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International insuretech reaches unicorn status following funding round

05 July 2021 United States
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

bolttech has achieved unicorn status, awarded to private companies valued at over $1 billion, following a $180 million series A funding round one year after the international insurtech’s launch in 2020

Northern Trust unveils alternative asset servicing digitisation initiative

01 July 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The initiative is set to enhance the experience for asset owner clients that invest in complex private markets and unlisted assets

LiquidShare selects BTP’s Sextant for Daml platform

29 June 2021 France
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

LiquidShare was created in 2017 by eight European financial institutions, including AFS Group, BNP Paribas Securities Services, CACEIS, Caisse des Dépôts, Euroclear, Euronext, S2iEM and Société Générale

DTCC provides first electronic certificate as part of dematerialisation efforts

28 June 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The new platform provides a paperless process for the delivery of CDs, increasing efficiency through automation, improving data quality, reducing risk, and providing greater transparency into the eligibility lifecycle

Ivno and CloudMargin combine blockchain technology with collateral management

24 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The partnership will enable market participants to benefit from minimising transfer costs, settlement failures and cash trapped in transit while optimising liquidity via tokenisation solutions

State Street streamlines private markets processing with Canoe partnership

22 June 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Canoe’s open API will integrate with State Street’s technology ecosystem, creating a more cohesive client experience for the processing of all alternative investment data across clients’ complex portfolios

FIS launches series of AI-driven risk products through partnership with C3 AI

17 June 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Developed in partnership with enterprise AI company C3, the AML Compliance Hub aims to extend the ability of capital markets firms to combat risk of financial crime

BlackRock links with Cassini to enhance margin analytics on Aladdin

16 June 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Strategic partnership will deliver wider derivatives margining and collateral analytics to Aladdin users from September

BIS and Bank of England open London innovation centre

11 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The BIS Innovation Hub initiative was created in 2019 to identify and cultivate developments in financial technology relevant to central banks and to provide a focal point for a network of central bank experts on innovation

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