02/27/2015
State Street to Service $93.6 Billion in Assets for Hartford Funds
After an extensive review of potential providers, State Street emerged as a choice partner for our business,” said Greg Frost, Chief Financial Officer of Hartford Funds.
FinTech
02/27/2015
SS&C launches investment accounting and reporting service for insurance firms
The move comes as the insurance industry has been searching for ways to enhance risk-adjusted return, given the continued challenge of a low interest rate environment. Managing non-traditional assets requires complex investment accounting and reporting of
02/26/2015
Apple Pay Now Available for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s Debit Card Clients
Offers Cardholders an Easy, Secure and Private Way to Pay
02/26/2015
SEI’s Masterson shares some thoughts on the operational challenges for 2015
2015 will not be any easier for fund managers from an operational perspective
02/26/2015
Pershing Study: Rise of Super-Ensembles Signals a Profound Shift in the Advisory Industry, Forcing Firms to Reassess Growth Strategies
Every business owner can learn from the strategy that super-ensembles are successfully bringing to the marketplace
02/24/2015
Deutsche Bank signs multibillion-dollar IT deal with HP
Deutsche Bank will outsource large parts of its wholesale banking IT infrastructure to U.S.-based Hewlett-Packard (HP) in a multibillion-dollar deal that leaves the group's retail operations untouched
02/23/2015
Fidor Bank to Open Branchless Cryptocurrency Platform in US Gola Yashu
A part of this could be blamed on conflicting state and national Bitcoin policies.
02/23/2015
Global Bank IT Spending to Hit $196bn in 2015
Spending by European banks will rise at a more conservative 3.7 per cent in 2015 to reach $64.3 billion.
02/22/2015
Here’s how the billion dollar Carbanak bank heist could have been avoided
These and other recent high profile cyber attacks, such as that which recently saw 76 million customer accounts hacked at financial institution JPMorgan Chase
02/20/2015
Major Global Wealth and Asset Manager in Europe Invests $700,000 in Kofax Kapow Software
Kofax Kapow is the fastest way to acquire, enhance, and deliver information to enterprise applications
02/20/2015
Fusion Risk Management Announces Business Expansion
Rapidly increasing demand for Business Continuity Management is driven by executive and board-level recognition
02/20/2015
iBank Offers A Secure Platform For Banking To UK Citizens
Apple partners with UK banks to allow Apple Touch ID logins on their mobile banking apps
02/20/2015
8 Hot Mobile Banking Security Developments
Mobile banking is not exactly new anymore
02/19/2015
Financial Technology M&A Deals: Will Advisors Win or Lose?
Many advisors probably feel the same way, wondering whether they’ll see any benefits from these deals.
02/19/2015
Morgan Stanley Probe Said To Examine Whether Advisor Got Hacked
There’s no evidence Morgan Stanley’s own computers were hacked, said one of the people, who’s familiar with the company’s review.
02/19/2015
Incremental Improvement vs. Business Transformation
The title reads like a loaded question, but there’s actually nothing wrong with incremental improvement – look no further than the Japanese car industry.
02/18/2015
SSG Advisors Will Get Vestorly's Digital Marketing Platform
Vestorly claims it brings in website visitors seven times more than traditional contact forms
02/18/2015
Trust Management Network Selects fulfillment services provider
TMN currently provides service to 23 banks and anticipates increasing their annual book of business by approximately 20%
02/18/2015
Orion Advisor Services Selects Vestorly for Digital Content Marketing Technology
Orion Client Portal Now Integrates Vestorly’s Content Curation Technology to Automate Client Marketing for Advisors
02/18/2015
First Rate Changes the Way Wealth Managers Communicate with Goal Based Reporting
Reporting that communicates progress towards client goals in a way that makes sense to clients