Investment Management stories
Asset managers face tighter settlement deadlines as the expanded service aims to cut manual work and reduce failed trades across Europe and APAC.
The move will bring product and commercial teams closer to Asian clients as the wealth-tech firm targets faster growth across regional markets.
It is aimed at cutting manual reformatting and reconciliation of inconsistent custodian records for wealth managers handling multi-source portfolio data.
The AI fund administration software maker now serves more than 80 managers after its AUD $9.3 million raise and rapid growth.
Existing clients will see little immediate change, as the platform remains separate and supports more than 150 financial institutions.
Growing demand for passive funds and alternatives has helped the biggest global managers retain selector confidence despite volatile APAC markets.
Wealth clients will get faster platform changes and priority support as FNZ splits its offer into premium and standard service tiers.
Compliance teams face a 2026 squeeze as new UK, EU and Asia-Pacific rules force faster disclosure changes and tighter AI oversight.
Producers could gain more predictable funding as a new non-bank lender backs film and television projects with USD $500 million in credit.
Persistent hires Hari Abhyankar as EVP and global head of private equity, sharpening its push into investor and professional services markets.
Alchelyst merges with Lyra Client Solutions to form a unified tech-enabled private markets servicing platform led by founder Joan Kehoe.
Demand for automated workplace IT has pushed ControlUp past USD $100 million ARR, lifting its valuation above USD $1 billion.
The London start-up is adding senior AI expertise as wealth managers seek secure tools that fit regulated workflows without replacing core systems.
Morningstar users should see no immediate change as the firm keeps using ByAllAccounts after selling the data aggregation unit to Pello.
Funding for UK film and TV producers is set to grow after Beechbrook supplied Allegro Finance with a GBP £2m working capital facility.
Women running financial services firms will gather in Cambridge as Bain and Cambridge Judge seek to tackle AI, risk and falling returns.
Wealth managers face mounting pressure to show clearer risk and performance as LGT Wealth Management UK adopts Addepar for more complex portfolios.
The London startup's software could ease onerous due diligence for banks and custodians as scrutiny intensifies across digital assets and private markets.
GeoWealth extends its Series C with a USD $42.5m minority stake from Goldman Sachs to fuel growth while its family office keeps control.
PWL Capital taps d1g1t to replace spreadsheets with a bilingual, API-driven wealth platform for its USD $7 billion advisory business.