• Chalice launches the Reg-BI Readiness Platform to help its members work under the new regulatory environment.
• AdvicePay launches a fee calculator to simply and easily calculate the amount of fees and automatically create accompanying invoices for compliance purposes.
• Northern Trust Asset Management is to acquire Belvedere Advisors LLC, which owns Emotomy.
• Moody’s Analytics acquired RiskFirst to extend its range of risk solutions to the institutional buy-side.
• Wealthsimple selected Xignite to power its new stock-trading mobile app, Wealthsimple Trade.
• Interactive Brokers joins Tradesocio’s liquidity partners to make Interactive Brokers’ liquidity engine available to financial services providers adopting Tradesocio’s technology.
• Orion partners with HealthSavings Administrators to empower RIAs to easily integrate HSAs into retirement planning services for their clients.
• Addepar integrates with three financial planning software packages: Libretto, eMoney Advisor and Envestnet MoneyGuide.
Tradesocio offers a wide spectrum of technology solutions, including separately managed accounts (SMA), Mirror Trader, TS Trader, ETF Station and Digital Wealth Advisor (DWA), which integrate easily with any existing infrastructure via API used by financial services providers to connect their front, middle and back-office.
Chalice Financial Network, a first of its kind software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based member-benefit organization for independent financial advisors, announced the launch of its Reg-BI Readiness Platform. The new platform has been designed to help Chalice’s independent financial advisor members in seamlessly serving their clients and growing their businesses under the new regulatory environment being shaped by the latest requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Northern Trust Asset Management, one of the world’s leading investment managers, has entered into an agreement to acquire Belvedere Advisors LLC, which owns Emotomy®, an open-architecture digital investment advice platform designed for financial professionals. The acquisition, subject to all applicable regulatory filings and customary closing conditions, is anticipated to close by the end of the year. 
Moody’s announced that it has acquired RiskFirst, a leading fintech company providing risk analytics solutions for the asset management and pension fund communities. A news release indicated the acquisition positions Moody’s Analytics to extend its range of risk solutions to the institutional buy-side.
Canada-based fintech and global digital investing service Wealthsimple announced it has selected Xignite to power its new online investment manager feature, Wealthsimple Trade, which is described as a new stock-trading mobile app, available in Canada.
Interactive Brokers joins the line of Tradesocio’s liquidity partners, thus allowing financial services providers adopting Tradesocio’s technology to also integrate Interactive Brokers’ liquidity engine, using FIX API.
HealthSavings Administrators, a top health savings account (HSA) provider, and Orion Advisor Services, LLC, the premier portfolio management solution provider for registered investment advisors (RIAs), announced a strategic partnership to empower RIAs to easily integrate HSAs into retirement planning services for their clients.