WealthTech is the application of technology to support the wealth management industry. It can be considered as being part of the much broader umbrella term of FinTech. In the context of this article I am considering WealthTech specifically as it relates to the offshore wealth management sector. This includes trust and fund administration companies and […]
Trust Industry
Microgen & Touchstone complete merger
Microgen Financial Services and Touchstone Wealth Management announce the completion of their merger. This follows full clearance from all relevant authorities. The deal was first announced in November 2019, which followed a period of due diligence by Silverfleet Capital. Silverfleet have provided the funding for the merger. Read more on my blog from 25 November. […]
Managing the Collaboration Dilemma
Using document collaboration tools and secure web portals to enable collaboration without compromising security. All businesses need to be able to collaborate effectively with employees, clients and their supply chain. There is nothing new here, this has always been the case. However, in today’s interconnected world this collaboration needs to be electronic, over the internet […]
Review: CRS Audit Assessment Event
In this post I am reviewing a recent event on CRS Audit Assessment, held in Guernsey to mark the launch of the partnership between Centenal Legal Technology and Fusion Systems. A relationship that has been established following my introduction of these two technology companies Guernsey and Singapore. The main purpose of the event was to […]
Silverfleet acquires Microgen Financial Systems
Silverfleet Capital, the leading Pan-European private equity firm, announced completion of the deal to acquire Microgen Financial Systems Limited (MFS) on Monday 1st July 2019. The press release from Silverfleet can be viewed here. This follows the news back in March when Microgen plc (now renamed to Aptitude Software Group plc) stated their intention to […]
A Review of Core Systems for Trust Administration & Corporate Services
A 2019 review of leading information management systems serving offshore wealth management firms Updated on 25 March 2019, following Microgen demerger announcement. If you are a regular reader of my content, you will be aware that my main area of focus is offshore trust administration and corporate services (TA&CS). I often get asked, which is […]
