hosting is a Serious Business: Fiserv
(Editor’s note: Many securities firms are embracing the hosted option be it a cloud-based offering, an application service provider (ASP) model or a “something-as-a-service” implementation. While much is made about the hands-off aspects of these hosted situations, operations staff members still have a lot of interactions with third-party suppliers. Tirdad Shojaie, senior vice president, product… Read More >>
Vestmark Platform Links Sponsors to Asset Managers
Vestmark, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of portfolio management and trading solutions, has launched the Vestmark Manager Marketplace (VMM), which is intended to connect asset managers to sponsors such as registered investment advisors (RIAs), banks and broker-dealers. The VMM service facilitates sponsors’ links to third-party management in model portfolio format or in separately managed accounts (SMAs),… Read More >>
Credit Suisse to Slash 4,000 Jobs in 2016
Credit Suisse will be cutting approximately 4,000 positions including employees, contractors and consultants as part of a major cost-cutting effort as the Swiss banking giant faces a steep loss for the fourth quarter of 2015 and a loss for the year. The loss for the fourth quarter of 2015 was a steep drop of 5.8… Read More >>
Vestmark Buys Technology from Advanced Objects
Vestmark, a software as a service (SaaS) provider of portfolio management and trading solutions, reports that it has acquired for an undisclosed amount the proposal generation and sales analytics technology from Advanced Objects, a Chicago-based provider of financial technology and consulting services. The Advance Objects technology will be integrated with VestmarkONE, Vestmark’s unified wealth management… Read More >>
DTCC Targets Internal Account Transfers for Alt Investments
The DTCC, a post-trade services and systems utility provider, reports the launch of its alternative investment products (AIP) service, a new capability within its wealth management services (WMS) business to streamline the processing of internal account transfers for alternative investments. With the AIP service, “market participants can now fully automate account transfers for non-traded real… Read More >>
BNY Mellon Promotes for CEO of Wealth Management
BNY Mellon, an investment management and investment services provider, has promoted Donald J. Heberle to be the new CEO of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, succeeding current CEO Lawrence Hughes who is retiring on June 30, officials say. Hughes, who is leaving after 24 years with BNY Mellon, will continue with BNY Mellon in an advisory… Read More >>
Broadridge Hires Execs from UBS, Thomson Reuters
FinTech vendor Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed two new executives, Liz Pedersen as senior vice president of wealth managed services and Traci Mabrey as head of wealth solutions, officials say. Pederson joins Broadridge from UBS, where she was a managing director and co-head of the securities services group, overseeing post-trade processing. Mabrey joins Broadridge from… Read More >>
Deutsche AWM Goes Live with Eagle Solution
Vendor Eagle Investment Systems, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, reports that its data management solution has gone live at Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management, where it will support the firm’s EMEA and Asia-Pacific operations, officials say. “Deutsche AWM, with €1.039 billion of assets under management (AUM), is among the 10 largest bank-owned asset and wealth… Read More >>
