Industry Briefs

Vestwell, the digital recordkeeping platform bringing the 401(k) and 403(b) industry into the modern Fintech era, today announced a partnership with Envestnet, Inc.

Private Client Resources (PCR), the leading provider of total wealth data aggregation services to ultra-high-net worth families and institutions, and d1g1t, Inc., the first provider of an enterprise wealth management platform powered by institutional-grade analytics and risk management tools, today announced a new strategic partnership.

Blockchange Inc. and IRA Financial are partnering to enable IRA funds & select 401(k) plans to be invested in cryptocurrencies and digital assets, under the management of a financial advisor. The arrangement allows investors to leverage the tax-advantaged status of their IRA or 401(k) funds as they diversify into a range of cryptocurrencies.

Village Capital, with support from MetLife Foundation and PayPal, today announced that two startups, Manifest and Home Lending Pal, were selected to receive grant funding as a part of Finance Forward US 2020.

S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) and IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) today announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction which values IHS Markit at an enterprise value of $44 billion, including $4.8 billion of net debt.

THE TIFIN GROUP today announced that its portfolio company, 55ip, a financial technology company with proprietary capabilities empowering financial advisors to deliver tax-smart investment strategies at scale, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

AlphaTrAI is adding the founder of a prominent wealth management M&A firm and a leading tech venture capitalist to its advisory council, while also making a former president of LPL Financial the council’s chairman, the firm said today in a press release.

FMG Suite, a SaaS company specializing in marketing software and services for financial advisors and insurance agents, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Twenty Over Ten, a company delivering a SaaS-based digital marketing platform for financial professionals.

Prime Trust, the leading B2B financial infrastructure platform for payments, custody and settlement of alternative assets, announced today the launch of Prime Liquidity – a turnkey API-based liquidity engine that enables any fintech app to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency.

QuantHouse, the global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure products and part of Iress (IRE.ASX), today announced that InfoReach Inc.(InfoReach) has integrated QuantHouse's API to power their Trade Management System (TMS) with high performance, global market data across equities, options and futures.