Accounting
All Roads Lead to Rome: Navigating IFRS 9
While IFRS 9’s development started before the full grip of the financial crisis took hold in the fall of 2008, in the wake of the collapse, it became clear that banks needed to do a better job of measuring and monitoring their credit losses. This new…
SEC Updates XBRL Filings Tool
Upgraded version will be faster and easier to use, SEC officials say.
Blockchain, Meet MI5?
Could government oversight put the kibosh on blockchain's advance?
Integration Key as Capital Advisors Group Takes Linedata for Fixed Income Compliance
Stephen Salemi, COO at $10 billion Capital Advisors Group, tells Tim Bourgaize Murray about the short-term investment firm's priorities when it implemented Linedata's compliance engine for fixed income.
Capital Group Now Live on Eagle's Accounting Platform
Eagle also went live with Invesco last year.
SS&C Creates New Service for Non-Traditional Assets
Accounting, reporting targeted for bank loans, schedule BA assets
Investindustrial Advisors Takes SunGard Investran
Offers investment manager centralized accounting, reporting.
Shrewd Operators: Advent-SS&C Bombshell Exposes High Stakes on the Buy Side
Industry sources are conflicted on whether the mega-deal is a masterstroke or a mistake.
UPDATED: SS&C to Buy Advent Software in $2.7 Billion Deal
Major buy-side vendors agree acquisition deal is 'defining moment' for the space
Northern Trust Expands SunGard Implementation with Asset Arena
SunGard's Asset Arena Control Center will help Northern Trust benefit from further operational efficiency by converting complex work processes into electronic checklists and easy-to-read dashboards, enabling operational oversight and control of the firm…
Von Rahden to Head Up SmartStream's Frankfurt Operation
London-based SmartStream Technologies has appointed Marcus von Rahden to manage the increased demand in Germany for the vendor’s back-office processing solutions and data management services.
CPPIB's Jay Vyas: Keep the 'I' in IBOR
When developing an investment book of record (IBOR), it's important that traders and portfolio managers retain ownership of the data and that the IBOR remains an investment function, and not a function of compliance or reporting, according to Jay Vyas,…
Data Lineage, Credit Management Lead iLevel 6.5 Enhancements
The platform provider to private investors has updated its flagship private capital data platform to reflect the range of new clients' needs as well as their investors' greater data demands.
Maxim Implements SunGard Amid Growing Broker Trend
Maxim Group, an 11-year-old specialist brokerage, has added to its arsenal of SunGard products by implementing the provider's VPM portfolio accounting solution. The move is a result of of heightened transparency demands, but also a sign of Maxim filling…
IBOR: Where OMS, Portfolio Analytics, and Fund Accounting Intersect
Buy-Side Technology’s North American Summit last week hosted an inventor. Andrew Meisel, while at Barclays Global Investors, created and coined the term “investment book of record,” or IBOR. The concept has picked up considerable traction in the last…
BST North American Summit 2013: Talking IBOR with SimCorp's David Kubersky
Waters chats with SimCorp managing director David Kubersky about the relative merits of the Investment Book of Record (IBOR) concept sweeping the buy side.
IBOR Enters the Spotlight
As asset managers look to gain a better understanding of their portfolio positions, they are figuring out how best to employ an investment book of record (IBOR) strategy.
SunGard Upgrades Asset Arena InvestOne for ‘Multiple Books of Record’
SunGard has released the latest version of its Asset Arena InvestOne accounting platform and it now has functionality for Multiple Books of Record, as well as the launch of a new operational management and monitoring solution.
KPMG Selects SunGard’s Adaptiv to Help German Clients with CVA
KPMG has selected SunGard’s Adaptiv Analytics to support its German clients with assessments of credit valuation adjustment (CVA), and derivatives exposures for default-risk steering and regulatory capital calculations under Basel III.
ConvergEx Launches Tax Solution for Brokers
ConvergEx Prime Services, the company's prime brokerage unit, has released Tax Optimizer, which will allow users to better understand their tax liabilities.
Boston Mutual Fund Adopts Linedata for Fund Accounting
Northeast Investors Trust will use Linedata Mfact fund accounting software to streamline portfolio and general ledger accounting, reduce operational risk and to augment the flexibility of its reporting capabilities.
UN Credit Union Selects SS&C CAMRA for Reporting
Software vendor SS&C has announced that the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) has selected CAMRA for its reporting operation.
SS&C GlobeOp Unveils TNR Solution 2013
Windsor, CT-based SS&C Technologies has released the 2013 version of its TNR Solution, which it describes as an "important update" to SS&C GlobeOp's private equity technology platform.
G2 FinTech Bolsters Cost Basis Reporting Tool
TaxGopher+, G2 FinTech's cost basis reporting (CBR) solution for investment managers, will support fixed-income and options transactions, the final covered securities under the US Internal Revenue Service's 1099-B rules to be introduced beginning in 2014.