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What’s going on: Orion buys TownSquare Capital, Abrdn’s global head of Wealthtech solutions leaves for Quilter, Mako shares their SOC 2 audit experience, Huddlestock Fintech AS completes a double acquisition, MeDirect goes Wealthtech, Profile Software reveals its new take on core banking platforms, and Wealthtech platform BETA+ changes owners in a joint deal.
Orion has expanded its wealth management ecosystem and boosted value by completing the acquisition of the TownSquare Capital investment platform.
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Abrdn’s Jenny Davidson is now the head of strategic propositions at Quilter. Her previous position, global head of WealthTech solution, will be a level-up in Abrdn for Josh Fennell.
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David Kleiman, CTO at Mako Financial Technologies, explains why the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 is a benchmark certification and shares the details of Mako’s successful completion of this audit.
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