Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JANUARY 8, 2025

SMC Entertainment Closes Acquisition of Boutique Investment Manager, Bateau Asset Management.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Asset Management and Financial Services Leader Lou Maiuri Named Chairman and Group CEO Asset Management and Financial Services Leader Lou Maiuri Named Chairman and Group CEO

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The TRADE

JULY 27, 2023

Bloomberg AIM and Bloomberg Vault have been adopted by India-based NJ Asset Management to help enable its enterprise-wide digital strategy across the entire investment workflow. According to the firms, Bloomberg AIM addresses NJ Asset Management’s specific needs for tools to support rule-based investment decision-making.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 2, 2024

BNP Paribas has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers – representing around €850 million in assets under management – for just over €5 billion. The deal is set to include an agreement for BNP Paribas’ long term management of a large part of AXA’s assets.

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MergersCorp M&A International

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Valuing an asset management company (AMC) is a multifaceted endeavor that requires a nuanced approach. Asset management companies are integral players in the financial services sector, managing investments on behalf of clients, which can include individuals, institutions, and corporations.

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The TRADE

JULY 5, 2023

AllianceBernstein (AB) has expanded its presence in the Middle East with a new office in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), becoming the latest in a string of global asset management firms to set up shop in the region. The move comes as part of AB’s strategic plan to strengthen its presence in the Middle East.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Financial services falls into this category. According to the cyber crime study, an asset management firm could spend more than $17 million per year on charges relating to managing and recovering from incidents. In total, cyber crime costs an organization an average of $11.7

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Global Banking & Finance

JULY 29, 2024

Frankfurt-based Chom Capital GmbH is an owner-operated asset management boutique, licenced to conduct financial services in the form of investment brokerage, investment advice, contract broking and financial portfolio management.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (“Alpha”), a leading global provider of specialist consulting services to the financial services industry, has acquired White Marble Consulting (“White Marble”), a specialist marketing consultancy firm to asset management, wealth management and alternatives clients.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In recent years, this technique has captivated large financial services players given its potential to help drive down labor costs, reduce human errors and improve the customer experience. The traditional RPA approach used by large financial services players usually doesn’t easily work in institutional investing.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Instead, a combination of rising interest rates, inflation, soaring energy prices and geopolitical tensions have hit hedge funds, and subsequently the risk management practices of prime brokers. But unlike incidents of the past, the market mayhem of 2023 has not been confined to one event.

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The TRADE

JUNE 6, 2023

The application incorporates real-time liquidity information from LTX Liquidity Cloud to simplify workflows and increase efficiency for users’ bond selection and portfolio construction processes, which LTX stated will benefit asset managers hedge funds and dealers.

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Global Banking & Finance

JULY 3, 2024

Creand Group: A Model of Committed Banking Creand (formerly Crèdit Andorrà) is a global financial services group with nearly 75 years of experience and expertise in retail banking, private banking, asset management and insurance.

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Global Banking & Finance

JANUARY 31, 2024

By Tim FitzGerald, Financial Services Manager, InterSystems Banks and financial institutions need to make 2024 the year of higher-quality data. Our systems and data are not performing as they should” is often a challenge met by frontline teams in investment, asset management risk-management, and, in fact, […]

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The deal will provide clients with ETF selection tools for manager and fund selection, as well as innovative portfolio construction tools. Technology and innovation in the service of clients are at the heart of our daily concerns,” asserted Philippe Malaise, chief executive and chair of Trackinsight.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

One of the greatest revelations across the financial services sector (and beyond) was that mantra of ‘we don’t have to do things the way we used to’ as office hours turned to hybrid work-from-home setups and video conferencing and instant messaging became the norm. It’s no longer all or nothing. It’s no longer relinquishing control.

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The TRADE

MAY 30, 2023

TS Imagine has expanded its team in the Asia Pacific with two new appointments from investment management fintech Enfusion. Stephanie Cheung has been appointed sales director, while An Hoong will work within the account management team, responsible for technical account management and client support.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The deal will provide clients with ETF selection tools for manager and fund selection, as well as innovative portfolio construction tools. “Technology and innovation in the service of clients are at the heart of our daily concerns,” asserted Philippe Malaise, chief executive and chair of Trackinsight.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

How can new data management technologies help reduce operating costs? It’s important to note how new data management technologies can not only reduce operating costs, but also reduce risk. If you look at sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, as a macro trend, they’re starting to insource more of their own risk management.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

There’s already a huge section of the asset management community and the asset servicing community, including Northern Trust, that are established in Singapore as large parts of their global operations.” This year, the industry has seen interest in Singapore grow from the buy-side too.

