Merchant eSolutions, Inc. Rebrands To MerchantE
June 12, 20205 min
New Co Expands on Legacy Products to Offer Broad Suite of Financial Tools for Growing Businesses
Value Line Funds join the growing list of asset managers on Oranj's custodian-agnostic platform
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Hires New U.S. Head of Global Tactical Asset Allocation
March 14, 20203 min
J.P. Morgan Asset Management today announced it has hired Gary Herbert as a managing director and U.S. Head of Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) for its Multi-Asset Solutions business, which oversees $265 billion in AUM. Mr. Herbert joined from Brandywine Global LLC, where he was Global Head of Credit and Multisector strategies. In this new role, Mr. Herbert will be responsible for the global tactical asset allocation investment process and will also serve as a key contributor to the...
Global Fintech Launches InvestCloud White™ to Deliver End-to-end Digital for RIAs, TAMPs
March 6, 20206 min
InvestCloud White Allows RIAs to Run Entire Business Via One Platform and TAMPs to Support Dozens of Others
iSTOX Secures Funding Of USD 5 Million From Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management
January 15, 20204 min
Next-generation capital markets platform iSTOX has secured a USD 5 million investment from Hanwha Asset Management, South Korea’s leading comprehensive asset management company. The Korean financial leader’s investment in iSTOX follows similar partnerships with Thailand’s Kiatnakin Phatra Financial Group and Japan’s Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings. Other key shareholders of iSTOX include Singapore Exchange (SGX), Asia’s leading international multi-asset exchange and Heliconia, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings focused on investing in fast growing companies. “As iSTOX continues to grow, our relationships with partners like Hanwha are allowing us...
SS&C ALPS Advisors Announces New REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (RDOG)
January 4, 20204 min
ALPS Advisors, Inc., an asset manager and wholly owned subsidiary of SS&C Technologies, Inc., announced a strategic move for the new Exchange Traded Fund called the ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF [RDOG] that applies the “Dogs of the Dow Theory” to its rules-based investment strategy. RDOG intends to provide investors with equal exposure to the five highest yielding REITs (“Dividend Dogs”) within nine equally-weighted REIT segments as determined by S-Network, the index provider. This approach excludes mortgage REITs and helps...
Equilibrium Sets New Standard for Stablecoin Industry With Groundbreaking Stability Fund
December 16, 20197 min
Equilibrium, a multi-chain framework for building asset-backed stablecoins and decentralized finance (DeFi) products, has used its own capital to establish the cryptocurrency industry’s first Stability Fund. Worth 6.5 million EOS (approximately $17.5 million), the fund aims to provide users with an insurance buffer to protect against market volatility. The Stability Fund’s 6.5 million EOS coins are locked in separate, discrete smart contracts that are activated in the event of volatile market swings that may otherwise...
Expert on asset structuring and tokenization to spearhead firm's product distribution