Managers of Wealth Fintech

Funding Africa’s technological future

Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Christophe Viarnaud, CEO of AfricArena, a deal flow platform that seeks to increase investment for tech start-up businesses in Africa

SEI embraces intelligent automation

This is possible because it can help businesses to better streamline workflows, reduce redundancies, and overcome the growing complexity of data management.

Wolters Kluwer Wins Waters Technology Award for Market Risk

With the Wolters Kluwer OneSumX Market Risk solution, we offer this kind of integrated platform to manage all of the risks on clients’ balance sheets.

Accenture acquires Parker Fitzgerald

Helping clients optimize their performance in a rapidly evolving risk environment remains our utmost priority

European fintech investment continues to grow as global investment falls

European countries are continuing to see significant growth in financial technology investment as total global investment decreases

Third Point cuts United Technologies stake after opposing Raytheon deal

In June, Third Point founder Daniel Loeb told the company its plan to merge with Raytheon was a “baffling change” in strategy

Apex and eFront partner to deliver portal access solution to asset managers

Teamed with Apex’s ability to support the broadest range of private equity technology platforms in the industry, eFront Investment Café provides managers with a tailored platform solution to best suit their structure.

Copper Street Capital selects Linedata Portfolio Management

Funds can be invested cross asset class in both equities and fixed income instruments

Zurich remains ‘committed’ to IFAs amid platform sale reports

Zurich is thought to be working with HSBC to find a buyer for Zurich Intermediary, according to reports in the Sunday Times.

Are US equity funds all about tech?

Jason Hollands, managing director at Tilney Investment Management, says: “The US is home to many world-leading international businesses and a highly developed investment ecosystem that is unrivalled by any other major economy in nurturing and scalin

SoftBank Group's $108 billion Vision Fund 2 draws in Microsoft, Apple

The second fund’s investor base reflects diversification beyond the Middle East that provided most of the first $100 billion fund’s outside capital as SoftBank touts industry-beating returns.

Geneva for Emerging Managers: Building out an Infrastructure for Long Term Growth

As more hedge funds enter the market at increasingly larger launch sizes, these firms should be looking to build out their infrastructure for the long term.

Betterment Moves Beyond Robo Investment Advice and Into Banking

The company said Tuesday that it is launching Betterment Everyday, a checking and savings product that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Deutsche Bank cuts tech spend as rivals ramp up digital

Even with the digital revolution in finance accelerating, technology budget for German lender that cut 18,000 jobs in revamp this month is a fraction of US banks' investments

Robotics in hedge fund administration

Jon Hugill, Group Chief Information Officer, and Hein Gericke, Senior Manager – SA Fund Valuation and Accounting, give an update on robotics process automation (RPA) which Maitland has now extended to hedge fund administration.

Aquis aeons away from disrupting Europe’s IPO market

Nex purchase likely to be the money pit it was for previous owners

Standard Chartered launches digital banks and social banking solution in Africa

“The growing population of Africa is demanding faster and more convenient banking and it has been very rewarding to witness increased acceptance and growing demand for our digital products across the continent.

Crypto Ponzi Scheme Says It Has ‘No Cash to Pay out’ to Upset Investors

Bitcoin Wallet founder Sphelele “Sgumza” Mbatha admitted to the Ladysmith Gazette on Saturday that he doesn’t have any more cash to pay out to clients.

White paper calls for hedge funds to spend more on automation

Truss Edge has been operating in the hedge fund market for 20 years.

Banque Française Mutualiste selects SAB AT as its new core banking system

The SAB AT platform, which is widely used in France, will support the bank’s customer management

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