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The TRADE

APRIL 8, 2024

Jefferies appointed Joram Siegel as managing director, head of fixed income outsourced trading. He joined Cowen as managing director for fixed income outsourcing in February 2022, transitioning to commodities specialist Marex as part of the sale of Cowen’s outsourced trading and prime brokerage business at the end of last year.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

More than 200 asset managers, hedge funds and other users of outsourced trading providers voiced their opinions in this first-of-its-kind piece of research. The post Around two-thirds of buy-siders believe outsourced desks could enhance trade performance in cross-border trading appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF. Before that, he served as vice president and relationship manager for JP Morgan’s priority asset manager clients.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Merchant banks are a very important part of the financial ecosystem, since they support the largest chunk of businesses – the mid-sized ones. Merchant banking is a special branch of banking that provides financial services to medium to small-sized businesses. What is a Merchant Bank?

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

For nearly five years, Wilkes served as the head of buy-side solutions sales and head of securities services sales in the EMEA region. Before that, he served as vice president and relationship manager for JP Morgan’s priority asset manager clients.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

He also spent several years at Goldman Sachs in a risk management and product control role. Previously, Williams served as an investment account manager at Northern Trust. Elsewhere in his career, Williams held a pricing analyst role at Financial Times and a junior business development role at Deloitte.

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The TRADE

JUNE 14, 2023

Subject to regulatory approvals, the service will come through its Amsterdam-based clearing house and introduce matching, CCP clearing, settlement and post-trade lifecycle management for SFT transactions in European cash equities and ETFs. Settlement will take place in 19 European Central Securities Depositories (CSDs).

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Shortlisted individuals are repeated contributors to discussion whether that be through panels, associations or schemes to support the next generation joining the financial services industry. He later took responsibility for the dealing desk in 2007, managing a team of three traders.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The immediate focus for the business is set to be investing in client service and portfolio management, specifically hiring in senior sales and distribution team members focused on Europe and the UK, as well as investment managers for both the luxury brands and credit opportunities strategies.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

RBC appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales. Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. His most recent role at the inter-dealer broker was as a cross asset sales trader, having spent seven years with the business.

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Razorpay

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Offering a broad range of services, from mutual funds to intra-day trading and derivatives, Rupeezy needed a payment partner who could handle the complexities of financial transactions. TPV is mandatory in the financial services sector to avoid fraudulent transactions and ensure the security of customer funds. The Hurdle?

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Jenkins has been head of trading at Polar Capital for three and a half years, joining in 2019 after serving with Highbridge Capital Management for five years as its head of European trading. Previously in her career she spent several years at Cantor Fitzgerald and Virtu Financial in equity sales trading roles.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has allowed its no-action letter to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), based on enforcements surrounding research services, to expire – reinforcing that it was not intended to be permanent solution. That bill is, however, not in effect.

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Razorpay

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Private banking is a personalized financial and wealth management service provided by banks to high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). It involves offering exclusive products, tailored advice, and one-on-one attention to help clients manage, grow, and protect their wealth. Retirement planning to secure their financial future.

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Accenture Capital Markets

JANUARY 22, 2024

The underlying question from a financial services perspective is therefore how to prove that sustainability-related investments are delivering against their “green” promise in a clear and reliable way? But whatever commitments were made by governments and corporations alike (e.g., And it’s not just investors who want this proof.

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The Deal

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Though business development companies are performing well in 2023 relative to the prior two years, mergers among companies with shared managers that help reduce costs amid historic underperformance are still on the table. Over the past few years, large asset managers such as BlackRock Inc. Bundling BDC Fees On Oct.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

The service provider landscape for outsourced trading is made up of an eclectic mix of firms. Boutique independents and the largest financial services providers co-exist in this burgeoning space which has some elements of comradery and others of fierce rivalry.

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