Managers of Wealth Americas

WealthTouch Wins International Technology Award for Investment Reporting

Award Recognizes and Reinforces WealthTouch’s Leadership in the Global Consolidated Wealth Reporting Space

SimCorp North America appoints new MD of operations

He will focus his efforts on expanding SimCorp’s footprint in the US and Canada, while ensuring the success of the growing SimCorp user community in the region.

Wealth Management must use modern tools

Disruption shakes up tradition-bound industry

Next big bailout for US banks could be forced by cyber-attack

The attack on New York-based JPMorgan, though limited in scope, underscored how cyber assaults are evolving in ferocity and sophistication

Desjardins selects softTarget’s iBalance™ portfolio management so

softTarget Inc. is announcing that Desjardins Group has selected the iBalanceTM portfolio management platform in order to improve its process efficiency and position itself to support growth.

Hillary Clinton Encourages IT Execs to Help Share the Wealth

Hillary Rodham Clinton, odds-on favorite at this early date to become the Democratic Party candidate for president in 2016, admittedly does not know much about the inner workings of new-gen IT, but she knows a great deal about how such innovation is impac

Ex-Deutsche Bank head trader launches investor app

By playing the game and building a profile, players develop experience that could be useful for real trading without risking any real money.

Wells Fargo Launches FinTech Innovation Lab

The bank makes an investment for $50,000 to $500,000 in each selected startup

AltX platform to move beyond hedge funds into other asset classes

Imatchative’s AltX platform, an online service that facilitates introductions between institutional investors and hedge funds is likely to move into other asset classes including traditional mutual funds, private equity and real-estate in due course

Invessence Launches New Online Product for Financial Planners and Advisors

The rapid growth and funding of online investment advisors called ‘robo-advisors’, reflects a strong demand for low cost, simplified investment management services.

Broadridge Bags Thomson Reuters' Perry

He brings more than twenty-five years of experience in banking, brokerage and financial information services.

ASI Appoints Charles Brown As VP Of Business Development

Advisor Software, Inc., a provider of web-based wealth management solutions for today's financial advisor, announces that Charles Brown has joined the firm as Vice President of Business Development.

4th Story Adds Productivity Tools for Asset Managers and Hedge Funds

4th Story has introduced a new set of tools to simplify workflow and improve efficiency for analysts and portfolio managers.

IRESS appoints Regional Head

He will commence his role on 1 September 2014.

SimCorp Dimension Version 5.6 Introduces the Investment Management Warehouse

As SimCorp evolves its data management capabilities, version 5.6 extends the Data Warehouse Manager by introducing the Investment Management Warehouse, a comprehensive, industry standard investment management data model for buy-side asset owners and asset

Can an Algorithm be a Fiduciary?

A surge of interest in automated investment management firms has sparked debate about who or what can best meet the high ethical standards required by regulators for recommending investments - software or flesh-and-blood advisers?

Broadridge Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2014 Results

The fourth quarter was successfully executed

Generation Y and the Wealth Transfer to Come by Michael Hunwick, SS&C Technologies

There is a growing list of well-known entrepreneurs like Warren Buffet, Bill & Melinda Gates and Michael Bloomberg who are donating significant proportions of their wealth to philanthropic causes. However, most wealthy individuals are still expected t

Goldman group set to buy message system as alternative to Bloomberg: Sources

Wall Street firms led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc are close to buying a stake in chat and instant messaging startup Perzo Inc in pursuit of an alternative to a similar application from Bloomberg LP

SS&C Technologies Reports Q2 2014 Results

Q2 GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.31, and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.57, Q2 YTD Operating Cash Flow Increased to $92.8 million, Up 32.6%