Latest Asset Management News: Finextra Research

Company update/payments

Payments firm Ebury opens Luxembourg branch

Ebury, one of Europe’s largest fintechs and global provider of transaction payment solutions, has established a branch in Luxembourg, registered under CSSF regulations to support managers in the alternative investments sector.

19 October 2022

Company update/wholesale

vestr secures $10m in funding round

Swiss fintech startup vestr has structured an oversubscribed financing round, combining a traditional equity investment with a non-dilutive component.

19 October 2022

Finextra TV/Sibos

Digital assets- Ready for center stage at Sibos

Gilbert Verdian, Founder and CEO, Quant joins FinextraTV at this year's Sibos, discussing what needs to happen for digital assets to gain traction amongst institutions, digital money’s role in B2B and Quant’s thoughts on the world’s central banks adopting digital currency in the future.

13 October 2022

News/sustainable

Sibos 2022: ‘The biggest problem with ESG is its complexity’ – Brown Brothers Harriman

At Sibos 2022 in Amsterdam, we spoke to Adrian Whelan, global head of regulatory intelligence, Brown Brothers Harriman, ahead of his panel session, ‘Green, clean, and ESG: Rewiring capital markets for a new generation of responsible investors.’

13 October 2022

News/wealth

Asset manager launches metaverse fund

Invesco, a global asset manager with $1.6 trillion of assets under management, has launched an investment fund focused on the metaverse.

22 August 2022

Company update/people

Eqonex expands senior leadership team

Eqonex Limited, a digital assets financial services company, is investing in its Asset Management business with new senior appointments in key regions earmarked for growth. Nick Cogswell has been appointed to the role of Head of Sales, Asset Management, based in London, and Franklin Heng, will drive the company’s Asian asset management products strategy as the Head of Asset Management Asia, based in Hong Kong. Both appointments are effective immediately.

27 July 2022

Company update/wealth

FNZ acquires private banking fintech

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has acquired New Access, a specialized private banking technology firm primarily active in the markets of Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg.

20 July 2022

Company update/crypto

Ekta launches portalfor passive crypto income

Ekta, the blockchain company that connects the physical world with Web3, is to launch its first hardware product — the Ekta Portal.

19 July 2022

News/wealth

Schroders buys stake in digital assets firm

Global asset manager Schroders has acquired a minority share in Forteus, an asset manager focused on blockchain and digital assets.

19 July 2022

Company update/people

Financial Risk Solutions announces staff promotions

Financial Risk Solutions (FRS), provider of the award-winning investment administration software Invest|ProTM used by asset owners, life assurance, wealth and investment management companies worldwide, today announced multiple key promotions as part of the company’s expansion plans into new markets.

19 July 2022

Company update/wealth

Morgan Stanley Investment Management and iCapital extend partnership

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and iCapital[1] today announced an expansion of their US partnership to provide more banks and wealth managers globally with access to a suite of private markets funds managed by MSIM.

18 July 2022

Company update/wholesale

Zennor Asset Management selects TORA's multi asset system

TORA, provider of the industry’s most advanced all-in-one EMS, OMS and PMS announced today that Zennor Asset Management has selected and implemented TORA.

06 July 2022

News/sustainable

Research reveals ESG data challenge

Buy-side firms are having to user a greater number of ESG data providers in order to make up for the lack of corporate disclosures around sustainability.

27 June 2022

Research/Asset Management

Sustainable Finance Live - Supply Chain Traceability: Better Data, Lower Risk

20 December 2021 79 downloads

Company update/wealth

Swiss private bank Bordier & Cie partners with Moonfare

Following the announcement of an innovative cryptocurrency partnership with Sygnum Bank earlier this year, Bordier & Cie, a leading Swiss private bank founded in 1844,is pleased to announce that it is the first bank in Switzerland to sign a partnership with Moonfare,the pioneering private equity fintech company which recently raised $125 million from Insight Partners of the US.

10 December 2021

Company update/crypto

Seba Bank launches cross asset platform to simplify access to digital assets

SEBA Bank, a fully integrated, FINMA licensed digital assets banking platform, today announced the launch of a unique platform providing next-generation actively managed investment certificates (AMCs) that allow easier access to digital assets for investors. The innovative AMC platform enables Swiss asset managers to originate a Swiss-compliant AMC with Swiss ISIN and make unlimited use of SEBA Bank’s sophisticated portfolio management services.

02 December 2021

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: The state of the supply chain

Sustainable Finance Live is back for another virtual event. Finextra and Responsible Risk have come together for a thought-provoking series of experiential events, welcoming banking and technology ecosystems to collaborate on enabling a wave of change.

01 December 2021