09/26/2013
SunGard in talks to sell data unit to Apax -sources
The price Apax was willing to pay for the unit, which helps clients safeguard their data, could not be learned.
FinTech
09/24/2013
Betareturn Launches New Service to Monitor Financial Advisor Performance
Investors are demanding increased accountability and transparency from their financial advisors
09/23/2013
Advent unveils new logo at its annual San Francisco conference -- after discarding one that failed to elicit a sense of the progressive from RIAs
Advent has arguably been doing nothing but reinventing itself for the last three years.
09/23/2013
Banks’ Payments Businesses Facing Severe Disruptions
As Onerous Regulatory Constraints, Intensifying Competition, and Changing Customer Preferences Continue to Limit Growth, Banks Must Take Action to Strengthen Payments Revenues, Says Report by The Boston Consulting Group
09/22/2013
DST’S Anova performance named "Best in Class" by independent research group
DST Global Solutions announced that Anova Performance was named “Best-In-Class” by CEB TowerGroup
09/22/2013
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc's 2,300 advisers are rebooting
Oppenheimer is the latest major wealth management firm to adopt the six-year-old service.
09/18/2013
Envestnet Tamarac Adds Powerful Business Intelligence Reporting Tools To Advisor Xi(R) Practice Management Platform
Envestnet Tamarac, part of Envestnet, Inc., a leading provider of integrated, web-based portfolio and client management software for independent advisors and wealth managers, has released an enhanced set of proprietary business intelligence re
09/17/2013
DST Global Solutions upgrades Anova
Anova's latest enhancements address the burdens placed on investment managers by upcoming regulation
09/12/2013
Industry Leader to lead DST Business Development for North America
He comes to DST Global Solutions from Eagle Investment Systems
09/11/2013
One Quarter of Global Investment Management Firms Rely on Outdated Technology - RESEARCH
SimCorp StrategyLab, a private research institution sponsored by SimCorp, today released a new study titled, “Legacy Systems: The inconvenient truth and the cost of doing nothing.”
09/10/2013
Gleeson Financial Group Selects Maximizer CRM for Wealth Management Solution
Moving forward with Maximizer CRM came as a result of closing evaluating their unique business requirements and selecting a CRM partner that was the best possible fit for a financial services provider.
09/08/2013
Temenos signs first US customers for T24 deployed as Software-as-a-Service
The rationale was to combine Temenos' market-leading solutions for core banking.
09/05/2013
ESET Uncovers Advanced "Hesperbot" Banking Trojan Targeting Europe and Asia
This newly revealed and very potent banking malware, dubbed Hesperbot, is spreading via phishing-like emails, and attempts to infect mobile devices running Android, Symbian and Blackberry operating systems
09/04/2013
Israel Discount Bank of New York selects SEI Wealth Platform
IDB Bank's selection of SEI continues the growing momentum of the SEI Wealth Platform, as the company has had two U.S. bank clients go live on the Platform during the first half of the year.
09/03/2013
Advent Software Named a "Best-in-Class" Technology Provider
dvent Portfolio Exchange® Receives High Marks From CEB TowerGroup
08/28/2013
SimCorp Poll Reveals Continued Failures in Buy-Side Derivatives Processing
A concerning number of buy-side firms still rely on legacy systems even as they seek to generate alpha through alternative investment strategies.
08/27/2013
BNP Paribas Upgrades Qihoo 360 Technology to “Buy” (QIHU)
Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company.
08/26/2013
GBST expands overseas and lifts profits
Wealth technology provider GBST grew its revenues and profit in the 2013/2013 financial year while also expanding overseas.
08/26/2013
Feds Will Monitor Banking Customer Experience
Being good to banking customers is no longer just a recommendation, it has the power of federal regulation behind it.
08/22/2013
Nasdaq glitch prompts two-hour shutdown and fears over stability
The company said the the failure resulted from a glitch in software that publishes the prices of stocks listed on the exchange.