IHS Markit integrates thinkFolio and Investor Access platforms
06 August 2020 London
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IHS Markit has merged its multi-asset class investment management platform thinkFolio with Investor Access.
This integration will form the first portfolio and order management platform to provide fixed income primary market workflow for the buy-side community.
thinkFolio front-office users will be able to monitor new issues through the Investor Access Deal Monitor platform, as well as subscribe to those assets and generate new security information.
In addition, the integrated platforms will leverage Investor Access Deal Services application programming interface and financial information exchange messaging to improve the efficiency of order allocations and compliance checks.
Brett Schechterman, managing director and global head of thinkFolio at IHS Markit, commented: “Our colleagues from Investor Access have been at the forefront in working with key consortiums across the capital markets with the objective of optimising the primary issuance process for fixed income securities.”
“The thinkFolio team is thrilled to contribute to a collaboration which will result in streamlined primary market workflow, reduced operational risk, and enhanced compliance and audit capabilities for our clients' dealing operations.”
Ted Douglas, managing director and co-head of fixed income for IHS Markit’s global markets group, added: “Embedding Investor Access within leading buy-side trading technology platforms will provide holistic straight-through processing benefits for our primary market clients and the entire ecosystem.”
“We are delighted that our collective efforts and the workflow synergies we’ve deployed in close partnership with thinkFolio will streamline the end to end process for their clients and connect the marketplace to the primary fixed income new issue market.”
This integration will form the first portfolio and order management platform to provide fixed income primary market workflow for the buy-side community.
thinkFolio front-office users will be able to monitor new issues through the Investor Access Deal Monitor platform, as well as subscribe to those assets and generate new security information.
In addition, the integrated platforms will leverage Investor Access Deal Services application programming interface and financial information exchange messaging to improve the efficiency of order allocations and compliance checks.
Brett Schechterman, managing director and global head of thinkFolio at IHS Markit, commented: “Our colleagues from Investor Access have been at the forefront in working with key consortiums across the capital markets with the objective of optimising the primary issuance process for fixed income securities.”
“The thinkFolio team is thrilled to contribute to a collaboration which will result in streamlined primary market workflow, reduced operational risk, and enhanced compliance and audit capabilities for our clients' dealing operations.”
Ted Douglas, managing director and co-head of fixed income for IHS Markit’s global markets group, added: “Embedding Investor Access within leading buy-side trading technology platforms will provide holistic straight-through processing benefits for our primary market clients and the entire ecosystem.”
“We are delighted that our collective efforts and the workflow synergies we’ve deployed in close partnership with thinkFolio will streamline the end to end process for their clients and connect the marketplace to the primary fixed income new issue market.”
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