Symphony Software : Ipreo Joins the Symphony Software Foundation as a Gold Member
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - May 23, 2017) - Symphony Software Foundation (the
Foundation), the nonprofit organization fostering open source software (OSS)
innovation in financial services, on the Symphony secure collaboration platform
and beyond, announced that Ipreo, a leading global provider of market
intelligence and productivity solutions to financial services and corporate
professionals, joined the community as its latest Gold Member.
"The Symphony Foundation's mandate is very much in line with Ipreo's own mission
of connecting capital markets participants," said Bill Sherman, EVP, Head of the
Global Markets Group at Ipreo. "We believe strongly that openness and
collaboration foster innovation, and that by bringing industry participants
together we can create workflow solutions that move the financial markets
forward. We look forward to working closely with the foundation community to
help drive these industry-led initiatives."
As part of its engagement, Ipreo will take on an active role in the Foundation.
Ken Watson, Chief Technology Officer at Ipreo, has been elected a Gold Director
of the Board. Ipreo will engage in Foundation Working Groups such as the API
Working Group, focused on Symphony platform APIs to enable server-side
integrations with third-party technologies, and the Financial Objects
Standardization Working Group, tasked to develop standard patterns of usage and
representation to facilitate financial interactions involving humans through the
Symphony platform.
Gabriele Columbro, Executive Director, Symphony Software Foundation, said, "We
are excited to see a leading fintech player like Ipreo joining our Foundation.
This is yet another testament to the increasing momentum in the interest for a
true open ecosystem and interoperability within financial services. Fintech
platform providers such as Ipreo realize the commercial benefits of
collaborating in the open to maximize adoption, interoperability and developer
engagement on common platforms, while focusing on delivering true competitive
differentiators."
In joining the Foundation, Ipreo adds to an impressive lineup of active member
firms including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, BNY Mellon, ChartIQ,
Citadel, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, FactSet, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ICAP,
IHS Markit, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, OpenFin, S&P Global Markets
Intelligence, The Beast Apps, Tick42, Tradeweb and Wells Fargo.
About Ipreo
Ipreo is a leading global provider of financial services technology, data and
analytics. We support all participants in the capital-raising process including
banks, public and private companies, institutional and individual investors, as
well as research, asset management and wealth management firms. Our unique,
cross-asset class solutions equip our clients with the information and tools
they need for more effective decision-making and a more efficient workflow.
Ipreo is private-equity held by Blackstone and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking
Division, and has more than 1100 employees serving clients in every major
financial hub around the world. Visit www.ipreo.com for more info.
About Symphony Software Foundation
The Symphony Software Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization
building an open source community and development ecosystem to foster innovation
in financial services. Its community leverages the Symphony platform, and other
open source platforms and open standards to drive efficient inter-firm
collaboration in this industry. The Foundation offers an Open Developer Platform
(ODP) to all its open source contributors, providing open API access to Symphony
and a fully finserv compliant open source development process.
Foundation OSS Projects are Apache 2.0 licensed and available on GitHub
To access the ODP, visit our documentation
To learn more, visit http://symphony.foundation
To become a member http://symphony.foundation/#become-a-member
CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information:
On behalf of Symphony Software Foundation
Tinne Teugels
Email: tinne(at)symphony.foundation
On behalf of Ipreo:
Lauren Herman
Email: lauren(at)calibercorporateadvisers.com
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Source: Symphony Software via GlobeNewswire
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Datum: 23.05.2017 - 13:00 Uhr
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