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Addepar Appoints Ruchir Swarup as Chief Technology Officer
Former BlackRock executive brings more than 20 years of global experience to head up technology at Addepar Addepar, a leading technology platform for wealth management, announced that Ruchir Swarup has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. Swarup joins Addepar after serving for 19 years as Managing Director at BlackRock, the world’s largest......
Grant Thornton and OneStream Software Team to Help Companies Digitally Transform Finance Functions
Grant Thornton to provide OneStream customers with implementation services and consulting know how OneStream Software, a leading provider of corporate performance management (CPM) solutions for mid-sized to very large enterprises, has entered into an alliance with Grant Thornton LLP, one of America’s largest accounting and consulting firms. Read More: smartTrade’s Solution......
CoinShares Launches Komainu Venture Under CEO’s Leadership
 The CoinShares Group (CoinShares) announced the launch of Komainu, a digital asset custody business for institutional investors, under the leadership of CoinShares’ CEO, Jean-Marie Mognetti. The joint venture between CoinShares’ parent company, Nomura, and Ledger will expand and strengthen CoinShares’ operations across asset management, advisory, and capital markets. Read More: Jack Henry & Associates......
Buyout Fundraising Declined by Over 70% Due to Corona Crisis
The CEPRES Private Capital Market Outlook for the first quarter of 2020 using the latest data from the CEPRES Platform shows how buyout fundraising in the US declined by almost 50% QoQ and 20% YoY, but is still substantially above volumes during the post-GFC era of 2009 -2012. Buyout fundraising......
New North American Consumer Research by PCI Pal Shows Significant Financial Consequences for Businesses That Suffer COVID-19 Related Data Breaches
Since the onset of COVID-19, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, the IC3, reported a significant uptick in cybercrime targeted at individuals, businesses and government agencies. To better understand consumer sentiment around data security amid the pandemic, PCI Pal, the global provider of secure payment solutions, recently conducted a survey of North......
Franklin Templeton Appoints Jed Plafker as EVP, Global Alliances and New Business Strategies
Franklin Templeton announced that Jed Plafker has been named executive vice president of Global Alliances and New Business Strategies. In this newly created position, Plafker will be responsible for the expansion of the company’s digital wealth management and distribution-related financial technology, ensuring that the firm fully harnesses these capabilities for......
Haus Raises $15.75M Series A Led By BlueRun Ventures
Haus Services, Inc., a real estate co-investor offering liquidity and affordability to homeowners, announced it has closed a $15.75M Series A funding round led by noted fintech investor BlueRun Ventures, joined by Assurant Growth Investing, Leap Global Partners, Correlation Ventures, and H.Barton Asset Management. Existing investors Expa, Montage Ventures, and......
Jeffrey A. Goldstein Joins FIS Board of Directors
FIS, a global leader in financial services technology, announced that Jeffrey A. Goldstein has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Goldstein is a Senior Advisor to Canapi Ventures, a venture capital firm, and Advisor Emeritus at Hellman & Friedman LLC, a private equity firm. He was the Chief Executive......
MUFG Sees Divergent Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tech and Telecom Companies
Remote work, home sheltering, store closures, supply-chain disruptions and declining ad expenditures among largest drivers MUFG, The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the revenue streams of technology and telecommunications companies in divergent ways, leading some to adopt new business models, according to the TMT (or tech, media and telecom) banking team......